Indiana High School Softball - Batesville felled by Hamilton Southeastern
May 16, 2015: Fishers, IN 46037 In Saturday's non-league outing, the host Hamilton Southeastern Royals softball team scored a nice 17-3 win over the Batesville Bulldogs.
Coming up next, the Royals encounter the Brownsburg Bulldogs (Brownsburg, IN) in a Hoosier Crossroads outing, on Tuesday, May 19. Hamilton Southeastern will attempt to improve on its 19-2 season record. The Bulldogs enter the outing with a 12-10 record after their 2-1 non-league loss to Mooresville (Mooresville, IN).
The Bulldogs (4-16) will now prepare for their outing against North Decatur (Greensburg, IN). The Chargers enter the non-league outing with a 6-12 record.
Game Summary
The Batesville Bulldogs Varsity muster 8 hits, drop 17-3 contest to Hamilton Southeastern
The Batesville Bulldogs Varsity lost 17-3 to Hamilton Southeastern Saturday despite Meg Liter's two-hit day at the dish.
Liter put herself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for the Batesville Bulldogs Varsity. She doubled in the first and third innings.
Home runs for Hamilton Southeastern came when Ashley Scurlock homered in the first inning, Maggie Armstrong homered in the first inning, and Savanna Copeland homered in the first and fourth innings.
The lead stayed with Hamilton Southeastern after the first, when it scored 12 runs on three doubles, an error, four two-run blasts, and an RBI single by Ashley Rohr.
After pushing across one run in the bottom of the third, the Batesville Bulldogs Varsity faced just a 16-3 deficit. A groundout by Whitney Axsom sparked the Batesville Bulldogs Varsity's rally. Finally, Shelby Mager induced an inning-ending fly out from Hannah Putnam.
