Lexington entered their tilt with McNairy Central with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the McNairy Central Bobcats on Thursday as they made off with a 7-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for Lexington, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kailyn Melton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, KaLyn Simko and Adreoanna Shay Hollingsworth did most of the damage at the plate: Simko scored a run and stole four bases while going 2-for-4, while Hollingsworth scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Simko is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Carly Williams, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On McNairy Central's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bailee Shelton, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Lexington is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-14-1 record this season. As for McNairy Central, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.
As of now, neither Lexington nor McNairy Central have any future games scheduled.
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