Lady Steers defeated Snyder Tigers in District play
The Lady Steer softball team took on the Snyder Tigers last night in a District game. The lady Steers are coming off a 16 to 0 domination of San Angelo Lakeview. The Tigers jumped on the Steers early, but the Steers battled back to take the win. The win pushes their District record to a perfect 3 and 0 and gives them a season record of 6 and 9.
Snyder was able to take an early lead on the Steers after jumping out to a 4 to 0 lead after two innings of play. The Tigers remained in control of this game until the Lady Steers came up in the bottom of the fourth inning. The pivotal inning started with Vanessa Viasana earning a walk. That was followed by Kylee Lynch reaching base on an error by the Tiger. Third baseman Viasana was able to score the making it the Lady Steers' first run. Sarah Wood Then followed with a single to drive home the second run of the game for the Steers and cutting the lead to 4 to 2. Alex Enriquez kept the Ladies' momentum with a single of her own. That brought up Kalyn Whitehead with two runners on base. The Lady Steers smashed a three-run Homerun to give the Steers their first lead of the night at 5 to 4.
The steers kept the positive energy going in the bottom of the fifth. Jocelyn Gonzales leads off the inning with a Solo Home Run to widen the lead to 6 to 4. The Laddies went on to add one more run in the inning. They were leading the game with a score of 7 to 4 after five innings of play.
The Steers did not allow the Tigers to get anything going in the top of the sixth inning, leaving the Steers with a three-run lead. At the bottom of the sixth, the Lady Steers added one more insurance run, giving them an 8 to 4 lead heading into the play's final inning.
The Lady Tigers made some noise in the top of the seventh inning, scoring two runs to make it a 6 to 8 game. The Steers got the final outs of the game, solidifying the victory at the score of 6 to 8.
The lady Steers have been on a roll of late; the team is peaking at the right time to make a big push at a District title.
Dustin Pope is the Sports Writer for the Big Spring Herald. To contact him, e-mail sports@bigspringherald.com or call 432-263-7331.