Pascucci’s big day sparks Bentonville

BENTONVILLE 9, FAYETTEVILLE 1

BENTONVILLE — Tuesday was Tallulah Pascucci Day at Bentonville, and the senior second baseman made sure the celebration was a big one.

Pascucci, who is headed to the University of Central Arkansas, drove in three runs to power the Tigers to a 9-1 win at home against Fayetteville in 6A-West action.

“I thought she played really well today,” said Bentonville coach Kent Early, whose team will travel to Gulf Port, Miss. today for a spring break road trip over the next four days. “I thought she had a big hit there at the end but the wind held it up a little. But she’s a competitor.”

Bentonville ( 6- 1 , 3- 0 6A-West) scored four runs in the first inning and two more in the second for a 6-0 lead, then shifted into cruise control the rest of the way.

Pitchers Ryann Sanders (4IP, 2 hits, 5 strikeouts) and Kasey Wood (3IP, 0 hits, 5 strikeouts) were dominant in the circle, and the Tigers provided enough offense to secure the win.

Wood and Pascucci belted back-to-back triples and Wood also added a double for Bentonville. Amber Turner also cranked a double and Trista Peterson added a pair of RBIs.

“I thought both of our pitchers pitched well today,” said Early. “We needed to get both of them some mound time before we leave. We kind of split it when we were in Louisiana to give them that opportunity, and right now Kasey is throwing a little harder. And it gives teams a different look, so we thought, why not?”

Fayetteville’s Madelyn Smythe came on in relief of starter Claire Chapple with bases loaded and two outs in the third, and Smythe got out of the jam on a fly to center, then went two more innings and allowed four hits the rest of the way, holding the potent Bentonville bats at bay for the most part.

Linly Chapman and Chappel had one hit each for Fayetteville (1-6, 1-3).

BENTONVILLE WEST 21, ROGERS HERITAGE 4

The Wolverines bashed 19 hits in a run-rule win in 6A-West action on Tuesday.

Bentonville West (3-1, 1-0) jumped out to an 8-0 lead and finished off the win with nine runs in the sixth inning in the road win.

Olivia Nickson homered and went 3-for-4 to lead the West offense. In the circle, Nickson claimed the win, allowing five hits with seven strikeouts.

West hitters were on fire up and down the order. Stephanie Crittenden was 3-for-6 at the top of the order with three RBIs and Jayden Willard anchored the bottom of the order with a 2-for-3 day and two RBIs. In between, the hits piled up even more as Olivia Thornton (3-for-4), Kaylee Parker (3-for-4) and Payeton Dilday (2-for-5, 2 doubles) all had multiple hits. Eva Riffe also drove in four runs for West.

Karlee Earl had a two-run double for Heritage (5-5, 1-2) and Emily Carpenter also had a two-base hit.

SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 11, SPRINGDALE 6

The Wildcats rallied from a 3-0 deficit by scoring five runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to claim the win Tuesday.

Anniston Reith belted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs for HarBer (4-3, 2-1). Kylie Lynch-Burris, Rylie Wolfe, Madison Pratt and Bell Haney also homered for Har- Ber and Zyria Palmer added a triple. Haney drove in four runs and Pratt had three hits.

Tori Hennarich had a big day at the plate for Springdale (4-5, 1-3), going 3-for-4 with a homer and triple and two RBIs. Kaylee Harp added a two-run homer for the Bulldogs

ROGERS 6, FS NORTHSIDE 0

Kadence Janney pitched a two-hitter to lead the Mounties to a shutout win on the road Tuesday at Fort Smith.

Rogers (7-2, 2-1) led just 2-0 before putting up four runs in the seventh inning to pull away.

A Hulett was 3- for- 4 and L Heinle drove in three runs for the Mounties. R Johnson added two hits.

Mallory Craig and Amariah Greene had hits for Northside (1-9, 1-2).