Central team members congratulate Hannah Powell as she crosses the plate after hitting a homerun Wednesday in the game against GPS at GPS.Central pitcher Chasidy Ainslie began to falter a little in the late stages of Wednesday’s high school softball game at GPS. After limiting GPS to two hits and no runs through four innings, she gave up five hits over the last three innings, including LeeAnn Jackson’s drive over the center-field fence in the sixth.
The two faced off again with two on and two out in the bottom of the seventh, but this time Ainslie managed to get Jackson to line out to second base and preserve the Lady Purple Pounders’ 4-2 victory.
Ainslie worked around six walks on the day. One of the three times she walked Richardson was right before Jackson’s blast.
Central coach LeeAnne Shurette stomached with the walks Wednesday. She may not on another day.
“We know they have good hitters,” Shurette said. “We didn’t want to serve it up over the plate. We wanted to keep them off balance with the changeup. I thought she did that today.”