MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Red Bank and Sale Creek softball teams both helped their opponents far too much Wednesday in state tournament play, and each team paid the price with its first loss at this year’s Spring Fling.
Red Bank committed three errors, opening the door to big innings for Lexington, which won 6-1 in the Class AA bracket. The Lady Lions also left seven runners on base, and only Lexie Wright had more than one hit.
Red Bank will next play Greenbrier in an elimination game at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Huntland struck for five runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth to beat Sale Creek 11-1 in the Class A bracket. Sale Creek helped Huntland with three consecutive walks with the bases loaded and was outhit 10-2.
The Lady Panthers will try to extend what has been an exciting postseason run when they face North Greene in an elimination matchup at 11 a.m. Thursday.