Lady Colonels rally to defeat Crittenden County

Christian County rallied from a 5-2 deficit and defeated host Crittenden County 7-5 Monday night in a high school softball game.

The Lady Colonels showed some power against the Lady Rockets. Avery Adcock had a triple and a home run and Alondra Rodriguez slammed a homer and drove in two runs for the Lady Colonels. Jazzy Tejada and Katie Smith each had a double.

Crittenden led 5-2 entering the top of the fifth inning. Christian County cut the lead to 5-4 on Rodriguez’s two-run homer that scored Adcock.

In the sixth, Chloe Almy’s two-out, two-run single scored Alexis Epps and Adock for a 6-5 lead. An error allowed Almy to score the final run.

Alyssa Petterson earned the pitching win in relief of Jordan Turner. Epps picked up the save.

The Lady Colonels improved to 15-12 on the season and will play Murray at home today.

Score by Innings:

Christian County   011 023 0 – 7 8 1

Crittenden County 220 100 0 – 5 10 3

WP – A. Petterson

S – Epps

Leading Hitters: CCHS  – Adcock (3B, HR), Almy (2 1B), Rodriguez (HR, 1B), Tejada (2B), Smith (2B).

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