KENNESAW – Tift County’s Lady Devils will see a game three after they split their first two state softball contests with North Cobb Wednesday.
The Lady Devils got a four-hit shutout in game two from Lily Robinson to square the series with a 4-0 win. North Cobb won the opener, 5-3.
Game three will be Thursday.
Robinson struck out seven in the second contest and was 1-3 at the plate with a double and run scored. Tift scored two times in the first inning and twice in the sixth.
Riley Williams walked to lead off and Robinson’s two-bagger made runners at second and third with no outs.
Marlee Veazey’s single brought home the initial run. Ella Bruce hit a sac fly to score Robinson.
North Cobb had two outs in the sixth when Veazey got another rally going after forcing an error. Bruce was intentionally walked.
C.B. McCrary came through with an RBI single for a 3-0 lead and Kinsley Tawzer followed with another hit to put the game far out of reach.
Robinson helped own cause in the top of the seventh by starting a 1-3 double play. She struck out her last batter.
NORTH COBB 5, TIFT 3
Bruce being intentionally walked in the second game was because of what she did in the first game.
The Lady Devils took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the third. Bruce homered in the second inning, her eighth of the year.
All five North Cobb runs scored in the third and it was a mountain Tift was unable to overcome, though they almost did so.
They got one back in the fourth. Robinson doubled and Veazey singled. Veazey stole second, leading to an error and Robinson scoring on the play. The lead was trimmed slightly to 5-2.
Morgan Brey singled with two outs in the seventh. Braylin Dorden then made it runners on the corners with a hit. Williams singled in Brey, but the rally ended there and the Lady Warriors were able to hang on.