Blue Devils take Game 1 over Stone 4-2

Junior Payton Lee launched her 8th home run of the season to lift Pearl River Central Blue Devils to a 4-2 win over Stone at Wiggins in Game 1 of their best of 3 series.

The Blue Devils score two runs in the second inning. Keigan Pearson singled to center and one out later Payton Lee doubled just inside the left field line to put runners at second and third. Taylor Kauzlarich dropped a perfect bunt toward first base and beat it out to load the bases. After a strike out, Harlee Davis came to the plate to bat with two outs. On the 0-2 pitch, a wild pitch allowed Pearson to score from third with Lee and Kauzlarich moving up one base. After the 2-2 pitch to Davis, Lee broke from third when the catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher and the pitcher’s throw back to the catcher was not in time and Lee scored to make it 2-0.

Stone scored twice in the bottom of the 4th inning on three hits to tie the game at 2-2.

In the bottom of the 5th, Stone got the lead off batter on