No. 10 Pearl River knocks off Blinn and No. 12 LSU Eunice

Dylan Dunaway - PRCC Sports Information Director

EUNICE, La. — The No. 10 Pearl River softball team played two very different ball games Saturday night. The Wildcats won an extra-inning 7-6 game against Blinn to begin the day before run-ruling No. 12 LSU Eunice in game two, 14-6.

PEARL RIVER 8, BLINN 7.

Over the course of the first four and a half innings, Pearl River (36-9) and Blinn (24-18) matched each other pitch-for-pitch. Any inning that looked like it had a rally going was quickly put to rest.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Wildcats finally broke through. CharLee Meadows (Piave; Greene County) and Natalie Toups (Brandon; Clinton Christian Academy) went back-to-back with singles. Morgan Lavergne (Baton Rouge, La.; Central) stepped to the plate next and sent a 1-0 pitch flying over the center field wall for a three-run homer. Even though the Wildcats were facing two outs, the rally continued. Julianah Overstreet (Vancleave) and Ashlyn Dean (Picayune; Pearl River Central) each fought for singles to bring Cassidy Cartwright (Poplarville) up in a big spot. The Wildcat center fielder took the first pitch for a strike but sent the second one deep over the left field wall for a second three-run homer of the inning, 6-0.

Blinn didn't let the deficit bother it as the Buccaneers rallied back to trail by just one run 6-5. An inning later, BCC capitalized on a PRCC miscue to square up the game at six apiece.

Nothing was doing for either team in the seventh as the game headed to extra innings.

The Buccaneers got a leadoff double to fall in the top of the eighth, but Natalie Herrington (Petal) forced two groundouts and a lineout to get out of the jam.

Pearl River put an end to the game in the bottom half of the inning. Klair Cuevas (Poplarville; Hancock) singled and advanced to second base on a passed ball. A Jena Pacheco (Vancleave) single followed and allowed Cuevas to move to third. Meadows fouled the first pitch she saw off before lining a single right back up the middle for a walk-off, 8-7 victory.