No. 9 Pearl River stumbles on the road against Hinds

Dylan Dunaway - PRCC Sports Information Director

RAYMOND, Miss. — The No. 9 Pearl River softball team fell short in both games of its road doubleheader against the Hinds Eagles, dropping game one 1-0 in a pitcher's duel and game two 7-6.

GAME ONE

Pearl River (21-14 overall; 11-7 MACCC) threatened early in the first inning after Taelor York (Choctaw; Clinton Christian Academy) walked then stole second, but the Eagle (18-17; 10-10) pitcher settled in to retire the next three batters.

Hinds struck in the bottom of the first on an RBI single.

From there, a pitcher's duel ensued as Hannah Embry (Vicksburg; Porter's Chapel Academy) and the Eagle pitcher matched each other pitch-for-pitch.

The lone Hinds run held up as Pearl River was turned away in the seventh, falling 1-0.

Embry finished the game with six innings pitched. She allowed one run on three hits while striking out four.

York, Payton Lee (Picayune; Pearl River Central), and Emily Rigney (Waynesboro; Wayne County) all collected a hit.

GAME TWO

Madelyn Burch (Franklinton, La; Bowling Green) got the start in the second game of the day. After a clean first inning, Burch worked herself out of a jam in the second inning to keep the game scoreless.

Hinds broke the deadlock in the third, plating two runs on a pair of singles.

The Wildcats equalized shortly after in the top of the fourth, as Bethany Fewell (Mendenhall) lined a double into left field, scoring Hannah Miller (Kokomo;