YHS Lady Bulldog Softball Team rallies to beat Goliad in bi-district series

The Yoakum High School (YHS) Lady Bulldog Softball Team defeated Goliad 2-1 in the bi-district series last week in Industrial. Yoakum lost the opener and then rallied to take the series.

GOLIAD 8, YOAKUM 6 (9 INNINGS, GAME 1)

The Tigerettes scored two in the top of the ninth inning to break a 6-6 tie and went on to edge the Lady Bulldogs 8-6 in extra innings in the opener April 24.

Each team scored two runs in the second frame after no runs were scored to start the contest.

The teams split two runs in the third square and Goliad forged ahead 5-3 in the top of the fifth.

The Lady Bulldogs closed the gap to 5-4 in the fifth inning and then outscored Goliad 2-1 in the seventh inning.

On the bats, Olivia Fojt was 2-for-5, double and RBI; Lilly Fojt was 2-for-5 with two runs; Faith McCloud got two hits and scored one run; Kilynn Poole was 2-for-4 with two runs.

Hannah Schultz pitched four innings, seven hits, five runs, a walk and four strikeouts; Lilly Fojt worked five squares with three runs, five hits and two strikeouts. Schultz had 10 putouts in the field.

Yoakum hitting/base running: Olivia Fojt, 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 double; Lilly Fojt, 2-5, 2 runs; Faith McCloud, 2-5, 1 run; Kilynn Poole, 2-4, 2 runs; Kailynn Sherrer, 1-3, 1 run; Madisen Grant, 1-4, 1 run, 1 stolen base; Hanna Garvin, 1-4, 1 stolen base; Hannah Schultz, 1-5; Taylor Velek, 1 run, 1 stolen base.

Yoakum pitching: Schultz, 4 IP, 7 hits, 5 runs, 3 batters hit, 1 walk, 4K; Lilly Fojt, 5 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 wild pitch, 3 batter hits, 2K.

Yoakum fielding/defense: Schultz, 10 putouts; Grant, 3 putouts; Lilly Fojt, 2 putouts, 7 assists; Olivia Fojt, 2 putouts; McCloud, 2 putouts; Deveah Rios, 1 putout, 3 assists; Sherrer, 1 putout; Maddie Carroll, 3 assists.

YOAKUM 12, GOLIAD 9 (GAME 2)

The Lady Bulldogs scored three runs in the top of the seventh to break a 9-9 knot and earn a 12-9 win in the second game April 24.

Goliad led 3-2 after the first inning and 6-5 after two; Yoakum scored one run in the third inning and then outscored Goliad 3-2 in the fourth for a 9-8 lead. The Tigerettes tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Olivia Fojt led at the plate by hitting 3-for-4 with three runs, double and three RBI; Poole had two hits, run, two RBI and a double while Deveah Rios went 2-for4, double and RBI.

Fojt pitched three innings with seven runs, eight hits, two walks and four strikeouts; Schultz closed out with four innings, two hits, two runs and two strikeouts. She led fielding with five putouts.

Yoakum hitting/base running: Olivia Fojt, 3-4, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 1 double; Kilynn Poole, 2-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, 1 double; Deveah Rios, 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 double; Faith McCoud, 1-4, 2 runs, 1 stolen base; Lilly Fojt, 1-5, 1 run, 1 RBI; Kailynn Sherrer, 1-2, 1 run; Hanna Garvin, 2 runs; KC Lawwill, 1 run, 1 stolen base; Taylor Velek, 1 run; Hannah Schultz, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base.

Yoakum pitching: Olivia Fojt, 3 IP, 8 hits, 7 runs, 1 wild pitch, 2 walks, 4K; Schultz, 4 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2K.

Yoakum fielding/defense: Schultz, 5 putouts, 1 assist; Sherrer, 4 putouts; Garvin, 2 putouts; McCloud, 2 putouts; Lilly Fojt, 1 putout, 3 assists; Grant, 1 putout; Olivia Fojt, 2 assists; Rios, 1 assist.

YOAKUM 7, GOLIAD 0 (GAME 3)

Lilly Fojt went 4-for4, scored one run, hit a double and had two RBI while Olivia Fojt batted 3-for-4, three runs and one RBI with Schultz going 2-for-4 with three RBI as Yoakum won the tiebreaker 7-0 April 25.

The Lady Bulldogs yielded six hits but no runs to the Tigerettes.

Yoakum led 3-0 after the first inning, 5-0 after two, outscored Goliad 1-0 in the fourth and 1-0 in the sixth inning. Schultz pitched the whole game with six hits, walk and four strikeouts.

Madisen Grant had six putouts and two assists.

Yoakum hitting/base running: Lilly Fojt, 4-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, 1 doulbe, 2 stolen bases; Olivia Fojt, 3-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI, 2 stolen bases; Hannah Schultz, 2-4, 3 RBI; Faith McCloud, 1-4, 2 runs; Madisen Grant, 1-4, 1 RBI; Kailynn Sherrer, 1-3; Taylor Velek, 1 run, 1 stolen base.

Yoakum pitching: Schultz, 7 IP, 6 hits, 1 walk, 4K.

Yoakum fielding/defense: Grant, 6 putouts, 2 assists; Lilly Fojt, 3 putouts, 2 assists; Sherrer, 3 putouts; Hanna Garvin, 2 putouts; Faith McCloud, 2 putouts; Olivia Fojt, 1 putout; Schultz, 1 assist.