GPS Blanks Baylor for Softball Win

Softball State Champions!!!!!

St. Benedict - 1
GPS - 5

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7th Inning:
St. Benedict - Line out to short, 1 out. Line out to 3rd, 2 out. Base hit to center, runner on 1st, 2 out. Line out to short, GAME OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6th Inning:
St. Benedict - blooper over second, GPS can't make the play. Runner on 1st. Fly ball to center, 1 out. Grounder to short, out at 2nd. 2 out, runner on 1st. Line drive to Hammond, inning over.
GPS -Lane blooper to second, safe at first. Smith bunt, out at 1st, Lane to second. Runner on 2nd, 1 out. Harris pop up to short, runner on 2nd, 2 out. Blaylock pinch hitting. Blaylock basehit to center, Lane scores from second. Lewis groundout, inning over.

5th Inning:
St. Benedict - grounder off Leech's glove, snagged by Lewis who gets the out at first. Error at 1st, runner safe; runner on 1st, 1 out. Pop out to 3rd, 2 outs. Wild pitch, runner to 2nd. Double in the gap to left center, runner scores. runner on second, 2 outs. Base hit to left, throw holds the runner at 3rd. 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs. Pop out to 2nd, inning over.
GPS - at the plate, top of the line up. Lewis bunt, easily beats the throw. Grounder to 2nd, Lewis out, Hammond safe at first. Runner on first, 1 out. Baird flyout to right, 2 outs. Hammond steals second. Givens line drive to left, Hammond scores from 2nd. Leech line drive to short, diving catch, inning over.

4th Inning:
St. Benedict - runners on 1st and 2nd after error and a miss played bunt; 2 outs now, still runners on 1st and 2nd. Leech gets a strikeout for the 3rd out.
GPS - Hammond beats out the throw to 1st on a bunt, Baird walks. 1st and second no outs, Givens fly out, bot runners advance. 2nd and 3rd, 1 out. Leech basehit to left, Hammond scores. 1st and 3rd, 1 out. Lane double to left, Baird scores, runners on 2nd and 3rd. Maddie Smith sacrifice fly to left center, Fernandez (running for Leech) scores, 2 outs. Harris hit by pitch, runner on 1st. Boyd groundout, inning over.

3rd Inning:
St. Benedict - runners on 1st and 3rd, 1 out; Bruisers hold with 2 straight outs.
GPS - 3 up , 3 down

2nd Inning:
St. Benedict - 1 hit, no runs
GPS - Givens: lead off double, followed by 3 outs.

1st Inning:
St. Benedict - 3 up, 3 down
GPS - 3 up, 3 down

Wednesday, May 20

GPS Blanks Baylor for Softball Win

Peyton Leech struck out 5 and gave up only 2 hits in leading the Bruisers to a 5-0 opening round victory over rival Baylor on Tuesday night.

Leech started the game with a strikeout and retired the first 9 batters she faced. GPS got on the board in the bottom of the first when Tory Lewis scored from second on a base hit by Megan Givens.

In the third, Lewis reached on a bunt, then stole second. Whitney Hammond's single advanced Lewis to third, bringing Jackie Baird to the plate. Baird's single scored Lewis from 3rd, and the speedy Hammond from first giving GPS a 3-0 lead.

Baylor got its first hit in the top of the fourth on a Nina Davenport single, but the next 3 at-bats led to outs and left the score at 3-0.

In the fifth, Leech helped her own cause with a ground-rule double that one-hopped the fence, scoring Givens for the 4th Bruiser run of the game. GPS added one more run in the 6th on a scarifice fly by Madison Boyd, scoring Maddie Smith for the 5th and final run.

After the first batter grounded out, Leech gave up the second Baylor hit of the game in the 7th. But Baylor couldn't put anything together beyond that, following it with a strikeout and a groundout to end the game.

GPS moves on to the winner's bracket final, where they will face the winner of today's Father Ryan / St. Benedict matchup. The winner's bracket final will be played Thursday at 11:30 a.m. CST.