Halifax County kept its World Series hopes alive with a 9-1 win over Tennessee in an elimination game of the 2022 Dixie Debs World Series on Sunday afternoon in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Halifax moves on to play in another elimination matchup at 5:30 pm Monday.
Hours after dropping a winner’s bracket matchup against host Alexandria, Halifax County came roaring back in its elimination game against Tennessee.
After spotting Tennessee a run and lead in the first, Halifax struck back with a pair of runs in the top of the second to take the lead for good. Abby Martin got the rally going with her lead-off double to left field and moved to third on Ashlyn Strickland’s infield single. The Debs got on the scoreboard when Martin and Strickland scored on an error on Alyssa Glasscock’s single right to take a 2-1 lead.
Halifax stacked on a trio of runs in the third to build a four-run cushion. Jayden Harlow pushed the Debs’ advantage to two with her RBI sacrifice fly to center and McKayla Meadows gave Halifax a three-run lead when she scored on a defensive indifference on the same play. Olivia Seamster rounded out the third-inning rally when she scored courtesy of an error on Shamya Hankins’ single to left to make it a 5-1 game heading into the bottom half.
Not satisfied, the Debs scored a run in their half of the fourth to take a five-run lead. Peyton Wallace accounted for the run with her single to center that scored Strickland and made it a 6-1 contest heading into the middle frames.
Halifax wasn’t finished scoring as it tacked on three more runs in the fifth to take a commanding eight-run lead. Seamster drove in a pair of runs with her single to center and Harlow gave the Debs a 9-1 lead with her RBI sacrifice fly to left.
Seamster and Harlow paced Halifax with a pair of RBIs while Glasscock and Wallace drove in a run apiece as well.
Martin got the win in the circle, throwing five innings of three-hit, one-run ball while striking out four in the process. Brook Conner was impressive in relief, throwing two innings of hitless ball while striking out two of the four she faced.
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