The Dripping Springs Lady Tigers blasted the Seguin Matadors 5-0 at Tiger Stadium March 29.
It was an early start for the Tigers when they took a 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning. The Tigers got on the board first when a base hit scored Dripping Springs’ Camille Corona. After a pitching error from the Matadors, Ryann Campbell made it home for the second run.
Adept pitching from Tiger Logan Hulon kept the Matador offense in check for the entire game.
In the third frame, the Tigers had two outs before Campbell came up to the plate. Campbell drilled a solo home run on a 3-1 count, adding another run on the scoreboard for the Tigers, which led 3-0.
The Tigers continued their offensive onslaught in the fourth frame when Danielle Northrup smashed a solo home run on a full count pitch to give Dripping Springs a 4-0 advantage.
Hulon again had a fast one, two, three outs in the top of the fifth to keep the Matadors off the plate. Heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers had their final run of the game.
With base runners on second and third and with one out, Matador pitcher Vanessa Garza threw a wild pitch. Paige Leschber came home and Dripping Springs was now in the lead 5-0.
Hulon tallied up 16 strikeouts against the Matadors and only had one hit against her all night. She said she did it all for her teammates and is proud to be a Lady Tiger.
“I think we did extremely well,” Hulon said. “I think we should just keep doing what we’re doing, just continuing to win and being a team together.”
The Lady Tigers had six hits for the night, and executed on each play. Head coach Wade Womack said his team went out there ready to play their game.
“Go out there and execute and make every routine play, we pounded the strike zone with our pitching staff and were selective at the plate,” Womack said. “They did a good job of keeping us on balance, but we still did what we needed to do.”
Dripping Springs is currently in second place in district behind Lockhart. With a solid game against the Matadors, Womack believes his team can be better.
“We can still be more consistent at the plate, our intensity level was kind of even keel tonight, but we have to be more intense than that,” Womack said. “Seguin is a good ball club and for us to win 5-0 and not quite be there mentally, we can’t have that especially Tuesday against Lockhart.”
