Lady Jackets tame Galcats in regional quarterfinal

Tyler bats 1.000 with 4 runs scored

BY LELAND ACKER

The Alto Lady Jackets continued their run through the Class A softball playoffs Tuesday by knocking off district rival Mt. Enterprise 8-1 at Lady Eagle Field in Rusk. Alto's bats fired up with 11 hits while the defense held Mt. Enterprise to one run and two hits.

Alto pitcher Heaven Liles hurled nine strike outs while infielders La Quendal Tyler, Katina Sturns and Lexi Sessions backed up the pitching with solid infield play.

Tyler and Teoshua Badgett opened up the scoring for the Lady Jackets after getting on base with a walk and an error. They also scored again in the second inning, giving Alto a 4-0 lead.

Tyler led the hitting, going three-for-three from the plate, plus got on base twice on walks. She hit one double and scored four runs.

Liles batted three-for-four on the evening, hitting a double. Jana Dominy was Liles' courtesy runner who scored a run in the fourth inning.

Mt. Enterprise's lone run of the game came in the fourth inning as Ashley Lollar got on base with an Alto error, then scored on a subsequent error. Alto maintained the 6-1 lead after the fourth inning, extending it to 8-1 in the fifth on runs by Tyler and Holley Huddleston.

Huddleston went one-for-three with a walk and run scored. Other batters for Alto were: Badgett (zero-for-two with two runs scored), Sessions (two-for-three), Abbey Scott (one-for-four) and Lacey Huddleston (one-for-four). Alto will advance to the regional semifinal next week against an opponent to be named at a later time.