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Panthers still unbeaten

By Randy Lefko
Posted 3/15/18

ORANGE PARK – Early inning doubles by Alyssa Adams and Hannah Foster pushed Ridgeview High to an early 2-0 lead on visiting Orange Park in their Tues., March 5 district 4-6A clash in what looked …

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Panthers still unbeaten


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ORANGE PARK – Early inning doubles by Alyssa Adams and Hannah Foster pushed Ridgeview High to an early 2-0 lead on visiting Orange Park in their Tues., March 5 district 4-6A clash in what looked like a Panther scoring push, but the Lady Raiders answered with a three run triple by Kayla Saunders only to fall short in the Panthers’ 5-3 win. Ridgeview stays unbeaten at 4-0. The Panthers have dates with powerhouses from Ponte Vedra (Tues,March 13), at Hudson (Thurs., March 15) and at Baker County (Tues., March 20). Ridgeview also travels to the Leopard Slam Tournament at Hernando High in Brooksville March 15-16. The Panthers will face unbeaten Hernando High (8-0) Fri., March 16 in tournament play. Orange Park falls to 2-8 with wins over Westside (15-0) and Middleburg (7-4).

With pitcher Brittany Michael getting tagged witha first inning bunt that led to a Raider baserunner getting to third; Carrington Robinson, it was catcher

Ashlyn Halford who rifled to third baseman Sarah Anderson that squelched the scoring threat.

Michael would finish up the inning with a strikeout and flyout.

Ridgeview, in their initial at bat, would sored off an RBI double from Adams who punched her shot over second base with Raven Little at second base after getting hit by a pitch.

After a single by Raider catcher Addyson Mauldin opened the second inning, Michael dethrottled the Raider attack with strikeouts to the next three Raider batters.

An opening double to centerfield set up a scoring double from Foster as the Panthers were finding the seams of the Raider defense.

For two innings, Michael and Raider pitcher Jennifer Hiers would limit opposing batting lineups to just four at bats apiece to keep the score 2-0 into the fifth.

The bottom of the fifth saw Ridgeview add runs with an opening double to Little, a single to Chloe Chambers and a single to Tatiana Ilias into centerfield for a 4-0 lead. Halford was left at second base after a double on a flyout to Reghan Boyd.

Orange Park showed some resilience in the sixth with an opening single from Carrington, an error to a Ramsy Phillips outfield fly and a walk to Hiers to set up Mauldin with a bases loader scenario and a chance to go yard as she did in a win over Middleburg a week prior.

Mauldin would sail a fly ball to deep centerfield, but Chambers would track the ball down for an out, but Saunders calmly took her shot with a long triple in the left centerfield gap to put three Raider runs on the scoreboard.

A flyout ended the threat.

Ridgeview would get one more run, but not without a heads up snag of a Brooke Michael line drive by Phillips manning second base. Foster blasted a triple to right centerfield and later scored off a double from Anderson that was nearly snagged at third base by Saunders at third base.

Down 5-3, Orange Park hit three fly balls to end the game.