The Greenbrier East Lady Spartans got out to a five-run lead in the fourth inning and held on for a 5-3 victory over the George Washington Patriots on Wednesday, May 26.
East opened up the scoring in the first inning. After Josi Ervin walked, Annabelle Honaker hit a double. Then Taylor Graham drove in both when she homered to center field and gave the Spartans a 3-0 lead after one inning. It was Graham’s first homer of the season.
East put up two more runs in the fourth when Ervin singled home Ella Asbury, and then Ervin came around to score when Honaker reached on an error for a 5-1 Spartan lead.
GW put together a small rally in the last inning and brought two runs across home plate. But the freshman Ervin settled herself on the mound and struck out Savannah Graley to seal the big win for East.
Ervin was credited with the victory on the hill. The left-hander allowed five hits and three runs over seven innings, and struck out eight.
And Jimenez took the loss for George Washington. She surrendered five runs on seven hits over three frames of work.
East saw the ball well and racked up nine hits in the game. Graham and Josie Patterson both had multiple hits.
Passion Holley led George Washington with two hits in four at bats.
With the victory, East moves to 13-6 with home games against Princeton and George Washington (rematch) coming up.
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