The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs Softball team faced the Touchet Indians, over­coming 6 errors to bring home a 4-3 win, at the March 20 home game.

Lexus Ward pitched the game with Madison Min­gs catching The 'Dawgs were up 3-2 going into the seventh inning. Touchet's Jennifer Aceves led off to get on base due to an in­field error, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Touchet's Melissa Creek hit a pop-up to shallow left and Aceves tagged up to score the tie run. A groundout to pitcher ended the inning for Touchet.

The Dawg's last inning began with Mia Becker taking a hit by a pitch and walking first. Becker stole second and made third on a single by Hanna Becker. With two on and no outs, Kellie Moore hit to short stop. Mia Becker scored the winning run, beating the fielder's throw to home.

"This was a pretty even matchup today," said Day­ton Assistant Coach Desirae Jones. "All three [Touchet] pitchers threw well. Our defense struggled, allowing six errors, which we will re­ally need to improve before league starts."

Sarah Phillips had three steals for the day. Lexus Ward had four strikeouts and two walks. Touchet struck out eight Dayton bat­ters, allowed five walks and one hit by pitch.