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ASOTIN - Dayton's soft­ball team is off to a strong start after taking two victo­ries against Asotin in Satur­day's double-header.

In the first game, the bull­dogs rode a four-run second inning to edge the Lady Pan­thers 6-5.

Pitcher Sam Harting gave up five runs on three hits, with the Dayton girls com­mitting three errors. The Lady Bulldogs had six runs on six hits, with Courtney Mings collecting two hits and Sarah Phillips, Jessica Tate, Lexus Ward and Kellie Moore, each with one.

In the second game, Day­ton came out strong, scoring three runs in the first inning and overpowered the pan­thers

8-4.

Tate, Harting and Malia Frame each had two hits for the Lady Bulldogs, who had a total of 10.

Pitcher Lexus Ward gave up 11 hits but only four runs, while the team committed four errors.

Bulldog coach Des Jones said she was very pleased with the team's play Satur­day.

"Sam and Lexus worked very hard in the circle and Sarah worked especially hard behind the plate for 14 innings," Jones said. "We had more errors than we like to see but they didn't hurt us as bad as they could have."

The Lady Bulldogs are now 2-0 in the league and 4-0 overall.