Belton hosted 14 teams in its inaugural Cen-Tex Hit-N-Run Classic, with 14 games played from noon until 11 p.m.
Temple swept its two games in the round-robin format, beating Liberty Hill 9-8 in nine innings and topping Lorena 5-3. The Lady Tigers split their two games, falling to Pasadena Memorial 5-2 before topping Midland Lee 7-3 late into the evening.
TEMPLE
Kacie Easley went 8-for-9 and drove in six runs as the Tem-Cats picked up a pair of wins.
Easley scorched a two-run single to drive in Sarah Truelove and Jenna Bane in a three-run ninth against Liberty Hill. Easley preserved the victory with an unassisted double play to quell a Lady Panthers rally in the bottom of the ninth.
Bane went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, and Emily Vickery and Courtney Truelove had two hits apiece.
In the opener against Lorena, Easley went 4-for-4 with a solo home run. Courtney Truelove also had two hits.
Elisa Espinoza went the distance in both games to get both wins.
Temple (8-7-1) faces Hutto at 10 a.m. today and Gatesville at 4 p.m.
BELTON
Jenna Roach got the victory in her first start of the season as the Lady Tigers downed Lee. The Lady Tigers collected three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to pull away.
Brianna Bozon and Amber Peters drove in runs on back-to-back singles in the fourth and Peters scored later on a Talya Bishoff sacrifice fly. Victoria Alcozer hit an RBI groundout and Bozon drove in two more in the fifth. Madi Moore drove home Peters to put the Lady Tigers on the board in the third.
In Belton’s opener, Krystal Faber and Peters hit solo homers but that was all the run production the Lady Tigers managed in a loss to Memorial. Memorial scored four unearned runs to get the win. Brynne Steger took the loss in the circle.
Belton (10-6) will play back-to-back games today at 2 and 4 p.m. against Celina and Cedar Park Vista Ridge, respectively.
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