Tigers fall to 0-2 in West Yosemite League, at 0-2 Mt. Whitney Friday

Lemoore pitcher Ashtyn Lucas in Wednesday's loss to Redwood High School.

Photo by Bill Burris, Lemooresports.com

The Tigers face Mt. Whitney Friday afternoon in Visalia and hope to get back on track. Lemoore is 9-6 overall while the Pioneers go into tomorrow’s game with an 0-2 WYL mark and 3-9 overall.

In Wednesday’s game, Redwood scored three times in the third inning and two more in the fourth to take a commanding 5-2 lead. The Rangers scored once more in the sixth and five times in the seventh to complete the blowout.

Redwood batters had 12 hits off Tiger pitching, led by Nikki Antuna, who went six innings for the Tigers – and took the loss. Lemoore batters could muster just six hits off Redwood’s Abigail Hillan, who struck out eight batters and walked just two.

For the Tigers Katelynn Cole had two hits and two RBI while Jordyn Antuna, Megan Ambriz, Madison Wallace and Kendra Hawken each had a hit.