Lady Saints squeeze out two wins over Pratt
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Seward County softball continued their winning streak on Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep over the Pratt Beavers where in both games the two teams entered the seventh tied before the Lady Saints managed to squeak past their opponents to grow their win streak out to eight.
Pratt struck first with an RBI double in the top of the first of game one to push ahead 1-0 over the Lady Saints before Raeana Ortiz tied the score up at 1-1 with a single on a bunt to drive in Samantha Gomez. Costly drops by Seward County in the top of the third caused them to fall behind by three as the Lady Saints struggled on the defensive side of the ball. Their offense however was able to connect on hits in timely fashion as Aaliyah Gutierrez stole home on a wild pitch while Anberlin O'Dell hit an RBI single to right field to close the gap to one at 4-3. The Beavers added another run to their total in the following inning to grow their lead back to two, but a monster three-run homer from Ortiz gave the Lady Saints a one score lead 6-5 heading into the sixth. Pratt locked things up at 6-6 heading into the seventh inning where Kamryn Martinez helped hold the Beavers at bay with a strikeout to send them back to the dugout while an RBI single from Gomez helped drive in Alyssa Morgan to finish off game one with a 7-6 win.


