OAK GROVE —
Two out of three ain’t bad, according to the song by Meat Loaf.
That’s what Corner’s softball team got on Monday, as they dropped the opening game against Mountain Brook, then pasted McAdory and Oak Grove in a four-team Presidents’ Day round-robin softball tournament.
The Yellow Jackets allowed the Spartans, coached by former Mortimer Jordan standout Erin Wright, to score five runs in the first two innings, as they went on to win 6-3 in six innings in the opener. Corner scored three unearned runs in the fourth, after a double by Jordan Enntrekin and single by Bailee Hammock.
Hammock smashed a lead-off home run in the third inning of the Jackets’ 12-0 five-inning shutout of McAdory. Entrekin, the winning pitcher and reliever Cheyenne Bryant allowed one hit each. Entrekin and Madison McCormack each hit a pair of doubles, with Entrekin driving in two.
Entrekin won the nightcap as well, an 11-2 drubbing of Oak Grove. McCormack, in relief, also was 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs. Hannah Reeder hit a two-run homer.
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Mountain Brook 9, Gardendale 2: The Rockets coughed up seven runs in the sixth in the opener of a tri-series.
Jesse Blackburn started and had five strikeouts in three innings, but got no decision. Chris Blakey was 2-for-4 with a run.
Gardendale 4, Benjamin Russell 0: Chris Walton struck out six in a complete-game one-hitter. Chris Walton had a run-scoring double.
Mortimer Jordan 8-7, Oak Grove 11-0: Ty Miller and Garrett Suchey each had a double and two RBIs in the opener. Dylan Jones was 3-for-4, and Nathan Perry allowed three hits in six innings in the nightcap.
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Corner center fielder Taylor Sloan slides into second base after hitting a double in the Yellow Jackets’ game Monday against Mountain Brook. The Spartans prevailed 6-3, but Corner won its other two Presidents’ Day games. Robert Carter
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