Addison Leschber hit a pair of home runs and the Thrall Tigerettes (14-8 overall, 7-1 District 27-2A) launched a total of five long balls in a 14-3 rout of the Granger Lady Lions (9-6, 3-4) Tuesday night in Granger.
Thrall got off to a quick start with three runs in the top half of the first. Dezi Lopez, Leschber, and Ashlyn Jarosek knocked out consecutive hits to stake the Tigerettes to a 2-0 lead. Later in the inning, the Tigerettes added one more run on a Granger error. The Lady Lions responded with a run in their half of the first. Marissa Hall doubled to lead off the inning for Granger and scored on Amayah Simien’s single to center.
The Tigerettes tacked on three more runs in the second. With two outs, Aubrie Henderson singled to centerfield and Lopez followed with a run-scoring double to left. Leschber drew a walk and Jarosek picked up her second hit of the game, a two-run single to left that gave Thrall a 6-1 lead.
Thrall added to their lead in the fourth, scoring a pair of runs on a Lopez solo homerun to left and a pair of singles to put the Tigerettes up 8-1. In the fifth, Leschber launched her first home run of the game, a solo shot over the right field fence.
Granger picked up a run in the bottom half of the sixth inning to cut into the Thrall lead. Marissa Luna was hit by a pitch leading off the inning and moved to second on Abby Carpenter’s single. One out later, Luna raced home on a thrall error that cut the Thrall lead to 9-2.
Thrall’s homerun onslaught continued in the seventh. Henderson blasted a two-run shot that scored Karli Quintanilla, and a Lopez triple set up Leschber’s second homerun, a two-run shot to right. The Tigerettes fifth, and final homerun, came from the bat of Jarosek, who took a one-one pitch over the left-field fence, all with no outs in the inning.
The Lady Lions managed to put one more run on the board in the bottom of the seventh. Simien singled to open the Granger seventh and moved to third on a walk and a Thrall error. She raced home on a passed ball, making the final 14-3.
Leschber, Jarosek, and Lopez each had four hits for the Tigerettes, and the trio combined for nine runs batted in. Simien led the Lady Lions with three hits on the night. Henderson picked up the win, her ninth win against five defeats. She scattered seven hits over seven innings and struck out five. Payton Filla took the loss for Granger.
Thrall was back on the field Friday hosting Rosebud-Lott. The Lady Lions were on the road Friday, playing at Milano (8-6, 3-4).
