High School Sports, Red Bay Tigers, Sports
 By  Bart Moss Published 
4:32 pm Tuesday, April 2, 2019

RB gets easy win

The Red Bay Tigers scored an easy win Monday, defeating Lafayette, Miss., 7-1. Red Bay took advantage of six errors by Lafayette.

Lila Blackburn led the way at the plate with two hits, including a double, three RBIs and two runs scored.  Emmie Scott also scored two runs.

Chloe Knoblock led the way in the circle, pitching six innings, striking out four and giving up six hits and one run.

Red Bay jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The Tigers got on the board first when Scott scored on a fielder’s choice. Blackburn and Taneisha Colburn scored later in the inning on Lafayette fielding errors.

Red Bay extended the lead to 5-0 in the top of the second inning when Blackburn hit a two-RBI double into centerfield, scoring Georgia Inman and Scott.

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