Doyline Lady Panthers win Thursday, Doyline Panthers fall to Castor

Thursday saw Doyline’s Lady Panthers and Panthers score plenty of runs, but only the Lady Panthers pulled out a win in high scoring games.

Lady Panthers 22, Gibsland-Coleman 2

Savannah Stanley drove in four runs on two hits, including an inside-the-park home run, as the Lady Panthers roared past Gibsland-Coleman’s Lady Bulldogs.

Doyline used a pair of inside-the-parkers to unleash an 18-run explosion in the second inning to safely put the game away. Stanley and Karmadie Bartlett had the home runs, and seven Lady Panther singles pushed runs across.

Gibsland-Coleman had taken a brief lead in the game when Maddison Tillman nailed a two-run homer to center in the top of the first.

Stanley picked up the win for Doyline, giving up two hits and two runs over three innings, striking out seven and walking one. Tillman took the loss for Gibsland-Coleman.

Doyline piled up 15 hits in the game, led by Sarah Gill led with three hits in four at bats. Raelynn Pease, Bartlett, and Lani Gates each collected multiple hits for the Lady Panthers.

Tillman and Ariel Jenkins each had a one-for-two day to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

Castor 13, Doyline 12

Doyline’s baseball Panthers couldn’t hold on to a seven run lead and fell to the Tigers Thursday. Although the Tigers came out on top, Doyline collected 10 hits to Castor’s five.

Thanks to three singles, the Panthers jumped off to an early first-inning lead, then pushed across five runs on five hits in the top of the fourth. Runs scored when Noah Spears doubled, followed by singles from Jonas Florence, Dario Galvez  and Kenneth Anderson.

Castor scored five runs on two hits in the bottom of the fourth inning, with a double from Zach Boyler bringing in two. The Tigers then tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on a single off the bat of Levi Joyner.

That tie was broken in the bottom of the sixth when Dakota Rayer tripled to drive in two and Kyler Austin produced an RBI single to make it 12-9, but the Panthers came back again to tie it in the top of the seventh thanks to singles by Florence and Zach Normand and a fielder’s choice by Galvez.

Joyner earned the win for Castor in relief of starter Logan Mitchell. The hurler gave up two hits and three runs (zero earned) over three innings, striking out three and walking two. Galvez took the loss for Doyline in relief of starter Normand.

Florence led Doyline with three hits and three runs batted in and Galvez collected two hits. Rayer led Castor with two hits in three at bats.

(Stats and info provided by GameChanger Media.)