Appleberry Homers in Lady Tigers Win

Stephanie Eckhoff allowed just three hits, and pitched around four Republic errors, to lead the Lady Tigers to a 7-1 win over Cassville to open the season. Eckhoff struck out five and walked none.

Payton Appleberry had three hits and scored three runs, including a 2-run homer in the 6th inning. Rachael Michaelis added two hits for Republic.

The Lady Tigers never trailed, after jumping on top 1-0 in the bottom of the 1st inning. They added two more runs in the 3rd. Cassville’s only big threat came in the top of the 4th, when two Republic errors opened the door for a rally. Eckhoff pitched around the trouble, allowing just one run.

Republic put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the 6th, highlighted by Appleberry’s home run to left-center field.

The JV team won 6-2.

The Lady Tigers are back in action Thursday against Reeds Spring.

(Listen to postgame comments from Coach Mike Thorne below. And, as always, you can receive every postgame interview automatically by subscribing to the Republic Tiger Sports Radio podcast in iTunes. Just click that button over on the right side of the page to sign up.)

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