ANDERSON, Mo. — McDonald County rallied in the bottom of the seventh to earn a 4-3 walk-off win over Carthage on Wednesday in a non-conference softball contest.
The game was deadlocked when McDonald County’s Amanda Pacheco stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. Pacheco delivered the game-ending single, with Jacie Frencken scoring the winning run.
The Mustangs improved to 10-4, while the Tigers fell to 10-9.
Nevaeh Dodson was the winning pitcher. She struck out 10, scattered eight hits and gave up three runs.
Carthage’s Ashlynn Jackson took the loss, but she only allowed three earned runs.
Frencken went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored for the Mustangs.
Aven Willis went 3-for-3 for the Tigers, while Alexis Smith had two hits and two RBI.
After the Tigers plated a run in the top of the first inning on Smith’s RBI single, McDonald County’s Frencken hit a two-run home run in the bottom half.
Frencken hit an RBI single in the second inning to give the Mustangs a 3-1 lead.
In the third, Carthage’s Landry Cochran singled and later scored on Smith’s RBI single into left, cutting her team’s deficit to 3-2.
The score held up until the top of the seventh, when Carthage tied it up on Jenna Calhoon’s run-scoring double.
The Mustangs rallied with one out in the bottom half, as Frencken singled, Katelynn Townsend was hit by a pitch and Natalie Gillming singled to load the bases for Pacheco, who gave Mac County a walk-off victory with her clutch hit.
Carthage hosts Willard on Thursday. McDonald County hosts Cassville on Thursday.
