BRANSON, Mo. — Another stellar pitching performance from Jensyn Elder led the Carthage High School softball team to its fifth straight win.
A senior, Elder struck out 15 batters and gave up just one run on one hit in an outstanding complete-game effort as the Tigers earned a 4-1 win at Branson on Tuesday.
Elder, who walked three, threw a first-pitch strike to 20 of 28 batters.
Presley Probert and Natalie Rodriquez had two hits apiece for the Tigers.
Branson’s Peyton Bonsey took the loss after giving up four runs on six hits.
Carthage plated a single tally in the second after Rodriquez tripled to left and later scored on a Jordyn Jones groundout.
In a two-run sixth, Probert hit an RBI double to left and Rodriquez added a run-scoring single to center for a 3-0 lead.
Branson’s lone run came in the bottom of the sixth when Jocelyn McQueen singled and later scored on an error.
The Tigers added an insurance run in the seventh when Kate Potter’s single drove in A. Jackson.
Carthage (15-11, 5-2 COC) hosts Ozark on Thursday. Branson (7-12) is at Carl Junction on Thursday.
