Royse City pitcher quiets Lady Lions' bats
March 18, 2009

By DAVID CLAYBOURN
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- Alicia Pille struck out 17 and limited Greenville to only two hits during Royse City’s 7-1 district softball victory on Tuesday at Monty Stratton Field.

Pille did not walk a batter but hit two with pitches.

Royse City capitalized on 10 hits and four Greenville errors to score single runs in the first, second and fourth innings and two runs in the third and fifth.

Greenville’s freshman left-hander Rachael Cook allowed only three earned runs. She walked three and struck out two.

Greenville dropped to 1-3 in District play 10-4A after also splitting two games on Monday. The Lady Lions beat Highland Park 5-4 on Monday and lost 7-5 to Newman Smith of Carrollton.

Royse City, now 1-1 in district play, is scheduled to entertain Richardson Pearce in a makeup game at 5 p.m. today.

Dezy Arredondo paced Royse City at the plate with two hits and a run batted in. Shelby Pille, Shelbi Bane, Alicia Pille, Ashley Heinaman, Julia Zielinski, Camille Flores, Kourtney Kelley and Marcy Quarrels also hit safely for Royse City.

Shanterria Riley scored Greenville’s only run in the third after getting hit by a pitch. Riley stole second and third and then dashed home on a wild pitch.

Riley broke up Pille’s no-hit bid as she singled just over the glove of second baseman Heinaman with two outs in the fifth.

Trinity Ashmore also singled for Greenville in the sixth.

Bane scored Royse City’s first run in the first. Bain beat out an infield hit, stole second and took third on a wild pitch before Arredondo delivered an RBI single.

Kelley scored in the second after reaching on a walk and advancing on a wild pitch. She scored on Shelby Pille’s single.

Royse City rang up two runs in the third as Arredondo singled, Heinaman reached on a throwing error that allowed a run to score and Flores ripped an RBI single.

Heinaman singled in the fifth, scoring on a ground-out.

Royse City loaded the bases twice in the sixth, scoring off two errors, a couple of fielder’s choices and Alicia Pille’s single.

District 10-4A softball
Royse City 112 012 0 --7 10 0
Greenville 001 000 x --1 2 4

WP: Alicia Pille, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 BBs, 17 Ks.
LP: Rachael Cook, 10 hits, 7 runs, 3 ERs, 3 BBs, 2 Ks.

Leading hitters
RC: Shelbi Bane 1-4, 2 runs; Alicia Pille 1-5, Dezy Arredondo 2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Ashley Heinaman 1-4, 2 runs; Julia Zielinksi 1-3, Camille Flores 1-3, 1 RBI; Kourtney Kelley 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Marcy Quarrels 1-4.

Records: G 7-4, 1-3; RC 1-1.

Next game: R.L. Turner at Greenville, Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Richardson Pearce at Royse City, 5 p.m. today.