Mount Pulaski Honeybears defeat Central A & M

[September 12, 2019] 

The Mount Pulaski Honeybears defeated Central A & M Wednesday afternoon in the opening round of softball regionals. Alyson Murphy's two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning put Mount Pulaski on top 4-3. The Honeybears held the Raiders scoreless in the top of the seventh inning with Murphy fielding a ground ball at short and firing to first for the final out of the game.

Mount Pulaski took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an error by the Raiders. The Raiders quickly tied the game 1-1 in the top of the second inning. Central A & M took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning.

Scout Tschantz earned the win for Mount Pulaski. Tschantz tossed seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out five batters.

Mount Pulaski’s Alyson Murphy (15) was a key player in the Honeybears 4-3 Regional win over Central A & M. Murphy’s two-run single put Mount Pulaski in front late in the game. In this photo from August 22, 2019 Murphy is going through the lineup with Hartsburg-Emden following a Honeybear win in which she ended the game with an unassisted double play. Murphy is a sixth-grader. 

Murphy and Grace Davis had the only hits for Mount Pulaski against a very tough Central A & M team.

Mount Pulaski improves to 10-9 on the season. The Honeybears will play Argenta-Oreana on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. in Oreana.

[Teena Lowery]