Comfort pitcher Emma Wardlaw continues to mow down opponents. After striking out 18 in last Friday’s game with Brady, Wardlaw and the rest of the Deer were back in action Monday against Llano and the pitcher recorded 15 more strikeouts.
The good news for Comfort is that they won the game 3-2 in extra innings. CHS improves to 6-1 in district and 14-11 overall. The Deer faced Florence on Thursday before hosting Blanco on Monday for Senior Night.
Wardlaw threw all 9 innings in Tuesday game and tossed 129 pitches. She gave up 3 hits and both runs scored by Llano were earned. Wardlaw only walked 2 against the 15 strikeouts.
Comfort scored first in the contest with a run in the third but Llano answered in the top of the fourth to tie it at 1-1. The Deer retook the lead in the fifth at 2-1, but the Yellowjackets were able to respond again and knotted it up at 2-2 with a run in the sixth.
It stayed that way until the Deer won it in the ninth with a walk-off hit. Kaydence Stehling walked to start the bottom of the ninth and then Katie Haffner singled to put runners at first and second. The next batter hit into a fielder’s choice and Haffner was thrown out at second but Stehling advanced to third on the play.
With one out, Tori Hernandez singled on a bunt with a 1-1 count to bring in Stehling from third for the game winner.
Comfort finished with 7 hits, all singles. Haffner and Kippy Sterling knocked out 2 singles each, Hope Van Geffen, Hernandez and Layla Castro all singled as well.
Stehling, Castro and Sterling all scored one run each, with Van Geffen and Hernandez recording RBIs.
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