The T.R. Miller Lady Tiger softball team picked up a “huge” area win over No. 4-ranked Excel at home Tuesday with a 10-2 win over the Lady Panthers.
The win over Excel improved the Lady Tigers to 12-4 overall and improved them to 6-1 in area play.
“This was a huge win for us,” T.R. Miller Lady Tiger head coach Greg White said. “It put us back in the race for the regular season area championship. That was one of our pre-season goals and now we have a chance to fight for it.”
White said he got another solid pitching performance from his pitcher Miranda Smith and the Lady Tiger defense.
“Our defense committed zero errors,” White said. “The top, middle and bottom of our batting order all did a good job of getting on base and driving in runs. We had several big hits late that kind of put the game away for us.”
In a JV game, T.R. Miller lost to Excel 12-6 to fall to 9-8 overall.

Excel 12, TRM JV 6
The JV Lady Tigers were doubled up by Excel Monday, 12-6.
Lizzy Pollitte pitched the first inning for the Lady Tigers and gave up two runs. Moriah Brundidge pitched the second, third, and fourth innings and gave up 10 runs.
Abbi Roberts was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and an inside-the-park homerun.
Kelsey Thompson was 2-for-3 and Krystal Bell was 2-for-3. Ali Taylor was 1-for-3.

TRM varsity 10, Excel 2
In the first inning Monday against ranked Excel, things did not look good for the T.R. Miller Lady Tigers.
The Lady Tigers started the game with a hit batter against the leadoff Lady Panther. From there, the Panthers got four hits and scored two runs to take an early 2-0 lead.
The 2-0 lead for the Lady Panthers would be their only lead and runs of the game as the Lady Tigers pounded out 11 hits and scored 10 unanswered runs to defeat the Lady Panthers by eight.
All hitters in the lineup for the Lady Tigers had a hit in the win as T.R. Miller scored two runs in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 2-2.
The game would stay tied until the bottom of the fifth when the Lady Tigers scored three runs to take a 5-2 lead. T.R. Miller would double their lead to 10-2 in the bottom of the sixth with five more runs and hold Excel in the seventh to get the win.
Excel had nine hits in the loss and left six runners on base while T.R. Miller had 11 hits and also left six on base. Excel made six errors in the loss.
Smith earned the win on the mound for the Lady Tigers going seven innings allowing nine hits, two earned runs, walked and hit one and struck out two.
At the plate for the Lady Tigers, Audrey Hamric was 1-for-4 and Leah Brundidge was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Natalie Neal was 2-for-4 with a double and Taylor Guthrie was 1-for-4 with one RBI.
Emily Waters was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Takeysia McFugerson was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
Leigh Margaret Bostic was 1-for-4 and Jessica Allan and Kristen Booker were both 1-for-3.