The bats were on fire for the Tallassee softball team in a 12-2 win over Reeltown on Monday night.
The Tiger compiled a dominant 10 hits, with Cheyann Easterling having arguably the best day. She racked up three hits in her four at-bats including a triple in the fifth and a double in the sixth — scoring three runs and adding two RBIs. Kam Tate got involved with two hits of her own, both going for doubles and Marlee Osborne picked up two triples in her four at-bats.
Reeltown, on the other hand, struggled to get people on base. The Rebels picked up just two hits in the game coming from Lilli Johnston and Lainey Patillo, also getting their runs via some pitching miscues.
What also cost Reeltown was fielding errors. It finished with three errors, all coming in the final two frames with one resulting in a score for Tallassee.
Overall the game stayed at an even standstill through the first four frames. Reeltown would kick things off with two runs in the top of the second inning while Tallassee chipped in with two runs in the bottom of the third. The fourth inning ended scoreless, but from that point on it was all Tallassee.
The Tigers put three runs on the board in the bottom of the fifth but exploded in the sixth and final inning with seven runs.
Both Tallassee and Reeltown have a few remaining regular season games left on their schedule but have their respective area tournaments set. Tallasse will open the Class 4A Area 5 tournament against Montgomery Catholic on Friday at Prattville Christian. Reeltown, who went undefeated in area play, will host the Class 2A Area 6 tournament. It’ll face the winner of the Loachapoka-LaFayette game this Saturday.