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Paintsville baserunner Piper O\u2019Bryan slides in safely at third base\u00a0during a game versus Betsy Layne in the opening round of the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic on Monday, April 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
photo by Steve LeMaster<\/p>\n
STANVILLE\u00a0\u2014 Paintsville outlasted host Betsy Layne 16-12 in eight innings during the opening round of the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic on Monday, April 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lady Tigers overcame a slow start to defeat Betsy Layne for the second time in less than two weeks. With the win, Paintsville advanced in the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paintsville and Betsy Layne swapped leads during the tournament game. However, Paintsville managed to hold on for the win in the extra inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kira Ratliff pitches for Paintsville during a game versus Betsy Layne in the opening round of the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic on Monday, April 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
photo by Steve LeMaster<\/p>\n
Kira Ratliff pitched for Paintsville and earned the win in the circle. Ratliff recorded 18 strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lady Tigers excelled offensively. Each Paintsville batter made an impact at the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Paintsville baserunner Kelsey Woods heads to third base during a game versus Betsy Layne in the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic on Monday, April 6.<\/p>\n
photo by Steve LeMaster <\/p>\n
Paintsville scored 15 runs on 23 hits, benefitting from a balanced offensive attack which featured Ratliff (four hits, two RBIs), Brooke Howard (three hits, five RBIs), Kassidy May (three hits, three RBIs), Maggie Music (three hits, two RBIs), Piper O\u2019Bryan (three hits, two RBIs), Kendall Short (three hits), Bentley Smith (two hits, one RBI), Kelsey Woods (one hit), Taylor Spriggs (one hit) and Mallory May (one RBI).\u00a0Helping her pitching cause at the plate, Ratliff homered.\u00a0Providing another extra-base hit for Paintsville, Short doubled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Paintsville third baseman Maggie Music awaits a possible throw during a game versus Betsy Layne in the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic on Monday, April 6.<\/p>\n
photo by Steve LeMaster<\/p>\n
Paintsville is scheduled to meet host Prestonsburg in the quarterfinals of the 15th Region All \u201cA\u201d Classic at StoneCrest at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paintsville baserunner Piper O\u2019Bryan slides in safely at third base\u00a0during a game versus Betsy Layne in the opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2309,5,2316,2323,2314,2317,2313,2325,2413,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,4,2305,2303,2307,2327,2321,185,2324,2311,2312,1039],"class_list":{"0":"post-671793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-baseball-competitions","11":"tag-baseball-events","12":"tag-baseball-finals","13":"tag-baseball-games","14":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","15":"tag-baseball-teams","16":"tag-champion-seasons-in-major-league-baseball","17":"tag-major-league-baseball","18":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","21":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","22":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","23":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","24":"tag-mlb","25":"tag-mlb-playoffs","26":"tag-mlb-postseason","27":"tag-outdoor-sports","28":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","29":"tag-seasons-in-baseball","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-sports-events","32":"tag-team-sports","33":"tag-turf-sports","34":"tag-world-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}