Harlan County junior Aly Sherman hit her first home run as the Lady Bears fell 2-1 at Cherokee, Tenn.
Cherokee (Tenn.) scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge visiting Harlan County 2-1 on Friday.
Alexis Adams gave up only three hits and one earned run with 14 strikeouts and three walks.
Aly Sherman accounted for the only HC run with a homer in the fifth inning to tie the game at 1-1, Jordyn Smith and Julionna Johnson each had two singles. Raegan Landa, Bella Miniard and Jaylin Robinson had one single each.
The 11-8 Lady Bears travel to Bell County on Tuesday.
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Harlan County 000 010 00 — 1. 8. 1
Cherokee, Tenn. 100 000 01 — 2. 3. 2
Adams and Robinson; Helton and Lucas. WP — Helton. LP — Adams (7-7). HR – Harlan County (Sherman).
