Lady Warriors Ride Power and Pitching to 16–1 Victory Over Marlow

MARLOW — Washington paired a 10-run first inning with a 10-strikeout complete game from Payton Blackburn to defeat the Marlow Lady Outlaws, 16–1, in five innings on Tuesday.

Ava Salcedo set the tone immediately. The sophomore opened the scoring with an RBI triple, then later capped the frame with a three-run homer to right. Between those two swings, Washington stacked quality at-bats: Julie Hoehner punched an RBI single, Kinzlee Pogue roped an RBI double, Daphne Palumbo launched a three-run shot to center, and Emersyn Massey added an RBI double as the Lady Warriors sent the order around and blew it open, 10–0.

Washington kept adding on. In the third, Hoehner turned on a pitch and lifted a three-run homer to left. In the fifth, Pogue answered with a three-run blast to center to put the run rule in effect at 16–1.

Blackburn handled the rest. The right-hander struck out 10 and didn’t issue a walk, scattering three hits and yielding only an unearned run across five efficient innings. Marlow’s knocks came from Lakyn Foss, Kate Doughty, and Addyson Mayes.

Hitting — Washington

• Ava Salcedo: 2-for-4, 3B, HR, 4 RBI
  
• Julie Hoehner: 3 hits, HR, 4 RBI
  
• Kinzlee Pogue: 3 hits, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
  
• Daphne Palumbo: multi-hit game, 3-run HR
  
• Emersyn Massey: 3 hits, RBI 2B
  
• Hadley Beard: multi-hit game
  
• Team baserunning: 4 SB
  

Hitting — Marlow

• Lakyn Foss: 1 hit
  
• Kate Doughty: 1 hit
  
• Addyson Mayes: 1 hit
  

Scoring Summary (selected)

• T1 — Washington 10–0: Salcedo RBI 3B; Hoehner RBI 1B; Pogue RBI 2B; Palumbo 3-run HR; Massey RBI 2B; Salcedo 3-run HR
  
• T3 — Washington 13–1: Hoehner 3-run HR
  
• T5 — Washington 16–1: Pogue 3-run HR
  

Pitching

• Payton Blackburn (Washington): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
  
• Kate Doughty (Marlow): 0.1 IP, 8 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
  
• Daylin Dennison (Marlow): 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  

Up Next: Washington returns to district play Thursday against Little Axe.