Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

CHESAPEAKE — One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch, but one big inning sure can spoil things for an opponent.
The Chesapeake Lady Panthers used a nine-run fourth inning and the pitching of Brooke Webb to blank the South Point Lady Pointers 9-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday.
Webb struck out 17, did not walk a batter and allowed just four hits to get the win.
“Webb threw really well. She located better and she had good velocity,” said Lady Panthers’ coach Aaron Rice.
“It was a good ball game except we put everything together in the fourth inning and with Webb pitching that was enough to win.”
In the fourth, Jenny Mills had a one-out single, Chloe Handley reached on a fielder’s choice and Ashley Tackett walked. Ryleigh Swann and Katy Spears had RBI singles and Webb walked to force in a run.
Jordan Storms, Lyric Bair and Breanna Russell all singled in runs and Handley doubled in the final run.
Russell was 2-3 for Chesapeake while Reece Duncan went 2-3 for South Point.
On Wednesday, Chesapeake hosts Rock Hill and South Point entertains Gallipolis.
South Point    000    000    0    =    0    4    3
Chesapeake    000    900    x    =    9    8    3
Abby Hannah, Holly Ramey (4) and Sara Allen. Brooke Webb and Katy Spears. W-Webb (K-17, BB-0). L-Hannah. Hitting-SP: Sara Allen 1-3 3B, Sophie Morrison 1-3, Reece Duncan 2-3; Chesy: Ryleigh Swann 1-5, Katy Spears 1-3, Jordan Storms 1-3, Lyric Bair 1-3, Breanna Russell 2-4, Jenny Mills 1-3, Chloe Handley 1-3 2B.