Lady Broncos bang out 14 hits in big win over Porter

The Dayton Lady Broncos brought out the bats on Thursday night in Porter by knocking out 14 hits and scoring in every inning except for one in a much needed 14-4 win over the Lady Spartans in district play. The win moved Dayton to 5-3 in district. Kloee Wells let the hitting parade with four hits and three RBI’s. The senior reached base all five times and also threw out a couple of potential base runners from her catcher position. The Lady Broncos jumped out to a nice 4-0 lead after a half-inning of play thanks to three walks and two hit by-pitches. Fabianna Candelari started things off with a single and then Bailey Butcher, Emma Pierce, and Wells all walked, which allowed Candelari to score and make it 1-0. Dimika Anthony-Conner and Natalie Garcia were then each hit-by-pitches to score two more and run the lead to 3-0. Dayton would get one more run to make it 4-0. The Lady Broncos added another run in the third inning thanks to an RBI single by Garcia and then the advantage was up to 5-0. Porter then went to work in the bottom half of the frame by scoring four runs to cut the deficit to 5-4. Dayton got single tallies in the fourth and fifth innings to increase their lead back to 7-4. The Lady Broncos then got some breathing room in the sixth frame with three more runs as Garcia, Butcher, and Anthony-Conner all had RBI’s in the inning. Dayton then put the game away with four runs in the seventh. Kyra Keener had a nice two-run triple to make it 12-4 and then an RBI single by Candelari and RBI double by Wells ran the advantage to 14-4. Keener and Candelari each finished with three hits and two RBI’s each, while winning pitcher Jocelyn Armstrong helped herself on the mound with two hits. Armstrong finished with eight strikeouts.