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The Lady Trojans stepped out of GNRC play on Wednesday night as they hosted long time rival the Cary Imps at Trojan Field.
Garner started fast in the opening inning when, with two outs, Ashley Carroll lined a double off the center field wall and one batter later, Kasey Hamrick picked up a single to drive home Carroll and give Garner a 1-0 lead.
In the very next inning, the Lady Trojans struck again as Kimmie Stewart began the frame with a double to left, two batters later, Halie Warner joined the hit parade as she lined a single back up the box to plate Stewart and give Garner a 3-0 lead.
The Lady Trojans weren't done yet as the very next hitter, Meghan Strickland just missed a home run as she hit the first pitch she saw off the bottom of the left field wall to plate Warner and capped the Garner scoring in the second.
Garner began to sub and put people in position for what could come next year and for the most part, Garner was solid in the field, with the constant being the outstanding performance in the circle by true Freshman Christina Gower who walked just one and struck out eight in a complete game effort to pick up her 15th win of the year.
However, Cary made things interesting in the top of the sixth with a pair of runs an a RBI single from Katie Long and a wild pitch from Gower to plate the two runs. The Lady Trojans came storming right back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame thanks to RBI singles from Christina Gower and Anna Burton to give Garner a 6-2 lead.
That would be more than enough for Gower as Garner improved to 15-2 on the season and will return to action on Friday night at 7 when they travel to East Wake.
Softball Downs Imps
