ARLINGTON — Sultan’s Shelby Jeffries hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning during an attempted intentional walk to give the Turks a three-run lead over the Cougars in a wild Cascade Conference game on Wednesday.
Lakewood scored once in the bottom of the seventh against Jeffries, but Sultan held on for the 8-6 win.
Jeffries, who hit another home run earlier in the game, went 4-for-4 with seven RBI and two runs scored at the plate, and struck out 14 in a complete-game effort in the circle. She now has six homers on the season.
Alexis Lampinen homered for Lakewood, and Hailey Malakowski struck out nine in defeat for the Cougars (4-2 league, 6-2 overall).
Chrishelle Sentman went 3-for-4 for Sultan (2-5, 3-5).
At Lakewood H.S.
Sultan 002 030 3 — 8 12 0
Lakewood 122 000 1 — 6 7 1
Shelby Jeffries and Daphne Pohaku. Hailey Malakowski and Kylie Lopez. WP—Jeffries. LP—Malakowski. 2B—Terah Barrio (L). HR—Alexis Lampinen (L), Jeffries (S) 2. Records—Sultan 2-5 league, 3-5 overall. Lakewood 4-2, 6-2.
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