Emery softball moved to 12-6-1 on the regular season with an 11-8 win over the San Juan Broncos on Friday in Castle Dale. Tied heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, one swing of the bat and Bralin Wilde would drive in the winning runs giving the Spartans the victory.
Emery is sitting at No. 6 in the state RPI, they hold a record of 4-2 in Region 12 play with the two losses coming at the hands of Grand (No.4) and Carbon (No. 3), they have one game left with each team this season.
In the bottom of the third inning with the Spartans down 1-0, Cambrie Jensen would put Emery on the board with a single to left field driving in Brynlei Luke, three batters later Madisyn Childs took one deep to left bringing Jensen home and giving Emery the 3-1 lead.
In the top of the fourth San Juan would go back to work at the plate scoring four runs regaining the lead 5-3. Back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning by Childs, her second of the contest, and Janessa Weston would knot the score at five, but the Spartans were just getting started. Arilyn Allred would add yet another Emery home run with a shot to left that scored Tylee Norton. Kaejha Johnson would score on an error by the short stop pushing the Emery lead to 8-5 at the end of the inning.
San Juan added two more runs in the sixth and one in the seventh tying the game at eight headed into the bottom of the seventh inning.
In the bottom half of the seventh, a single by Mikayla Farley and another by Allred plus a walk of Johnson would load the bases for Bralin Wilde who would step up to the plate and hit a double to right driving all three in and ending the game with Emery taking the win.
Madisyn Childs and Bralin Wilde both collected three RBIs in the contest. Arilyn Allred grabbed two RBIs with two hits and two runs scored. Childs (2), Allred and Janessa Weston all had home runs for the Spartans.
On the mound it was Kaejha Johnson getting the start and the win going four innings giving up five earned runs and striking out four. Madisyn Childs came in in the fifth going the rest of the way, giving up three runs no earned and struck out seven.
Up next is a trip to Price to face the Carbon Dinos. Back on March 26 the two met up in Castle Dale with Carbon taking the 13-5 win.
The game is set to begin at 3:30, at the softball fields at the Carbon County Fairgrounds.