The Lady Dinos closed their region season on Friday with a doubleheader against the Delta Rabbits. In a set of games that had to be rescheduled into a doubleheader, Carbon earned a win in the first game, 10-1. The second game was a battle as the Rabbits scored 15 runs in the first three innings. Carbon would come back to take a 16-15 win..
Carbon is 11-14 overall and 8-6 in Region 12. On Tuesday, they will travel to Gunnison for the final game of the regular season. Then, on Wednesday, the Utah High School Activities Association will release the final RPI and the bracket for the State Championships, which will begin on May 3.
In the first game, both teams were quiet; Carbon finally broke the ice in the third when Kennlee Kennedy stepped up to the plate with two on, and Alexa Jones scored on a pair of wild pitches. Kennedy sent a high fly ball to the infield, reaching on an error by the second baseman and allowing Aleece Ardohain to score. The next batter up was Brailee Peterson, who singled to right, driving in Kennedy to get the score to 3-0.
The Dinos added three more in the fourth, starting with Andee Wood’s triple to right, driving in Bella Nelson. Jones was the next batter up and grounded out to third, but that would allow Wood to score, and Kennedy would double, driving in Ardohain to put the Dions at 6-0. Delta added their only run in the bottom of the fourth.
Carbon came up to the plate in the sixth with the score at 6-1. Jones sent a grounder to right field with the bases loaded, scoring Sage Vea and Shayla Penovich. Later in the inning, Josie Vea scored on an error by the catcher to make the score 9-1. Kennedy would ground out in the top of the seventh, bringing home Lacie Gregersen to cap the score at 10-1.
Jones was 3-5 with three RBIs and a run scored for Carbon. Ardohain went 1-3, scoring twice, and Kennedy went 1-4 with three RBIs and scored a run in the win.
Danica Adams got the complete game win, giving up one run on four hits and striking out 13.
In game two, the first inning indicated it would be a slugfest with Delta scoring four runs. In the bottom half of the inning, Carbon was a double machine with three coming in the first seven batters of the frame. The Lady Dinos would get on the board from a Kennedy double driving in Ardohain. Peterson came up to the plate and with another double scored Kennedy from second. A few batters later, Sage Vea stepped up to the plate and, with the third double of the inning, drove in Peterson and Adams, tying the score at 4-4. Sage Vea scored on an error by the catcher to give Carbon the one-run lead, 5-4.
Delta returned in the second to reclaim the lead, 9-5, and Carbon added one in the inning. The Rabbits came up in the third and exploded again for six runs to push their lead to 15-6, but then the Lady Dinos would shut them down and get to work themselves.
Carbon cut the Delta lead to 15-9 by the end of the fourth, but the Lady Dinos shined in the sixth and seventh innings. With the score 15-11, with two on, Adams came to the plate, and Jones scored on a passed ball. Adams sent a fly ball to right, reaching on an error, and Peterson scored to get the Dinos within two at 15-13.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Dinos tied things up with a Jones grounder that brought in Nelson. After a walk of Ardohain, Kennedy hit a sacrifice fly to left field, driving in Jones to give the Lady Dinos the 16-15 win.
Peterson went 3-5 with three RBIs and scored twice for Carbon. Kennedy also went 3-5 with three RBIs and scored a run. Sage Vea was 3-4 with three RBIs and scored twice, and Sienna Alderson was 3-4 with an RBI.
Carbon used a pair of pitchers to get the win. Katie Vea got the start, going 2.1, giving up 15 runs, eight earned, on 12 hits, and striking out two. Adams came in, going 4.2 innings, surrendered two hits, and struck out nine.
The Lady Dinos travel to Gunnison on Tuesday to face the 19-6 Bulldogs. This game was set to be the season opener on March 7, but was rescheduled due to weather.