Wilson handed its first loss

FISHERSVILLE — Wilson Memorial’s dream season took a slight detour Wednesday as Luray came in and delivered a 2-1 loss to the previously undefeated Green Hornets in a Shenandoah showdown.
The game came down to the narrowest of margins as the Bulldogs scratched out a run in the top of the seventh and held on in the bottom of the inning to keep their lead over the Hornets and stay at the top of the district.
“What a ballgame,” said Luray coach Charlie Turner. “I’m at a loss for words.”
The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between Wilson’s Summer Ramsey and Luray’s Misty Judd. The two senior veterans, bound for Bridgewater and Eastern Mennonite University respectively next season, no doubt will face each other again in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Both teams scored in the first frame, but Ramsey and Judd held on to a stalemate until the seventh.
In the top of the first, Luray leadoff hitter Amber Turner was hit by a Ramsey pitch and Megan Moyer reached on a swinging bunt. Ramsey then hit Judd to load the bases and Megan Hilliard drove home Turner with a base hit.
The Hornets (14-1, 4-1 Shenandoah) answered back in the bottom of the first.
Leadoff hitter Amanda Bradley banged out a single and moved up a base on a wild pitch. After Judd struck out the next two hitters, Leah Pagett walked.
Bradley’s leadoff hit would be the only one the Hornets could muster off Judd for the game.
Bradley came all the way in to score when Sarah Toman’s grounder was thrown away at first.
Judd doubled in the third for Luray (13-3, 6-0), but was stranded.
A Bulldog error and a passed ball put Toman on second base in the bottom of the fourth, but Judd struck out the next two hitters.
Neither team put another runner on base until the Luray seventh.
Pinch-hitter Haley Kemp drew a leadoff walk from Ramsey. Brooke Good’s bunt was booted, putting runners on first and second. With one out, a fielder’s choice moved both runners up a base.
Turner’s grounder up the middle was knocked down by Ramsey, but the fleet-footed Turner just beat out the throw to first, scoring Kemp with the deciding run.
“I just ran down the line as fast as I could,” Turner said.
In their last at-bat, Toman popped up to short, and Debbie Groves and Caitlyn Turner grounded out to Judd to end the game.
Judd finished with 11 strikeouts, while Ramsey fanned five. Each pitcher walked one.