(Bremen, GA) — The Lady Braves notched a huge 6-4 win in the Region 5-AA opener at No. 9 ranked Bremen Tuesday after a pop-up shower spoiled a potential Lady Devil rally in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The contest had already featured several shifts in momentum but none bigger than a top of the fifth inning grand slam by junior left fielder Marissa Garza to give the Lady Braves a 6-2 lead.
The Lady Braves (5-1, 1-0) scored the game’s first run in the top of the first on an RBI single by freshman first baseman Abigail Lathrop to score Hannah Holden who led the game off with a base hit.
In the bottom of the first, the Lady Devils (4-4, 0-1) responded with a pair of two-out runs off of starting pitcher Haley Bennett before Katelyn Jiles came on in relief to record the final out of the inning.
In the top of the third Holden would tie the game at 2-2 with her second homer of the year. Jiles remained in the game and pitched well — shutting out the Devils for the next three innings.
An intentional walk to hot-hitting Janiyah Strong loaded the bases to set the stage for Garza’s big blast. Garza, the team’s HR leader in 2017, missed significant time over the summer due to injury and has been working hard to get her timing back during the early season.

The Lady Braves mob Marissa Garza after her huge grand slam Tuesday in Bremen
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