The Bowie Lady Rabbits broke out of their slump as they swept their district series against City View last week and beat Holliday this week to keep themselves alive in the playoff hunt with one game left to play.
The Lady Rabbits run-ruled City View in both games 16-1 and 24-7 before beating Holliday 8-4 on Monday.
Bowie came into last week on the heels of losing three straight district series against Jacksboro, Iowa Park and Henrietta. The Lady Rabbits district wins came in its first series against Vernon all the way back in early March, when the team was still playing in their tournaments during the weekend.
Bowie had senior night after its first game against City View last week and the team made sure it was a happy one. The Lady Rabbits took care of the Lady Mustangs in four innings, winning by run-rule 16-1.
Hanna Bell led the team with four RBIs and she also hit her first home run of the season. Sadie Britt had three RBIs and the two seniors were able to bask in having great games leading into a celebration.
KP Rutherford allowed only two hits and one run (zero earned) while striking out six batters. The defense committed two fielding errors.
Bowie followed up the game with another dominant showing in the second game on the road. The Lady Rabbits scored every inning and led 13-2 in the sixth inning. City View showed some life, scoring five runs to avoid getting run-ruled and cutting the lead to 13-7.
Bowie then closed the game by scoring 11 runs in the seventh and final inning to make the final score 24-7.
Britt led the team with four RBIs and she hit a home run. Her and Bell had a team high five hits as the team racked up 25 in the game.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed seven runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out nine batters. The defense committed seven fielding errors.
While Bowie was glad to pick up district wins after so long, if the team wanted to keep its playoff hopes alive it would have to beat Holliday in its final series this week.
The first game was played on Monday.
The Lady Rabbits scored four runs in the first inning and held the lead until the top of the fifth inning when the Lady Eagles scored two runs to tie the score up at 4-4.
Bowie then rattled off four more runs to double their total and held on to win 8-4.
Laci Goodwin led the team with three RBIs while Britt and Bell each had two and Rutherford drove in one.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out three. The defense committed two fielding errors.

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