The Nocona Lady Indians picked up their first district win in four years with a win against Era at Bowie on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won 14-1, winning by run rule after five innings against the Lady Hornets.
Era struck first in the opening inning to go up 1-0 before Nocona had a chance to bat. When the Lady Indians did they established control over the game that lasted until the end. After the first two batters drew a walk and were hit by a pitch, Tobie Cable came up and cleared the bases with a three-run inside the park home run.
Avery Crutsinger later drove in a run with a double and would later score when Allie Sutton grounded out. Kylea Wallace then drove in the final run of the inning to put the Lady Indians in front 6-1 after the opening inning.
After pitcher Reagan Phipps struck out the side, Nocona added four more runs in the second inning. Cable drove in a run on a single.
After loading the bases with two outs, Sutton was hit a by a pitch to drive in a run and a wild pitch allowed Evelyn Marquez and later Katy Barrett to come home to make it 10-1.
Era only got one hit in the third inning before the Lady Indians hit again in the third inning and added two more runs to their total.
Skye Kirby drove in a run on a single. Marquez then laid down a bunt that scored another runner while she got to base safe. Nocona led 12-1 heading to the fourth inning.
The Lady Hornets advanced a runner to third base and had runners at the corners with two outs, but Phipps got out of the jam as she fielded a weakly hit groundball for out three.
Cable drove in two more runs for Nocona as she hit a triple to put the Lady Indians up 14-1 heading into the fifth inning.
Era would need to score at least four runs to keep the game from ending due to the run rule, but Phipps and the Nocona defense made the plays to prevent any baserunners from getting on as the Lady Indians won 14-1.

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