JONESBORO -- The Armorel Lady Tigers fell to the 5A-East Valley View Lady Blazers, 4-3, Thursday night at Valley View.
Trailing, 3-1, in the top of the seventh, the Lady Tigers plated two runs to tie the game in the inning only to see Valley View score the winning run in the home half of the inning.
Brooke Trout scattered just three hits and struck out two in the loss.
Luisa Towery homered and singled to lead the Lady Tiger offense. Also picking up hits for Armorel were Abigail McCauley (2-4), Madison Harris (2-4), Rylee Nelson (1-3) and Emily Jo Gentry (1-3). Armorel is 14-4 overall on the season. The Lady Tigers host Piggott on Monday.
The Armorel Lady Tigers routed the Marked Tree Lady Indians, 15-1, in five innings.
Brooke Trout picked up the win on the mound for the Lady Tigers. Trout fanned seven and allowed just a run on two hits over five innings. She also went 5-5 at the plate with six RBIs.
Armorel scored three in the first innings, six in the second innings, three more in each of the third and fifth innings.
Along with Trout, Madison Beal, Olivia Luttrell, Katie Weld and Emily Jo Gentry picked up hits for Armorel.
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