The Marshall County Tigerettes fell out of first place in the District 12-AA standings on Tuesday night after dropping a 4-2 decision to archrival Giles County at home.

Having won the previous four meetings against the Lady Bobcats, which included a 9-7 victory on March 14, the Tigerettes (8-6, 6-3 District) appeared to be in good shape midway through Tuesday's contest and held a 2-0 lead through the first four innings of play.

Downhill slide

Things went downhill for MCHS after that point, as Giles County (8-7, 6-4 District) scored four runs over the next three frames to seize a 4-2 advantage before thwarting a Marshall County rally attempt in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand the Tigerettes their second straight loss.

Due to Tuesday's setback, MCHS slipped into second place in the District standings behind East Hickman, who ran their conference record to 6-2 with a 5-4 win over Lewis County on Tuesday.

After scoring only one run against Spring Hill in their last outing, Marshall County scuffled at the plate for the second straight contest, as Lady Bobcat starting pitcher Mary Beth Brumit limited the Tigerettes to six hits and a walk in seven innings of work to go along with four strikeouts.

Big blast

Austyn Whaley delivered the biggest blow of the game for MCHS by belting a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning, while Madison Thomason added two hits and a run scored. McKenzie Anderson, Morgan Moyers, and Mecia Reed each had one hit for Marshall County as well.

Sophomore hurler Grace Medley went the distance in the circle for the Tigerettes and suffered the loss after allowing four runs on 10 hits and no walks.

Jasmine Howard, Lee Lee Lawrence, and Shae Murray notched two hits apiece to pace Giles County at the plate with Howard and Lawrence driving in two and one run respectively.

Medley snuffed out a pair of scoring threats by the Lady Bobcats in the second and third innings before Whaley gave Marshall County a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth when she cranked a two-run shot over the left centerfield fence for the 20th homer of her MCHS career after Thomason singled to lead off the frame.

Lead disappears

The Tigerettes' lead would quickly evaporate, as the Lady Bobcats pushed across two runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 2-2.. After leading off the frame with a single and advancing to second on a passed ball, Leslie Sands raced home on a Lawrence RBI double to cut the deficit to 2-1. Lawrence then advanced to third on a single by Murray prior to scoring on a Brumit RBI groundout.

Both teams failed to cash in on scoring opportunities in the sixth inning before Giles County seized a 4-2 lead by crossing home plate twice in the top of the seventh with the help of a two singles by Murray and Ali May and a Howard two-run double.

Marshall County had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh after putting runners on second and third behind a two-out double by Anderson and a single and stolen base by Moyers, but Brumit retired the next Tigerette batter on a fly out to preserve the win for the Lady Bobcats.