Mexico softball launched multiple season-highs toward Hannibal on Wednesday.
The Lady Bulldogs won 13-3 in five innings in their regular season home finale against North Central Missouri Conference foe Hannibal (5-23, 0-10 NCMC) at Gallop Field. Mexico (16-13, 8-1 NCMC) scored a season-high 13 runs for its most since scoring 13 in a 13-5 home victory over Marshall on Sept. 2. This time, the Lady Bulldogs hit seven extra-base hits, including a season-high three home runs on the season's first home runs from Scottie Smith, Payton Shaw and Sammie Gipson. Shaw went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, Smith was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, Gipson finished 2-for-3 and pitched 5 innings with four hits, three strikeouts, three runs and two walks, Hannah Loyd was 1-for-2 with a two-RBI triple, and Aleigha Henderson finished 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Mexico plays its regular season finale at 5 p.m. Thursday at conference rival Fulton (5-17, 2-6 NCMC) at try to earn a co-conference championship with Kirksville (16-8, 9-1 NCMC) in the final year of the NCMC.
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