Mexico has its first district win this season.
After the Lady Bulldogs lost their first three games against district opponents, they scored five runs in the fifth inning on Wednesday at home to defeat Macon (5-9), who defeated Mexico (9-4) 9-8 for the district championship last season. Macon tied the game at 1 in the fifth inning and then Aleigha Henderson, Chloe Landrum and Alyssa Miller came up with hits to score runs in the bottom half of the inning. Sammie Gipson pitched seven innings with five hits, two strikeouts and one earned run. Payton Shaw finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs, Miller was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Henderson had two RBIs, Landrum went 2-for-3 with one RBI and Scottie Smith was 3-for-4 with three runs.
Mexico plays at rival Fulton (1-9) at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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