Wombles scores winning run, strikes out 10 and tosses one-hitter for Pleasant Hill in victory over Liberty

Pleasant Hill's Ava Wombles, shown pitching in a March 31 game against Western, pitched a one-hitter on Monday against Liberty while striking out 10. | MRN file photo by Shane Hulsey

PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — Ava Wombles scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give Pleasant Hill a 2-1 victory over Liberty in high school girls softball action. Lyla Higgins walked and Wombles singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth. Makenna Winchell hit…

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