STATE SOFTBALL FINALS: Mortimer Jordan 12, Rehobeth 0 (6 innings)

Published 1:58 pm Thursday, May 13, 2010

Pitcher Heather Parker’s three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the sixth inning gave Mortimer Jordan a 12-0 mercy rule win over sixth-ranked Rehobeth in the first round of the AHSAA State Softball Tournament.

The Blue Devils scored eight runs in the first inning, with lead-off batter Haylie McCleney scoring twice on two hits, the latter of which drove in two runs. Alyssa Linn drove in two euns and was 2-for-3; she hit into an error in the first that scored McCleney.

Blair Johnson’s double also drove in two runs.

Parker gave up four hits. The only scoring threat by Rehobeth came in the fifth when runners reached second and third on a hit and an error with one out, but Parker struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam.

Jordan plays Hartselle at 3 p.m.