Trailing 6-0 against McQueen heading into the bottom of fifth inning Thursday afternoon, the Douglas softball team was looking to get something, anything, going.
The Tigers came up with a nine-run inning to score a 10-6 comeback win over the Lancers in the first-round of the Northern 4A Regional Softball playoffs at Manogue, advancing to Friday's game against Spanish Springs at noon.
"We just came out really nervous and spotted them a pretty big lead," Douglas coach Andy Mitchell said. "We made some adjustments though and started hitting the ball. We got some through the middle, got the ball in play and scored nine runs in a row. It was just hit after hit after hit.
"We just tried to play our game. I'm really proud of the girls. They just battled back, kept their heads up and they did a fantastic job. It was a great win."
Mackenzie Cauley led the bottom of the fifth off with a singled and Brenna White added a one-out single. Emily Weaver singled to score Cauley.
Maddy Gilbert singled, Morgan Blomstrom doubled to score White and Weaver and Morgan Blomstrom singled to score Gilbert. Stephanie Harper singled to score Morgan. Mia Townsell singled, bringing Cauley back up to the plate. Cauley singled to bring Harper around, Rebecca Trute singled to score Townsell and Weaver later hit a sacrifice fly to score Cauley.
Douglas put one more run across in the sixth when Blomstrom doubled and Harper singled to bring Blomstrom home.
Harper struck out three to pick up the win in the circle.
