The Booneville Lady Bearcats pushed across a tying run in the top of the seventh Thursday in Mansfield only to see the Lady Tigers win the game in the bottom the inning.
The Lady Bearcats (12-7) had seen a 6-2 lead evaporate into a 7-6 deficit going to the seventh when Caroline Diffee reached on an error.
Ellie Smith followed with a single and Presley Walker bunted to move both runners up. Roni Tillery flew to left to score the tying run but that would be it for the visitors.
A one out error by the Lady Bearcats put the game in jeopardy and a single to center would end it.
The Lady Bearcats had scored twice in the first inning without a hit and went in front 3-1 on a bases loaded walk drawn by Tori Nobles.
After Mansfield cut it to 3-2 in the third the Lady Bearcats made it 6-2 when Peighton Montalvo (shown) came up with the bases loaded in the fourth and cleared them with a triple.
Mansfield cut it to 6-5 in the bottom of the inning as the Lady Bearcats committed a couple of errors and the Lady Tigers used a walk, a single and a double to take the lead for the first time of the game at 7-6 in the bottom of the sixth.
This week’s Lady Bearcat schedule has them at Mena on Monday, hosting Mount Ida on Tuesday and Van Buren on Thursday, and visiting North Little Rock on Friday.
