Warren battled back again, turning a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 Region 5 win over McDowell on Thursday at Lady Dragons Field.

“Another gutty win,” said Warren coach Carissa Stuart, whose Dragons are 11-2 and in first place in the region. McDowell is 5-7 in Region 5. “The girls are definitely tired. It’s been a long week. Again, impressed that our whole lineup is contributing and having good at-bats. We need to finish strong tomorrow and go 5-for-5 this week. That would be really something for these girls.”

Trailing 3-2, the Dragons’ took advantage of Carly Beers and Kylie Fehlman reaching via errors to start the bottom of the sixth.

“Ellee (Irwin) sac-bunted them over,” said Stuart. “Miken (Beers) hit a grounder to second that scored Carly, and Katie (Madigan) hit it up the middle to score Kylie.”

Lexi Hoffman had two hits, and starting pitcher Alana Stuart left the bases loaded in the top of the third to keep the game close. She allowed two hits over the final four innings for the win.

BASEBALL

DRAGONS LOSE AGAIN

EDINBORO — General McLane scored eight third-inning runs and handed visiting Warren its eighth-straight loss, 18-8, on Thursday.

Warren is 3-10 in Region 5; McLane improves to 2-9 in the region.

Owen Blum’s sacrifice fly scored his older brother, JT, for a 1-0 Warren lead before General McLane took advantage of 15 walks and seven errors by the Dragons.

Warren did score six runs over the final two innings to make it more respectable. JT Blum was 3-for-4 with three doubles and four RBI, and Eric Dippold added two hits in the loss. Owen Blum contributed three RBI, and Andrew Neal was 1-for-1 with a walk, two runs and an RBI.

McLane by no means played a clean game, walking four and committing three errors on defense, but finished with 11 hits offensively, including a home run and four RBI from Nate Doutt.