Atmore Christian School’s Lady Rams let a 4-0 lead slip away on Tuesday as they were defeated 6-5 by the Central Christian School Lady Saints at Houston Avery Park in Atmore.

The Lady Rams dominated the first four innings of the game, but allowed the Lady Saints to creep back into the lead in the sixth inning to come away with the victory.

Atmore Christian held the Lady Saints scoreless in the top of the first inning and took the lead in the bottom of the inning with four runs scoring.

The Lady Rams held their lead through the first four innings, however, the Lady Saints did get a run to pull within three.

In the top of the fifth, Central Christian tied the game at four by scoring three runs on the Lady Rams and then took the lead in the sixth inning with a run and added their sixth run in the seventh inning.

The Lady Rams pulled within one run in their final turn at the plate, but could only get one run across to fall short of a comeback losing 6-5.

For more on this story see Saturday’s edition of The Atmore Advance.