The bottom of South Warren’s lineup brought the hottest bats Thursday, even if it was just for two innings.

The first and sixth inning is all the Spartans needed to put away Bowling Green, totaling 15 hits to run-rule the Purples 11-0 in six innings at BGHS.

The Spartans (11-6 overall, 2-2 District 14) scored five runs in the first and five in the sixth for their third straight shutout win. Outside of those two innings, South Warren made good contact but earned just five hits.

Most of that production came from the bottom half of the Spartans lineup between three hits from Elly Bennett and Paityn Pruitt, two hits from Kaitlyn Hare and a hit from Carrie Enlow.

Spartans coach Kelly Reynolds is making lineup shifts frequently this year while she looks for different combinations that work. The coach said the bottom producing can be contagious for the rest of the team.

“We’ve told the girls it’s our job to make the best offensive lineup,” Reynolds said. “We have to go with what we think works. Honestly, it works one game and then it doesn’t work the next. The girls are staying positive with it and working hard. Tonight, all through our lineup we’re making good contact.”

South Warren went through the whole lineup and hung five on the board in the first inning. Four runs scored on three straight hits with singles from Bennett and Enlow and a two-run double that skipped down the left-field line from Hare.

Bennett drove in her second run when her fly ball to left field fell in front of Lady Purples outfielder Kassidy Mason to make it 6-0.

Singles from Pruitt and leadoff hitter Jess Bush and a walk to Alexis Isabel loaded the bases in the fourth, but Savannah Jones worked out of the jam by forcing two pop outs.

South Warren didn’t score again until Madison Stumbo’s sacrifice fly scored Emily Reynolds to make it 7-0. The shut the door that inning with four more runs to end it in a run rule.

Bowling Green (7-10, 0-3) has lost five straight and scored nine runs during that stretch since returning from spring break. The Lady Purples went 12 days without playing a game or practice during that break, which coach Demont Franklin said has been hard to bounce back from considering the team was hottest before spring break.

Bowling Green started 7-5 and scored at least 10 runs during a six-game winning streak.

“Before spring break we were rolling and then we let them off that week,” Franklin said. “When we got back, it was like starting all over again. Just part of being young. With April and district games, that’s when we need to be our hottest. We were hottest at the beginning of the season in our first two weeks and we take that break and it’s like starting all over.”

Gia Martin led Bowling Green with two of its four hits.

SWHS 501 005 – 11 15 0

BGHS 000 000 – 0 4 2

WP: Enlow. LP: Jones