Greeneville, Tenn. — The Catawba College softball team bounced back with a win in game two of its doubleheader at Tusculum on Friday, taking a split with the Pioneers in South Atlantic Conference play.
GAME ONE | Tusculum 6, Catawba 2
TEAM STATISTICS
- Tusculum out-hit Catawba 11-4
- The Pioneers had four of seven extra-base hits
- Both teams committed an error
- Catawba left three runners on base; TU stranded five
- The Tusculum starter allowed two runs on four hits and two walks, striking out three; the Catawba Indian staff allowed six runs on 11 hits and one walk, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Macie Crutchfield threw a scoreless inning
- Grace Flynn was 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored
- Brianna Gallagher doubled and drove in a run
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Flynn doubled to lead off the game
- Gallagher's double drove her home for the afternoon's first run
SECOND INNING
- Flynn's second double in as many innings scored Abbey Nixon to take a 2-0 lead
FOURTH INNING
- Andrea Davis' double started a two-out rally for the Pioneers
-They followed up with a double and a single to tie the game at 2
FIFTH INNING
- A one-out double set up Tusculum to score on an RBI single to take a 3-2 lead in the fifth
SIXTH INNING
- The Pioneers added to their lead with a two-RBI single and an RBI double, leading 6-2
GAME TWO | Catawba 6, Tusculum 5
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Tusculum 12-7
- The Pioneers had two of three extra-base hits
- TU committed three of four errors in the game
- Tusculum left seven runners on base; the Catawba Indians stranded 10
- Catawba recorded all four stolen bases in the game
- The Pioneers' pitchers allowed six unearned runs on 12 hits and two walks, striking out three; Catawba's staff allowed four earned runs on seven hits and five walks, striking out five
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Alexis Monroe was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored
- Flynn added two hits with an RBI and a run scored
- Gallagher also had a pair of hits, including a double, with an RBI and a run scored
- Lainey Ruscoe came off the bench with two hits and an RBI
- Dakotah Wilkins picked up her fourth win in five outings, tossing four frames; Alex Baquie picked up the save, making the final three outs
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Tusculum advanced to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch to score the game's first run
SECOND INNING
- Wilkins reached on an error, stole second and scored on Emily Coffey's RBI single to center field to tie the game at 1
THIRD INNING
- Tusculum regained the lead after they cashed in a leadoff triple with an RBI groundout
FOURTH INNING
- Micaela Hartman led off the fourth with an infield single; Wilkins once again reached on an error and Coffey's bunt moved them over into scoring position
- Bella Boykin's sac fly to left field tied the game once again at 2
- Flynn broke the tie with an RBI base hit up the middle
- Monroe drove in Flynn on a base hit through the left side
- Gallagher's double to right and Ruscoe's RBI single up the middle both brought in insurance scores to give Catawba a 6-2 advantage
FIFTH INNING
- A walk loaded the bases for Tusculum and they scored on another walk
- Gallagher came home on a groundball to shortstop to get the second out and threw out the final out at first base on the next batter to leave the bases loaded
SEVENTH INNING
- Two singles brought the tying run to the plate with nobody out for Tusculum in the bottom of the seventh
- An infield pop-up and an RBI groundout got Catawba within an out away
- The Pioneers hit an infield single to score their fifth run and bring the winning run to teh plate
- Baquie forced a groundout for Catawba's eighth win in SAC play
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to Whitley Field next week, hosting Carson-Newman
