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LIVINGSTON,
Ala. -- The University of West
Alabama softball team broke out of a
four-game skid by splitting with
Judson College Monday afternoon at
the UWA Softball Complex as the
Tigers dropped the first game, 6-4,
but bounced back with a 12-4 victory
in six innings in the second
contest.
Brittany McGee
(3-2) started on the mound in the
second game, working five innings.
She gave up four runs (three earned)
on five hits with four strikeouts.
Amanda Bintz pitched an inning of
relief with a strikeout.
The Tigers
(22-23) scored a run in the bottom
of the first inning to grab a 1-0
lead.
Laura Bagwell,
who went 1-for-1, walked to lead off
the inning, but was thrown out
trying to steal second. With two
outs, Shannon Goggins doubled to
right field and scored on a Heather
Shugart double.
Judson tied the
game at 1 in the top of the second,
but West Alabama responded with a
pair of runs in the bottom of the
third inning to take a 3-1 lead.
Shugart, who
was 3-for-4, reached on an error
with one out in the third inning.
Emily White, who went 2-for-4,
drilled a home run to right center
to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.
The Lady Eagles
(6-16) answered with a run in the
fourth, but West Alabama remained in
front by scoring two runs in the
bottom half of the inning.
Bagwell walked
and advanced to second on a Corey
Curlee sacrifice bunt. Bagwell took
third and scored on wild pitches.
With two outs, Shugart connected for
her team-leading 19th
home run of the season, giving the
Tigers a 5-2 lead.
Judson plated
two runs in the top of the fifth
inning, but the Tigers put the game
away with a five-run inning in the
bottom half.
Mary Wright led
off the inning with a walk and
advanced to second on a sacrifice
bunt by Krista Merrifield. Alisha
Berry, who was 2-for-3, ripped a
base hit to center, to move Wright
to third. After a stolen base by
Berry, Bagwell walked to load the
bases. Curlee followed with a base
on balls, scoring Wright from third.
Goggins, who
was 2-for-4, doubled to left-center,
scoring Berry and Bagwell. Shugart
followed with an RBI single to right
and Emily White flied out to center,
scoring Goggins for the final run of
the inning.
Katie Eubanks
took the loss, pitching four
innings. She gave up six runs (five
earned) on seven hits with six
walks.
In the opener,
Emily White (8-11) took the loss,
pitching 6 2/3 innings. She gave up
six runs (four earned) on nine hits,
with a pair of walks and strikeouts.
The Lady Eagles
struck first, scoring three runs in
the second inning.
Katie Eubanks
walked and Ashley Glass followed
with a two-run home run to center,
giving Judson a 2-0 lead. Elyse
McIntyre singled to right and moved
to second on a sacrifice bunt by
Misty Jones. Emilee King singled to
center, advancing McIntyre to third.
McIntyre scored on a fielder’s
choice by Anna Billingham.
West Alabama
cut the deficit to 3-1 in the fifth
inning.
Merrifield
singled through the right side to
begin the inning and advanced to
second on a bunt base hit by Berry.
Merrifield scored when Sheila Jordan
flied out to second and scored on a
fielding error by Lady Eagles’
catcher Glass.
Judson added
two runs in the sixth and a run in
the seventh to take a 6-1 into the
bottom of the seventh.
Berry, who went
2-for-3, reached on an infield hit
to begin the inning. Bagwell was hit
by a pitch and both runners advanced
a base on a wild pitch. Jordan, who
was 2-for-4, doubled to the wall in
left-center, scoring Berry and
Bagwell. Jordan advanced to third on
the play and scored on a one-out
base hit up the middle by Shugart.
With two outs, Jennifer Lillard, who
was 1-for-3, doubled down the
right-field line to put the tying
run at second and the winning run at
the plate. Curlee flied out to the
pitcher to end the scoring threat.
Bailey Bounds
took the win, pitching six innings,
giving up four runs (three earned)
on eight hits. Katie Eubanks worked
an inning of relief in getting the
save.
West Alabama
returns to action 4:00 p.m. Friday,
April 6 at North Alabama and then
travel to Huntsville, Ala., the
following day to play UAH. |
