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Box Score 2 MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) softball team shut out the Christian Brothers University (CBU) Buccaneers 5-0 and downed the Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Warhawks 7-4 at the AUM Softball Complex on Sunday afternoon.
In the 6
th inning of the opening game, pitcher
Katelyn Wilson helped her own cause with a sacrifice fly to bring in catcher
Kali Clement from 3
rd base for the game's first run. Two batters later, SHC benefited from an infield error by the Buccaneers with two outs to expand the lead to 2-0. Shortstop
Carmen Byrd then took advantage of the situation with an RBI-single up the middle as the Badger lead grew to 3-0.
Third baseman
Rene Kausin would continue the Badger barrage with a two-run single over the bag at 1
st base before CBU could stop the bleeding with a fly out to center.
Wilson (2-1) earned the shutout victory with four hits, three walks and eight strike outs while Byrd was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Clement added two hits with a run scored for Spring Hill.
In the final game of the tournament, the Warhawks (4-4) scored first with a run-scoring double down the left field line in the bottom of the 1
st inning, but the Badgers answered back in the top of the 2
nd inning with an RBI-double by designated player Bayleigh Doiron.
AUM reclaimed a 2-1 advantage in the 3
rd inning with a single to center that scored a run from 3
rd base with two outs., but SHC once again answered back to tie the game 2-2 when center fielder
Jenna Charnock scampered home on a wild pitch.
SHC broke the game open in the top of the 7
th with a wild five-run outburst highlighted by
Savannah Woodruff's double that scored Kausin to put the Badgers in front 3-2. AUm scored twice in the bottom of the inning, but
Danielle Clark would nail down the complete-game victory with eight hits allowed, five walks and four strike outs.
Spring Hill (7-3) will host the Mississippi College Choctaws (5-3) in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday at Murray Field beginning at noon.
