Huntingdon splits with Battling Bishops
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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N.C. Wesleyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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Huntingdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final (8) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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N.C. Wesleyan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
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Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon softball team lost Game 1 but rallied to win Game 2 in a doubleheader with North Carolina Wesleyan on Saturday.
The Lady Hawks fell 8-5 in eight innings in the first game and won the second game 3-2.
In Game 2, trailing 2-0 in the fifth inning, Huntingdon (13-17, 7-7 USA South) scored three runs to take the lead. Jessica Swindle drew a bases-loaded walk to score Chelsea Messer and Brandi Blair hit a two-run single to score Blake Rowland and Katrina Harden.
Lindsey Selph (4-2) picked up the win in 4 1/3 innings and Swindle earned the save.
Selph and Harden combined for four of Huntingdon's six hits in the second game. Selph and Harden were both 2-for-3.
In Game 1, in her only at-bat, Selph hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to force extra innings. But the Battling Bishops (13-13, 10-6 USA South) answered with four runs in the eighth inning.
Daisha Henderson had two hits and two runs in the first game and Harden had two RBIs on a two-run double. Rowland drove in one run and Messer and Blair each scored one run.
Kerri Reed (2-7) took the loss in relief.
Huntingdon will host Methodist in a doubleheader on Sunday. Game 1 is set for 11 a.m.