Radford University
5-14
Alabama A&M
8-16
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Alabama A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
LATE INNING BURST POWERS SOFTBALL OVER ALABAMA A&M, 8-3
3/15/2014 1:19:00 PM | Softball
AUBURN, Ala. – Radford Softball scored seven runs on eight hits over the final three innings en route to an 8-3 victory over Alabama A&M in the first game on day two of the War Eagle Classic at Auburn's Jane B. Moore Field.
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Sophomore Hayley Tabora and freshman Julie Gardner homered to bolster the Highlanders' biggest run total of the season. Gardner finished 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI. Sophomore Casey Burns also had two hits, while freshman Kayla Bishton knocked in two runs.
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Burns put the Highlanders on the board, 1-0, with a sac fly in the top of the first. Radford took advantage of two hit by pitches and a walk to load the bases for Burns.
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Tabora first collegiate long ball, a solo shot to left, in the fifth doubled RU's lead to 2-0.
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The Highlanders pushed across three in the sixth and three more in the seventh for an 8-0 lead. The big hit in the sixth was a two-run, two-out double by Bishton. Gardner's moonshot to center was a two-run shot, her third round tripper of the season in the seventh.
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Junior Kelsey Weddle earned her first collegiate win, scattering three hits and a walk over four innings. Following a single, freshman Abby Morrow retired her next six, five straight via strikeout in two innings of scoreless relief.
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The Tigers pushed across three, only one earned, in the bottom of the seventh to close out the scoring.
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The Highlanders are currently taking on Savannah State in their second contest of the day.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Weddle, Kelsey (1-4)
L: Britt, Anisa (4-6)
Batting:
2B: Hutchens, Jessie 1 ; Wratchford, Brittany 1 ; Bishton, Kayla 1
HR: Gardner, Julie 1 ; Tabora, Hayley 1
RBI: Gardner, Julie 2 ; Burns, Casey 1 ; Davis, Whitney 1 ; Tabora, Hayley 1 ; Bishton, Kayla 2
SF: Burns, Casey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mantel, Becky 1 ; Hutchens, Jessie 1 ; Gardner, Julie 1 ; Clarke, Augusta 1 ; Burns, Casey 1 ; Harris, Ashleigh 1 ; Honaker, Megan 1 ; Tabora, Hayley 1
SB: Clarke, Augusta 1 ; Burns, Casey 1 ; Honaker, Megan 1
HBP: Mantel, Becky 2 ; Hutchens, Jessie 1
Batting:
2B: Ramos,Viridi 1
RBI: Moran-Rowen 1 ; Gonzales, As 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moran-Rowen 1 ; McInnes, Tai 1 ; Ferguson,Che 1
SB: Garth, Aleah 1
HBP: McInnes, Tai 1 ; Britt, Anisa 1
