Softball drops two at TMU
CLEVELAND, Ga. (March 29, 2023) – The Point University softball team played an away AAC doubleheader on Wednesday against Truett-McConnell and would be swept. The Skyhawks would lose game one, 5-3 (8 innings) and game two, 6-4 to be swept by the Bears.
Game 1 – 5-3 LOSS (8 innings)
The first game of the doubleheader would add excitement for both dugouts starting in the top of the sixth when the Skyhawks would go into the inning down 1-0. With two outs and two runners on, Haley Lyner would get the first lead of the afternoon for the Skyhawks on her 3-run home run to center field. This home run would put the Skyhawks up 3-1. The Bears would scratch a run across in the bottom of the sixth to make it a one-run game at 3-2. After the Skyhawks would go down in order in the top of the seventh, the Bears would capitalize in their home half. The Bears would tie the ball game up with a single up the middle to make it 3-3. After Katelyn Jiles would give up a lead off single, the Bears would ground out twice. So, with the Bears down to their last out, they would hit a 2-run walk-off home run to win the ballgame with a score, 5-3 (8 innings).
In the Circle
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
|
3.1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
2.2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1.2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Totals |
7.2 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Game 2 – 6-4 LOSS
The Bears would jump out to a 3-0 lead after the first two innings of Game 2. The scoring would finally get going when Haley Lyner would hit a sacrifice fly to center field that would score Kayla Wyatt to make it 3-1. After the RBI from Lyner, Taylor Knight would single to left field, scoring Devon Foster to make it 3-2. Wellsley Henderson would single to left field to score McKensie Barnes to tie the game up at 3-3. After the Skyhawks scored three runs in the third, they would add one more run in the fourth. Devon Foster would single to center field to score Brianna Plocharczyk to take a 4-3 lead. The Skyhawks lead would be short lived, as they would allow a run in the fourth to tie the game and two runs in the fifth to give the Bears a 6-4 lead. The Bears would go on to win game 2, 6-4 and sweep the doubleheader over Point.
In the Circle
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
|
0.2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
2.1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Ashlynn Hamm (L, 0-1) |
3.0 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totals |
6.0 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Next Game
The softball team will return to action when they play host to AAC foe, Union on Saturday, April 1 in a doubleheader. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 2:00 P.M.