preview

Short Summary: Grambling State

Satisfactory Essays

SHREVEPORT, La. – After losing a heartbreaker in extra-innings of game one, 6-5, Centenary (1-7) fell behind 8-0 in the second game in a 9-4 loss as Grambling State (3-9) swept the doubleheader Tuesday afternoon, February 21.
With the Ladies trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the third, junior Anna Dunn was hit by a pitch and scored when freshman Haley Campbell doubled to cut the deficit to one. In the fourth, sophomore Payton LeBlanc drew a one-out walk, stole second, and advanced to third on a groundout. Dunn drew a walk, and sophomore Wendy Gillet cleared the bases with an 0-2 double to right. Centenary led 5-4 after four innings.
However, McKenzie Johnson blasted a home run over the right foul pole to leadoff the fifth inning to tie the game. …show more content…

Caitlinn McDowell (2-3) took the win in the circle for the Tigers, allowing five runs and seven hits while striking out seven in the complete-game win.
Game two saw Grambling State jump out to an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. However, Centenary scored four runs to cut the deficit in half. LeBlanc walked, stole second, and scored on senior Lizzie Moran’s bunt single between the pitcher and third baseman. Grambling State threw home, and Moran took second. A wild pitch moved Moran to third, and she scored on Dunn’s second sacrifice fly of the day.
A walk and a single both scored on Gillet’s second two-RBI double of the day.
Moran led the Ladies from the plate with two hits in as many at-bats with a run scored and an RBI. Sophomore Lauren Beadle (0-2) took the loss, allowing eight runs (two earned) and five hits in 3.2 innings pitched.
Grambling State scored a single run in the first after a single, two passed balls and a wild pitch. The Tigers added two more in the second on Johnson’s triple, and two more in the third on Allye Hartley’s two-out, two-RBI single.
The Tigers score three in the fourth on a sacrifice bunt for an RBI and Haynes’ two-RBI

Get Access