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PHILLIPI, W. Va. (March 22, 2013) – Freezing conditions couldn't cool the Alderson-Broaddus bats as the Battlers recorded an 8-0 five-inning victory in the first game of Friday's doubleheader and then scored a 9-5 come-from-behind win in the nightcap.
The Battlers (8-9) led early in the second game of the afternoon, scoring two runs in the first inning and then added an unearned tally in the third.
Edinboro (2-9) came alive at the plate in its half of the fourth. A run-scoring single from
Alex Baer got the Boro on the board and later in the inning freshman
Kylie Mason smacked her first hit in her first action as a Fighting Scot – an RBI double to the fence in left field to cut the score to 3-2.
It was another freshman who would give Edinboro the lead in the fifth. With runners at second and third, Tsuwli Wreh-Wilson drove a no-doubt home run to deep center, with the pitch finally landing against a building beyond the center field fence for a 5-3 advantage.
That lead would be short-lived, though. A-B battled right back with a pair of runs in the fifth to tie the game on a two-run double by Hannah Whitney. The Battlers completed the comeback by hanging four runs in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by a two-RBI double from Regan Drake and a run-scoring triple off the bat of Whitney.
Sarah Gustafson was the only Fighting Scot with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 at the plate. Freshman
Katie Holmes tallied her first career hit, a single to left in the fifth.
Roxanne Herrington (1-2) threw all six innings, allowing eight earned runs with five strikeouts.
It was all A-B in the first game of the day. A three-run first set the tone for the afternoon, with Drake and Vanessa Bodily driving in run-scoring hits. A-B added a run in the fourth and finished the game by putting up four runs in the fifth. Bodily's two-run single down the right field line brought the seventh and eighth runs across home plate for the hosts, putting the run rule into effect.
Kristy Kellogg had three hits out of the leadoff spot for the Battlers.
Amanda Shields (1-6) started the early game for Edinboro, allowing eight runs with five strikeouts.
Stephanie Cassidy had the Boro's only hit, a flare to left in the fifth, as A-B's Ali Neace (4-3) was dominant in the circle with a complete game victory. Neace did not walk a batter and struck out six. Neace also earned the win in the second game with 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.
Edinboro concludes its eight-day season-opening trip with a doubleheader at Fairmont State on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
