Mustangs Split With Wildcats

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            McKenzie, Tenn. – On the road for the third straight weekend, Central Baptist College softball opened their trip to Tennessee today with a doubleheader against Bethel University. CBC (3-7) split with BU (3-3) dropping game one 12-9 before winning game two 7-2.

GAME ONE – BETHEL 12, CBC 9

            The Wildcats took a 3-0 lead in the first inning before CBC responded with six in the second to take a 6-3 lead. Melanie Phillips blasted her first home run to start the scoring and Taviah Bradley made it 3-2 with a double. A wild pitch tied the score at three before Kinley Johnson doubled home two runs and Eden East was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring home the final run of the inning. Bethel cut it to 6-4 in their half of the second before CBC scored three in the third all thanks to errors, giving them a 9-4 lead after four. Bethel would then score two in the fourth, three in the fifth and three in the sixth to take game one.

GAME TWO – CBC 7, BETHEL 2

            Both teams scored twice in the first inning, with CBC's runs coming on a two-run single by East. Bradley would bring home the first of three runs in the second on a single, which was followed by a Kinley Johnson single and a wild pitch to make it 5-2 after two. CBC scored two more in the seventh on a single by Kassidy Oberan and a bases loaded walk issued to Taylyn Shuffield. Freshman starter Emma Fenley went the distance in the circle, allowing two unearned runs on three hits with four strikeouts.

 UP NEXT

             The Mustangs have a quick turn around as they play another doubleheader tomorrow against Freed-Hardeman. First pitch from Henderson, Tenn., is slated for 10 a.m.