Mustangs Split In Gulf Shores

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Gulf Shores, Ala. – After starting the Gulf Coast Invitational 1-1, Central Baptist College softball played two more games on the final morning of play against William Woods and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. CBC (9-13) split again, run-ruling WWU (5-8) 10-2 before losing 13-12 to ABAC (8-10) in eight innings.

GAME THREE – CBC 10, WWU 2 (FIVE INNINGS)

            CBC put the game away in the second inning with six runs on an error, a grand slam by Taviah Bradley and a single by Eden East. Woods scored both their runs in the third before CBC put the run rule into effect in the fourth. East drove in another run with a double to make it 7-2 followed by a Kinley Johnson single, a groundout by Kori Truelove and a double by Melanie Phillips. Ryleigh Keele earned her second win of the weekend, allowing four hits and two runs with four Ks.

GAME FOUR – ABAC 13, CBC 12 (EIGHT INNINGS)

            The Mustangs put up five runs in the second inning on doubles by Elizabeth Stoufer, Sydney Weiser and Taylyn Shuffield and a two-run triple by Bradley. ABAC then scored four in the bottom half to make it 5-4 after two innings. CBC added four more runs in the fourth on a single by Truelove, a single by Karlee Broadway (one of a record tying five hits on the day), an error and a single by Stoufer. An ABAC home run in the bottom half made it 9-6 after four. A single by Weiser and a sac fly by Bradley in the sixth made it 11-6 before ABAC scored one in the sixth and three in the seventh to send the game into extras. Another Weiser single put CBC ahead 12-11 in the eighth, but the Fillies plated two in the bottom half to hand CBC the loss.

UP NEXT

            The Mustangs are off for 10 days. They return to the field on March 17 in McKenzie, Tenn., against Bethel. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.