Chargers Wrap Up Spring Break Trip Against Gulf Coast St.

  Aaron Frey
  Tuesday, March 13, 2018 9:19 AM
  Athletics

PANAMA CITY, Fla.

The Carl Sandburg College softball team closed out its Spring Break trip with a pair of losses to Gulf Coast State (Fla.) on Monday night, falling 11-2 and 6-1. 

GAME 1
Gulf Coast State 11, Sandburg 2 (5 innings)
Sandburg         000      02        —        2          2          2
Gulf Coast St.  120      62        —        11        13        1
L: Stewart, 4.1 IP, 0 K, 1 BB 

Key Moment
The Chargers (0-6) trailed 3-0 in the fourth before GCS scored six runs on six hits to blow the game open. 

Sandburg Stars of the Game
Chloe Sullivan (Port Byron, Ill./Riverdale) and Whitney Wynkoop (Fulton, Ill./Fulton) had back-to-back RBI singles in the fifth to account for both Sandburg hits in the contest.

GAME 2
Gulf Coast State 6, Sandburg 1
Sandburg         000      100      0          —        1          4          5
Gulf Coast St.  010      320      x          —        6          7          2
L: Stineman, 6 IP, 2 K, 1 BB 

Key Moment
After the Chargers evened things up in the top of the fourth, the Commodores regained the lead with a three-run bottom half on a sacrifice fly and an error that plated two runs. 

Sandburg Star of the Game
Wynkoop added her second RBI single of the day when she knocked in Lizzie Malcolm (Milan, Ill./Alleman), who led off the fourth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice, on a base hit to center. 

Top Chargers Hitters

• Malcolm 2 for 3, run
• Wynkoop 1 for 3, RBI

Up Next
After returning home from the Florida Panhandle, the Chargers will have some time off before traveling to face Danville Area in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. March 21. 

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