Chargers Wrap Up Busy Day With Wild 10-Inning Victory
Aaron Frey
Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:08 AM
Athletics
BREWTON, Ala.
A wild, extra-inning win capped a busy day for the Carl Sandburg College softball team Wednesday as the Chargers continued their Spring Break trip to the Gulf Coast.
Sandburg dropped a pair of contests to Highland (Kan.), the 14th-ranked team in the nation, by scores of 12-5 and 9-3 before pulling out a 10-7 victory in 10 innings over Coastal Alabama-East.
GAME 1
Highland (Kan.) 12, Sandburg 5
Highland 420 100 5 — 12 14 1
Sandburg 201 001 1 — 5 8 3
L: Rachel Barrington 7 IP, 1 K, 4 BB
Key Moments
- After Highland scored four runs in the top of the first, the Chargers cut the lead in half with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. Katie Droste (Biggsville, Ill./West Central) led off with a single and scored on a passed ball, and Lauryn Campbell (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) doubled to right to knock in a run.
- Sandburg got within 7-4 in the sixth when Droste drew a bases-loaded walk, but the Scotties blew the game open with a five-run seventh.
Sandburg Standout
Campbell doubled twice in four at-bats, scored a run and had an RBI.
Other Top Chargers
Lizzie Malcolm (Moline, Ill./Alleman): 1 for 4, double, two RBIs, stolen base
GAME 2
Highland (Kan.) 9, Sandburg 3
Sandburg 201 000 0 — 3 11 2
Highland 210 042 x — 9 12 1
L: Emily Adams 6 IP, 0 K, 2 BB
Key Moments
- The Chargers jumped to an early 2-0 lead when Emily Bloomer (Burlington, Iowa/Burlington) doubled with two away and Campbell smacked a two-run home run to left, but Highland tied it in the bottom half with a pair of RBI groundouts.
- Sandburg evened the score at 3-3 in the third when Marie Marshall (LaFayette, Ill./Galva) singled to center, driving in Bloomer from third.
- Highland took the lead for good with a four-run fifth as the Scotties did all their scoring in the frame with two outs.
Sandburg Standout
Bloomer finished 3 for 4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored.
Other Top Chargers
- Marshall: 2 for 3, run
- Emily Adams (Creve Coeur, Ill./East Peoria): 2 for 3
- Campbell: 1 for 4, 2-run home run
GAME 3
Sandburg 10, Coastal Alabama-East 7 (10 innings)
Sandburg 300 100 021 3 — 10 10 1
CA-East 103 000 021 0 — 7 10 3
W: Madison Benge 10 IP, 2 K, 2 BB
Key Moments
- The teams traded blows in extra innings, with each scoring two in the eighth and one in the ninth. The Chargers (2-6) finally broke through for good in the 10th, scoring three runs. Erin Flairty (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) delivered a two-run single to right to put Sandburg up 9-7, and she scored on Bloomer’s groundout to short.
- The Warhawks brought the tying run to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, but Madison Benge (Stronghurst, Ill./West Central) struck out the next batter to finish off a complete-game victory.
- Campbell knocked a three-run homer to left in the first to stake Sandburg to an early 3-0 lead.
- Trailing 4-3 in the fourth, Flairty evened the score with a base hit to right to plate Stevenson. The game remained scoreless from that point until the eighth.
Sandburg Standout
Flairty finished 3 for 6 with a run and three RBIs. She came through with both the game-tying hit in the fourth and the game-winning hit in 10th.
Other Top Chargers
- Benge: CG, 1 earned run on 10 hits
- Bloomer: 3 for 6, two runs, RBI
- Campbell: 1 for 6, 3-run home run
- Stevenson: 2 walks, 2 runs, RBI
UP NEXT
The Chargers will wrap up their trip south with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Thursday at Coastal Alabama-North.
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