Sandburg Softball Closes Out Spring Break Trip to Gulf Coast
Aaron Frey
Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:31 PM
Athletics
Monroeville, Ala.
The Carl Sandburg College closed out its Spring Break trip to the Gulf Coast with a pair of losses Thursday at Coastal Alabama-North.
The Warhawks shut out the Chargers 7-0 in Game 1 and scratched across a late run to defeat Sandburg 5-4 in Game 2.
GAME 1
Coastal Alabama-North 7, Sandburg 0
Sandburg 000 000 0 — 0 4 3
CA-North 004 201 x — 7 11 0
L: Rachel Barrington 4 IP, 0 K, 0 BB
Key Moment
The Eagles used three singles, a double and two Chargers errors to open the scoring with four runs in the bottom of the third.
GAME 2
Coastal Alabama-North 5, Sandburg 4
Sandburg 000 031 0 — 4 11 4
CA-North 210 011 x — 5 6 2
L: Kylie Stineman 6 IP, 0 K, 2 BB
Key Moments
- A leadoff walk by Macayla Gibson led to the Warhawks plating the game-winner in the sixth. A groundout pushed her to third with one out, and she scored on a passed ball.
- Trailing 3-0 in the fifth, the Chargers tied the game as Erin Flairty (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) plated Haley Stevenson (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) with a double to left and Sophie Whitford (Macomb, Ill./Macomb) knocked in a pair with a double to center.
- Coastal Alabama-North regained the lead with an unearned run in the fifth, but the Chargers answered back in the top of the sixth. Katie Droste (Biggsville, Ill./West Central) led off the inning with a walk and scored from first when the Warhawks’ center fielder misplayed Lauryn Campbell’s (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) base hit.
Sandburg Standout
Lizzie Malcolm (Moline, Ill./Alleman) singled in each of her two at-bats, accounting for two of the Chargers’ 11 hits.
Other Top Chargers
- Stevenson: 2 for 4, run
- Campbell: 2 for 4, run
- Flairty: 1 for 2, double, run, RBI
- Madison Benge (Stronghurst, Ill./West Central): 1 for 3, double, walk
- Whitford: 1 for 2, double, two RBIs
UP NEXT
The Chargers will play at Spoon River at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Sandburg’s home opener is scheduled for 11 a.m. March 24 against Lake County at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.
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