Thursday, March 6, 2008
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Pitching Gems Help R-MC to a Softball Doubleheader Sweep of Meredith
( Game One Box Score ) / ( Game Two Box Score )
ASHLAND, VA – The Randolph-Macon College softball team got a pair of pitching gems on Thursday afternoon from Courtney Brooks and Katie Raulerson as the Yellow Jackets swept a doubleheader from visiting Meredith College 4-0 and 10-0.
R-MC, which has now won six games in a row, got a complete game, five hit shutout from Brooks in game one. Brooks, who is now 3-1 on the season in the circle, stuck out five in the win as well.
The game was scoreless for the first four and a half innings until the Jackets broke through for three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning when Morgan Greene led off with a single and scored when Paige Smith delivered a one out double to put R-MC on top 1-0.
Smith would come around to score when Brooke Snyder’s single was misplayed in the outfield. R-MC would tack on a third run when Ashley Crouch drove in Snyder with a ground out.
Casey Mauck added an insurance run in the sixth inning when she connected for her second home run of the season, making the score 4-0 in favor the Yellow Jackets.
In game two, Raulerson allowed just two hits in her four innings of work and stuck out six before giving way to Christi Wise who tossed the final inning for R-MC.
The Jackets jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning when Snyder doubled home Smith with two outs. Then two batters later, Crouch singled home Snyder.
R-MC then scored three runs in the second and five runs in the fourth to put the game away and go onto the victory. The Yellow Jackets pounded out 11 hits on the day and took advantage of one Meredith error and nine wild pitches.
Randolph-Macon will return to action on Sunday when it travels to Winchester, Virginia for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference doubleheader against Shenandoah University.
-Yellow Jackets-