SEWANEE, Tenn. – Reagan Huskey tossed a complete game and
Sydney Tackett scored twice in the opener but four Sewanee errors led to five unearned runs in the second game, as the Tigers split a doubleheader against LaGrange College in softball action here Saturday.
Sewanee (4-4) won the first game, 5-2, before dropping the second contest, 9-1, in five innings.
Huskey (2-1) scattered six hits and allowed one earned run with three walks and two strikeouts. The Huntsville, Ala., native worked around a one-out single in the first and a walk and a single in the third. The freshman got out of the fourth as well after an error and a single, but she induced a pair of groundouts to end the frame.
The Panthers plated an unearned run in the fifth and got another run in the sixth, but Huskey stranded runners at first and third to end the contest.
The Tigers got on the board in the first inning of the doubleheader with a two-out triple to rightcenter by Tackett and
Hannah Wilson followed with a walk. The Tigers executed the double steal, with Tackett scoring for a 1-0 edge.
In the second inning
Maggie Barker singled down the rightfield line but was forced out at second on a shallow pop to short right by
Ansley Giffin.
Christian Cain walked and with two outs and Eve Bournais singled to rightcenter, plating Giffin for a 2-0 Sewanee lead.
Tackett reached on a throwing error to start the third inning, getting all the way to third on the overthrow, and Wilson followed with an RBI single to leftcenter, extending the edge to 3-0.
The Panthers took advantage of two Sewanee errors to get a run in the fifth.
Claire Chamberlain doubled to deep center but was called out for leaving early at second base. Lindsey Swearngin reached on an error by Bournais and Cecillia Gonzalez blooped a single between home and first. With two outs a line drive to right by Zoe Veres was dropped, allowing a run to score for LaGrange.
The Tigers got the run back plus another in the bottom of the inning, starting with a leadoff single by
Zoe Crockett. Wilson was hit with one out and both runners stole before a great squeeze bunt from
Abbie Buckner scored a run. With two outs Giffin drove in another run with a single to rightcenter, extending the Sewanee lead to 5-2.
Katelyn Minnihan singled to left with one out in the sixth for the Panthers and stole second. Huskey made a bad throw to first on Abby Hefner's sacrifice bunt, with the ball sailing into rightfield and Minnihan scoring on the play.
Swearngin and Veres both walked in the seventh but Jenna Yeary flied out to short center to end the game.
Yeary (1-2) gave up four earned runs on eight hits with four walks and four strikeouts to take the loss for LaGrange.
Swearngin and Gonzalez both singled to leadoff the second game for LaGrange and a fly ball pushed Swearngin to third where she later scored on a wild pitch.
In the second inning Hannah Barnett singled and Swearngin was hit before a two-out RBI single from Gonzalez.
The Panthers added another run in the third when Kelsea Moody singled and Veres walked and the runners moved up on a wild pitch. Yeary's fly ball to left plated a run for a 3-0 LaGrange advantage.
The visitors plated three more runs with the aid of four hits and three Sewanee errors in the fourth.
The Tigers got their only run of the game in the bottom of the inning with a walk to Tackett and a double by Barker.
Sarah Storsteen's RBI single to right plated Tackett.
LaGrange scored twice more in the fifth with two hits and another Sewanee error.
Chamberlain (2-3) gave up one run on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts for the win. Giffin (1-2) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on six hits in three-plus innings.
The Tigers are back at home Sunday for a doubleheader against Agnes Scott College at 1 p.m.
