BATON ROUGE, La. – Bailey Greenlee tossed three shutout innings with six strikeouts to carry the Alabama State softball team to an 11-0 win over Arlington Baptist in game two of the Mardi Gras Classic on Friday.
The Lady Hornets split two games on the day, falling 6-0 to Eastern Illinois in game one of the day.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Game 1: Eastern Illinois 6 | Alabama State 0
Game 2: Alabama State 11 | Arlington Baptist 0 (5 inn.)
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Records: Alabama State 1-2 | Arlington Baptist 3-4 | 1-5
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HOW IT HAPPENED - EIU
- Eastern Illinois scored three in the first and added a run in the third and two runs in the fifth.
- Jaylen Pirchard, and Rachel Kaufman RBI singles in the three-run first inning for EIU.
- Lindy Milkowski singed home a run in the third inning for the Panthers.
- Briana Gonzalez highlighted hit a solo home run to highlight EIU's two-run fifth.
IN THE CIRCLE - EIU
- Olivia Price (1-2) tossed a no-hitter while rccording nine strikeouts with one walk over 7.0 innings of work.
- Ashley Pye (0-1) allowed four runs, three earned, on six hits with two strikeouts as the pitcher of record for the Lady Hornets.
- Hailey Dyson worked 2.0 innings in the circle, yielding two runs on three hits.
INSIDE THE BOX - EIU
- Kiana Parrish was the lone base runner in the game drawing a walk in the sixth inning.
HOW IT HAPPENED - ABU
- Lauryn Maher drove in two runs and later scored on an error to give Alabama State a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
- Alabama State added two runs in the second to build the lead to 5-0. Madison Myers reached on an infield single to plate a run and a run scored on a Jaeda Gardner RBI groundout.
- The Lady Hornets scored five times in the fourth to take an 11-0 lead. Alex Preston hit a two-run home run, Maher had a solo home run and Myers had an RBI single.to highlight the inning.
IN THE CIRCLE - ABU
- Greenlee (1-1) yielded one hit over three scoreless innings with three strikeouts to earn the win in the circle for ASU.
- Hailey Dyson tossed 2.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in relief for the Lady Hornets.
- Ramos (0-1) gave up five runs on four hits with two strikeouts to take the loss for Arlington Baptist.
INSIDE THE BOX - ABU
UP NEXT:BATON ROUGE, La. – Bailey Greenlee tossed three shutout innings with six strikeouts to carry the Alabama State softball team to an 11-0 win over Arlington Baptist in game two of the Mardi Gras Classic on Friday.
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