St. Augustine, Fla. —- The Catawba College softball team picked up its first victory of the season on Saturday evening, defeating Florida Tech 6-5 after an extra-inning loss versus Barry earlier in the afternoon.
GAME ONE | Barry 4, Catawba 3 - F/8
TEAM STATS
- Barry out-hit Catawba 11-7
- Each team had an extra-base hit; Catawba had the lone homer
- Both teams committed an error
- Barry had the lone stolen base in the game
- The Buccaneers' pitchers allowed three earned runs on seven hits, striking out nine and walking four; the Catawba Indians' staff allowed four earned runs on 11 hits, striking out five and walking one
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Bri Herring went 2-for-3 with a homer, her first as a Catawba Indian
- Aniyah King singled, walked and scored a run
- Kary Hales and Bri Gallagher added singles and scored a run and drove one in, respectively
- Alex Baquie allowed four earned runs on 11 hits in 6.1 innings
- Riley Tucker provided one hitless inning in relief
HOW IT HAPPENED
SECOND INNING
- Herring hit a two-out solo blast to give Catawba an early lead
FOURTH INNING
- King and Hales both singled to start the fourth inning
- Gallagher singled through the left side to double the lead
- With the bases loaded and one out, Kinsley Caldwell drove in another run on a sacrifice fly
- In the bottom half, the Bucs got their first two batters on base, but Baquie forced a double play to quiet the frame
SIXTH INNING
- Paige White hit a two-out double to trim Barry's deficit to a single run
SEVENTH INNING
- Catawba loaded the bases with one out, but a grounder to shortstop brought the throw home and the Buccaneers escaped the jam with no damage on the next at-bat
- BU got its first runner on and two bunts moved the runner to third
- Taylor Thompson singled to score the game-tying run
- With the bases loaded and one out, Baquie struck out a Buc before forcing a flyout to send the game to extras
EIGHTH INNING
- Catawba hit back-to-back singles to start the eighth, but Barry retired the next three
- Mac Stone-Folmar recorded a walk-off bunt single in the bottom half
GAME TWO | Catawba 6, Florida Tech 5
TEAM STATS
- Catawba out-hit Florida Tech 6-5
- The Catawba Indians had four of six extra-base hits in the game
- Catawba committed two of three errors in the contest
- The Panthers recorded all three stolen bases on the evening
- Catawba's pitchers allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk, striking out five; FIT's staff allowed six earned runs on nine hits and three walks, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Gallagher went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored
- Tucker added a 2-for-4 outing with a double and two runs scored
- King doubled and scored
- Tucker earned the win in the circle, going the distance, allowing five earned runs in seven innings with five punchouts
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Florida Tech scored two runs in the first on wild pitches
THIRD INNING
- Madison Taylor singled to leadoff the third
- Gallagher later doubled to right-center to tie the game
- FIT got the two runs back in the bottom half on a stolen base and a double
FIFTH INNING
- King led the fifth inning off with a double
- Gallagher scored her on an RBI single to center field
- Caldwell drove in Gallagher later in the inning on a bases-loaded, RBI groundout
- The Panthers took the lead again in the bottom half on Mya Ogbodiewgy's homer
SIXTH INNING
- Tucker hit a one-out double to start the sixth-inning rally
- Gallagher recorded the game-tying RBI single
- Hales' double scored the go-ahead run
SEVENTH INNING
- FIT got the go-ahead run to the plate, but Tucker closed the door for the Catawba Indians' first win this year
UP NEXT
- Catawba closes out the Flagler Invitational tomorrow, facing Barry for the third time this weekend at 11 a.m.
