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The Lady Hawks turned in a doubleheader sweep of West Alabama Friday afternoon, winning the opener 6-3 and the finale 6-1.
In game one, Ericka Bynum got things started for Shorter (24-9, 14-8 GSC) in the first inning, drawing a bases-loaded walk to bring in Kendall Johnson.
The Lady Hawks then added four runs in the fourth to extend the lead. With the bases loaded, Maggie Meacham singled to bring home Janell Echols and Abi Valdes to open the scoring. Johnson then followed with a sacrifice bunt to bring in Niki Cook, and Kameron Carter brought in Meacham on a ground out to first.
West Alabama (15-18, 7-15 GSC) got on the board in the fifth with two runs, cutting the lead to 5-2.
Paige Rowland answered for Shorter in the sixth, bringing in Meacham on a sacrifice fly to right field.
The Tigers added a final run in the seventh for the 6-3 final score.
Maddie Bray earned the win, turning in five innings of work while allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks.
Kalei Kimbrell recorded her third save of the year with a two-inning performance, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts.
In Game 2, West Alabama scored a run in the first inning, but that was all the offense the Tigers would muster, as the Lady Hawks held them scoreless for the remainder of the game.
Shorter answered in the bottom of the inning with three runs.
Cook scored on an RBI double from Meacham, Johnson followed with a hit of her own and then both scored on consecutive errors from West Alabama’s corner infielders to take a 3-1 lead.
In the sixth, Paige Rowland and Tori Etheridge added RBI singles to make it a 5-1 game, then Etheridge came in on a passed ball for the 6-1 final score. Amanda Blanchard earned the win, her thirteenth of the season, turning in a career high in strikeouts with 12.
In a complete game performance, she allowed just the one run on seven hits with one walk.
Johnson led the Lady Hawks with five hits on the day, while Meacham chipped in with four, and both Cook and Rowland added three.
Shorter goes for the three-game sweep today in the final game of the series at 1 p.m. at Alto Park.
Source: Rome News
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