Lady Indians split doubleheader with Gadsden State
Adam Gore/LetsGoICC.com
FULTON, MS - It was the best of times and it was the worst of times for the Lady Indians on Thursday.
After cranking out 13 hits in their 9-0 Game 1 victory over Gadsden State, the Lady Indians could only manage six hits and left seven runners in scoring position in a 1-0 loss to the Lady Cardinals in Game 2.
ICC 9 Gadsden State 0 (5 innings)
Haley Moore (Booneville) went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to invoke the mercy rule in the Lady Indians (5-1) lone victory on the afternoon. Kaitlin Bradley (New Hope) added a solo shot to highlight a five-run third inning for the Lady Indians.
Hannah Johnson (Branson, MO) gave up two hits in her first shutout of the season to improv to 3-0 on the season with the complete game win.
Cara Hopper (Caledonia), Katrina Wilson (Oxford), Autumn Bonner (Fayette, AL) and Laken Shankle (Bruce) each had a pair of hits with Hopper and Shankle each recording a double in the win.
Gadsden State 1 ICC 0
Trailing 1-0, the Lady Indians had bases loaded with no out in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't push across a run to drop their first game of the season.
Gadsden saved the game on a bang-bang play at the plate by tagging out the potential game-tying run on the squeeze play in the sixth and played solid defense in the bottom of the seventh eventually invoking a fly out to center to escape with the one run victory in the final game of the day.
Hopper had a pair of singles while Moore, Bradley, Courtney Roberts (Hatley), Katelynn Downey (Liberty, MO) each added a single in the loss.
The Lady Indians will travel to Pearl River Community College for a trio of games against East Central, #2 LSU-Eunice, and host Pearl River on Saturday.
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Lady Indians split doubleheader with Gadsden State
Gadsden State Community College
1
Itawamba CC
0
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Gadsden State Community College (0-0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Itawamba CC (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Gadsden State Community College
0
Itawamba CC
9
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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Gadsden State Community College (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Itawamba CC (0-0) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
Posted: Feb 12, 2015