DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre softball (4-17) was held in check against Berea (6-5) Wednesday afternoon, dropping two games by scores of 5-0 and 3-0 on their home field.
GAME ONE: Berea 5, Centre 0
- Centre's
Lucy Baseheart got through Berea's order one time unscathed before the visitors pieced together a three-run, two-out rally in the third inning.
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Abby Duncan and
Riley McCue delivered consecutive base hits in the bottom of the fourth, but both were stranded as Berea's Caroline Nelson escaped the inning without allowing a run.
- In the sixth,
Sawyer Lecius and
Kaylen Storms led off with back-to-back hits to put two runners on for the Colonels. Again, Nelson worked out of the jam to preserve the Mountaineers' lead.
- Berea tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh inning, though Baseheart left the bases loaded to keep the Colonels in striking distance.
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Brylin Isaacs had an infield single in Centre's final at-bat, but it wasn't enough to spark a rally.
GAME TWO: Berea 3, Centre 0
- Starter
Andrea Searcy worked her way out of a pair of jams in the third and fourth innings, stranding a total of five base runners across those two frames while punching out four.
- The Mountaineers manufactured runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, however.
- Centre was held to only two hits and three total baserunners by Berea pitcher Madison McIntosh, who finished with seven strikeouts.
- Searcy (six) and Baseheart (three) combined for nine strikeouts while allowing six hits and two earned runs.
UP NEXT
Centre heads south for its spring break trip next week, beginning Monday, March 21, against Bowdoin and Washington & Jefferson.
