DANVILLE, Ky. – After competing in two double-header days in Alabama last week, the Centre softball team (4-6, 2-0 SAA) started this weekend with a pair of games against the Rhodes Lynx. The Colonels earned a series win against the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) opponent for the second season in a row, sweeping Rhodes on the first day of the two team's three-game set.
GAME ONE: Centre 8, Rhodes 4
- Freshman
Emily Lammers took her first at-bat of the day as best as you can get, sending a two-run homer to center field in the first inning to bring in
Tori Candler and jump out for an early lead.
- The scoring wouldn't stop there,
Rylie Bentley doubling out to left-center field right after
Andrea Searcy sent a pitch out to center field on a double of her own.
- Centre would put together five more runs in the bottom of the second inning, including a sacrifice fly by Candler that brought in
Abby Duncan.
- The Gold & White would find another long ball from Searcy, reaching center field for the Colonels' second home run of the game to push an eight-run lead.
- Rhodes would score a handful of runs up through the other five innings of play, bringing the score 8-4 in Centre's favor.
- After starting pitcher
Lucy Baseheart would complete a strong five-inning outing with four strikeouts against the Lynx,
Kaylee Gregory would come home with the final two innings that included a 1-2-3 seventh inning to clinch the win.
GAME TWO: Centre 9, Rhodes 1 (5 innings)
- Searcy would give the Lynx déjà vu with a second-straight game of Centre sending a pitch across the fence in the first inning, putting together a grand slam to bring Lammers, Candler and Duncan around the bases with her.
- Rhodes would strike back in the third inning, putting a run on the board to shorten the Colonels' lead.
- Five more runs would come way for the Gold & White in the bottom of the fourth inning,
Layne Ogle rushing home off a grounder from Duncan.
Izzy Rushing would also slide home in the very next at-bat in another ground ball play, Bentley sending a single down the third base line to bring home Lammers and extend the lead to six.
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Lydia Rice would pinch hit for the Colonels in her first at-bat of the day, making the most of it with a double to center field that brought home both Bentley and Searcy.
- Searcy would throw all five innings for the Colonels on the mound, earning her first win of the season with three strikeouts along the way in 58 pitches.
- Searcy's two home runs on Saturday would mark the third time in her Centre career that she's sent a long ball in back-to-back contests.
UP NEXT
The Gold & White will look to complete the sweep against the Lynx on Sunday, playing the final game against Rhodes in the series on Feb. 26. The first pitch of the series finale will be thrown at 12 p.m. ET.
