No. 15 East Central Community College picked up an important road doubleheader sweep over the Hinds Community College Lady Eagles.
East Central scored a run in the top of the seventh and held on for a 6-5 win in game one. The Lady Warriors scored five runs in both the second and fifth innings of the nightcap en route to a 12-6 win.
In the opener, the Lady Warriors went up 3-0 after two innings thanks to a Hinds’ error and RBI doubles from Mackenzie Johnson and Madalyn McMahon. After Hinds tied the score 3-3 in the third, East Central went back on top in the fourth on another Hinds’ error.
A double by Cassie Obman would give East Central a 5-3 lead in the top of the sixth, before the Lady Eagles tied the game 5-5 with two runs of their own.
Marlee Parkes would get the game-winner for East Central in the top of the seventh with an RBI single. Hinds threatened in the bottom of the seventh, but winning pitcher Kaitlyn Oswalt got the next two batters on a strike out and a line out to earn the 6-5 win. Oswalt struck out eight batters in the game.
Big innings powered the Lady Warriors in game two.
Trailing 2-0, East Central scored five runs in the second, including two on a single by Kenyatta Moore and one on a single from Obman. Two more scored on a passed ball and a fielder’s choice.
After Hinds regained the lead 6-5 after four innings, East Central had another five-run inning in the fifth. Eva Scott circled the bases on an error on her fly to center. Katherine Shell hit a two-run homer. A double by Shelby Walters scored a run, and another Hinds’ error scored the 10th East Central run.
The Lady Warriors added insurance runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run homer from Obman.
Obman had three RBI in the contest, while Moore, Shell, and Walters had two each.
