CHATTANOOGA --- Senior
Celie Hudson fired her fourth-straight complete game, allowing just three hits and two earned runs while striking out nine, but suffered the loss in a 2-1 walk-off decision to tournament-host College of Charleston in the Holy City Showdown on Saturday afternoon.
Chattanooga drops to 5-9 on the season following the loss while Charleston improved to 8-9.
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BOX SCORE · CHARLESTON 2, CHATTANOOGA 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
| INNING |
SCORE |
SCORING PLAY |
VIEW |
| TOP 3rd |
1-0 |
Aly Walker broke the scoreless tie with an RBI fielder's choice, scoring Emily Coltharp, who doubled and advanced to third on a SAC bunt. |
WATCH |
| BOT 5th |
1-1 |
Charleston's Dexlie Inman led the inning off with a triple and later scored two batters later to tie the game. |
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| BOT 7th |
1-2 |
After Celie Hudson recorded a pair of outs with runners in scoring position, an infield single with the bases loaded and two outs walked Charleston off with a one-run victory. |
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PITCHING RESULTS
| TEAM |
PITCHER |
RESULT |
RECORD |
STAT LINE |
| C of C |
Chandler Sparkman |
W |
1-3 |
7IP, 4H, ER, 12K |
| CHATT |
Celie Hudson |
L |
3-4 |
6.2IP, 3H, 2ER, 9K |
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CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES
· Chattanooga drops back-to-back games for the fourth time this season and moves to 5-9 overall in 2020.
· The team struck out 12 times, tying a season high, and marking the fourth time this season with double-digit strikeouts on offense.
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Celie Hudson fired her fourth-straight complete game and has posted back-to-back outings with two earned runs or less and at least six strikeouts. She allowed only three hits while striking out nine in Saturday's loss to Charleston.
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Emily Coltharp went 2-for-3 on Saturday with a run scored. Coltharp has seven multi-hit games this season including multi-hit efforts in four of the last six games. She's tied for the team lead in batting average behind an even .400 (18-for-45) mark.
UP NEXT
Chattanooga (5-9) finishes up the Holy City Showdown tomorrow with a single game against Charleston Southern at 12:00 p.m. Live stats are available and links are available on the schedule page.
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