Birmingham, Ala – The Chattanooga Mocs' softball team suffered a 4-1 setback to the Samford Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala. at the Samford Softball Field on Sunday afternoon.
Chattanooga dropped to 21-23 overall and 5-7 in Southern Conference play, while Samford improved to 26 -15, 11-1 SoCon.
Chattanooga returns home this weekend to face Mercer in a three-game series. The Mocs and Bears begin the series on Saturday with a doubleheader; first pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Emily Coltharp began the game with a leadoff double down the left field line and after
Kailey Snell moved her over with a sacrifice bunt,
Acelynn Sellers gave Chattanooga its first lead of the series with a single to left.
In the second inning, after a leadoff hit-by-pitch, Samford blasted a two-run home run over the left field wall, giving the hosts a 2-1 lead. Samford doubled its lead in the third with a two out double and a single to right in the next at bat. The Bulldogs extended their lead in the next half inning on a Chattanooga fielding error.
After the fourth, neither team was able to score as Samford held on to its 4-1 lead.
Brooke Parrott started the game and allowed two runs on three hits in two innings of work. She struck out two and hit a batter.
Hannah Wood entered in the second and allowed two runs, one earned in 1.2 innings of action.
Izzy Alley tossed the final 2.1 innings. She didn't allow a run to cross the plate and gave up just one hit.
Seven different Mocs recorded a hit. Coltharp,
Reagan Armour and
Liz Rodebaugh all garnered a double. Snell led the squad with two hits.
Samford's McKenzie Newcomb earned her second complete-game victory of the weekend. In seven innings, she allowed eight hits and just one run with four strikeouts and no walks.
UTC 1, SAM 4 | BOX
SCORING PLAYS
T1st: Acelynn Sellers singled to left field, RBI;
Emily Coltharp scored. (UTC 1-0)
B2nd: Gwynnie Hornibrook homered to left field, 2 RBI; Timberlyn Shurbutt scored. (SAM 2-1).
B3rd: Merritt Cahoon singled to right field, RBI; Timerlyn Shurbutt scored. (SAM 3-1).
B4th: McKayla Cothran reached on a fielding error by 2b; Ansley Yantis scored, unearned (SAM 4-1).
WP: McKenzie Newcomb (18-7)
LP: Brooke Parrott (9-6)
Notable:
- Snell posted her seventh multi-hit game of the season.
- Chattanooga entered the contest 11-1 when leading after the first inning.
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