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Army Offense Explodes in the 6th; Cadets Top Charleston Southern, 9-2
February 23, 2020 | Softball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Thanks to seven-run sixth inning and a gem on the mound from Emily Iannotti, Army West Point softball bested Charleston Southern, 9-2, Sunday at the CSU Softball Complex to pick up its third straight victory. Â
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The contest was low-scoring early on with the Buccaneers (3-7) holding a slight 1-0 lead through the first five innings of play. Though, the Black Knights' (8-7) bats came to life in the top of the sixth with Army scoring seven runs before there was an out recorded in the inning.
HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
HOW IT HAPPENED
UP NEXT
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The contest was low-scoring early on with the Buccaneers (3-7) holding a slight 1-0 lead through the first five innings of play. Though, the Black Knights' (8-7) bats came to life in the top of the sixth with Army scoring seven runs before there was an out recorded in the inning.
HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- In its last three games, Army has scored a combined total of 25 runs in the final two innings of play.
- Emily Iannotti pitched a complete game with 12 strikeouts and allowed just two earned runs to improve to 3-0 on the year.
- Brook Mitchell and Taylor Drayton each had multi-hit games.
- Jolie Duong launched her second home run of the season and the third of her career. Her three RBIs ties her career high which she set last year at Lehigh.
- Ally Snelling also had three runs batted in with a bases clearing double in the sixth. She's now up to 16 RBIs on the season.
- Alicyn Grete expanded her hit streak to 11 games.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the first five innings of play, the contest had the makings of a pitcher's duel. Army had just three hits and the lone run of the contest came on an RBI double off the bat of Brooklynn Brewington.
- After surrendering the run, Iannotti and the Black Knights recorded seven straight outs.
- Army's bats came to life in the top of the sixth with the Cadets registering seven runs.
- With the bases loaded and with no outs, Snelling cleared the bases with an RBI double out to center field. In the next at bat, Snelling came around to score from second with Ballesteros registering an RBI double of her own.
- After Drayton reached on a error, Duong blasted a three-run shot over the center field wall to make the score 7-1.
- The Buccaneers got one run back in the bottom of the sixth with a home run off the bat of Mallory Kasinger to cut Army's lead to five.
- The Blacks tacked on two more runs in the top of the seventh to push ahead 9-2 thanks to a 2 RBI single from Drayton.
UP NEXT
- The Black Knights will have a weekend off before traveling down to Clearwater, Fla., from March 6-15.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Iannotti, Emily (3-0)
L: JUNGE, A. (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Snelling, Ally 1 ; Ballesteros, Emily 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 1
HR: Duong, Jolie 1
RBI: Snelling, Ally 3 ; Ballesteros, Emily 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 2 ; Duong, Jolie 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Grete, Alicyn 1 ; Mitchell, Brook 1 ; Taylor, Kelsey 1 ; Muffett, Megan 1 ; Snelling, Ally 1 ; Ballesteros, Emily 2 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Duong, Jolie 1
CS: Mitchell, Brook 1
Batting:
2B: KASINGER, M. 1
HR: BROWN, S. 1
RBI: BROWN, S. 1 ; KASINGER, M. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BREWINGTON 1 ; BROWN, S. 1
SB: ANDERSON, K. 1
Game Leaders
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