WILMORE, Ky. – The Asbury University softball team won its third straight game on Saturday after a doubleheader sweep over Calumet St. Joseph.
The Eagles won the first game 12-4 in six innings, and then took game two with a shutout 8-0 victory in six innings.
AU improves to 4-4 on the year. Over the past three games, the Eagles have outscored their opponents 29-4.
Paige Hill had produced a team-high eight hits on the day with four in each victory.
The Eagles' bats finished with 28 hits in total on Saturday.
Game one
*Tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the third, the Eagles broke away with three runs scored in each the third and fourth innings.
*A sacrifice fly from
Bree Sanders gave AU a 2-1 edge, followed by a two RBI double from
Harley Wagoner which made it 4-1.
*In the fourth, Wagoner hit her second double of the day, giving her a team-high two doubles and three RBI in the first game.
*Asbury led 7-4 in the bottom of the sixth, but the Eagles added on five more runs to clinch the game with an 8-run lead.
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Deana Phillips hit her fifth homer of the season to extend the lead out to 8-4.
McKenzie Meyer and
Kamry Wells hit back-to-back doubles to score three more runs before Hill hit home the game-winning run off an RBI single.
*The Eagles finished with a season-high 16 hits in the win.
*Hill got the victory in the circle, throwing 5.1 innings of work and striking out six batters. Hill also only gave up one earned run.
*Phillips tallied her fourth multi-hit game of the year with three hits, while
Kamry Wells also notched two hits and an RBI.
Game two
*It was an even more dominating effort in game two, as AU gave up only two hits.
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Ally Moore got the win in game two with five full innings of scoreless work.
Katie Franklin came in and struck out three batters in the top of the sixth.
*The Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the first to build an early cushion lead.
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Paige Hill hit a two-run homerun in the fourth followed by Phillips' sixth homer of the year for a 6-0 edge.
*Phillips ranks in the top five of the NAIA in home runs and slugging percentage.
*AU sealed the deal in the sixth inning as they scored two runs off an RBI single from Phillips and a fielder's choice from
Chandler Kelly.
*Hill finished 4-4 with a home run, a double, and two RBI.
*Phillips and Burke notched their fifth multi-hit game of the season with three and two hits respectively. The duo combined for 4 RBI in the win.
Next Up
Asbury is back in action on Wednesday as they travel to Pikeville for a doubleheader.
