WEST POINT, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Softball continued their weekend on the road with a doubleheader against Point (Ga.) on Saturday afternoon.
Brewton-Parker (8-4, 2-2 SSAC) split the day with the Skyhawks (3-11, 1-3 SSAC) winning game one 5-0 and dropping game two 4-3.
How It Happened | G1 – BPC 5, Point 0
The Lady Barons started off with a big first inning as
Destiny Lucas picked up a single and
Tori Wright was walked to place two runners on base.
Abbey Flowers came up to bat and hit a three-run home run to make the score 3-0.
After a scoreless second inning,
Alexis Bradshaw gathered a single then stole second and third. Bradshaw scored the fourth run of the day off a throwing error from the catcher.
In the fifth inning, Wright gathered a double and was brought home with a double from
Alyssa Usrey, to end the game with BPC taking a 5-0 victory.
Inside the Statistics
- Brewton-Parker led 13-5 in hits.
- Wright led with two hits and two runs, while Usrey had three hits.
- Flowers had two hits and three RBIs, while Bradshaw had two hits.
- Natalie O'Neal (5-1) pitched all seven innings and gathered two strikeouts while allowing five walks and five hits.
How It Happened | G2 – BPC 3, Point 4
The Skyhawks started the first inning of the second game with three hits and two runs to take a 2-0 lead. After two scoreless innings, Flowers hit the second home run of the day to cut Point's lead to one.
In the top of the sixth inning, Flowers and
Taylor Elliott picked up singles and had
Rylie Lumley and
Paris Russell pinch run for them. Usrey hit a single to bring Lumley home and
Chloe Strickland got Russell home with a single to left field giving BPC a 3-2 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, Point gathered four hits and produced two runs to drop the Lady Barons 4-3.
Inside the Statistics
- The Lady Barons trailed 11-9 in hits, with Flowers picking up two hits and one home run and Strickland had two hits.
- Lucas, Wright, Elliott, Usrey, and Pound also had hits.
- Kira Altman (3-2) pitched three innings and gave up one walk, seven hits, and two runs.
- Maeleigh Burns pitched two innings with four strikeouts and gave up two walks, four hits, and two runs.
Next Up
- The Lady Barons will head to Brunswick, Ga. for a doubleheader against Coastal Georgia on February 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET.