Carter’s walk-off sac fly forces Softball split versus Newberry

Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College softball team earned a high-scoring split with Newberry in South Atlantic Conference action at Whitley Field on Saturday, highlighted by Courtnee Carter's walk-off sac fly in the bottom of the seventh of game two.

GAME ONE | Newberry 14, Catawba 13

TEAM STATISTICS

- Catawba out-hit Newberry 18-16

- Catawba recorded seven of 12 extra-base hits

- The Catawba Indians committed all five errors in the contest

- Catawba left seven runners on base; Newberry stranded eight

- The Catawba Indians stole seven of eight bases

- Catawba's pitchers allowed six earned runs on 16 hits and four walks, striking out three; Newberry's staff allowed 13 runs on 18 hits and three walks, striking out one

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Kary Hales was 4-for-4 with a homer, a double, five RBI, two runs scored and two steals

- Christina Brendle went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored

- Brianna Gallagher added two hits with a run driven in and two runs scored

- Maddy Aliters hit a three-run homer

- Courtnee Carter also homered among two hits and scored twice

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST INNING

- Grace Flynn singled and stole second to open up the home half of the first

- Brendle's RBI double brought her home

- Hales added another run on an RBI single

- Aliters' three-run homer made it a 5-0 Catawba lead

SECOND INNING

- Newberry got a run back in the second on an RBI double

THIRD INNING

- Two RBI singles and a Catawba error allowed three Wolves runs to score, to cut their deficit to a single run

- Carter's two-out solo homer returned Catawba's lead to 6-4

FIFTH INNING

- A leadoff homer, two wild pitches, an RBI single and a grand slam constituted an 8-run fifth inning for Newberry, taking a 12-6 lead

SIXTH INNING

- A sac fly and a throwing error allowed two more Newberry runs to score, leding 14-6

- Hales' two-out RBI double in the bottom half allowed the game to continue, as Catawba trailed 14-7

SEVENTH INNING

- Savanna Balderston singled to score a run to start the scoring in the seventh

- Brendle and Gallagher kept the line moving with back-to-back RBI singles to cut the deficit to 14-10

- Hales' three-run homer brought the deficit to one and brought the tying run to the plate, which Newberry was able to retire

GAME TWO | Catawba 11, Newberry 10

TEAM STATISTICS

- Both teams recorded 11 hits

- Catawba had four of six extra-base hits; both teams homered twice

- Both teams committed two errors

- Both teams left five runners on base

- Catawba stole two of three bases

- Newberry's pitchers allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits and two walks, striking out four; Catawba's staff allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits and four walks, striking out two

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Brendle was 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored

- Kenzie Church went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored

- Micaela Hartman came off the bench for two hits, two RBI and a run scored

- Gallagher homered

- Kate Holland picked up the win in relief, allowing two earned runs in four innings

HOW IT HAPPENED

SECOND INNING

- The Wolves jumped out to an early lead with a three-run homer in the second

THIRD INNING

- Newberry added three more thirds in the third on a bases-loaded walk, a fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly

FOURTH INNING

- A bases-loaded walk extended Newberry's lead to 7-0 in the top of the fourth

- Gallagher got Catawba on the board in the fourth on a one-out, solo homer

FIFTH INNING

- An RBI single and an error allowed Newberry to score twice more, pushing their lead to 9-1

- Church lifted a solo homer to right in the bottom half

- Brendle added another run on an RBI single to center; the Wolves led 9-3

SIXTH INNING

- Samantha Clark's solo homer put the Wolves' lead back to seven

- A hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Catawba with nobody out in the bottom half

- Church moved everyone up 60 feet on an RBI single

- Brianna Herring drew a walk, Flynn drove in another on an RBI single up the middle and Brendle's two-run double cut it to 10-8

- Hartman's two-run single capped a seven-run frame for Catawba to tie the game after six

SEVENTH INNING

- A two-base error allowed Catawba to get into scoring position with nobody out

- Catawba stole third, which allowed Carter's sac fly to score the winning run on the 48th run of the day between the two teams

UP NEXT

- Catawba returns to Whitley Field on Thursday, hosting Wingate for a doubleheader at 2 and 4 p..m.