March 30, 2014
GGC 3, BSC 2
GGC 2, BSC 0
The Georgia Gwinnett softball team held NCAA Division III opponent Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) to just two runs over two games in posting a sweep on Sunday in Lawrenceville with 3-2 and 2-0 wins.
The Grizzlies used an eighth-inning RBI single for the walk-off win in the opener before posting their fifth shutout win of the season in game two.
Georgia Gwinnett ran its record to 22-6-1 with the wins while Birmingham-Southern fell to 13-11.
Game One- GGC 3, BSC 2
Haley Thompson delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give GGC the walk-off win in game one.
Starter Ashley Beyke notched her 10th complete game of the year, pitching around a handful of Panther threats over the course of the game. The sophomore improved to 11-5 on the year by striking out two and allowing just one earned run over 8.0 innings.
Heaven Hinton tallied an RBI double to open the scoring in the first inning but the Grizzlies found themselves trailing 2-1 entering their final at-bat in the pitcher’s duel between Beyke and Taylor Harkins.
In the bottom of the seventh, GGC strung together a pair of one-out infield singles and put runners on second and third after a passed ball. Hinton then looped one into shallow center that fell between the Panther defense to score Cassidy Littlefield and tie the game, 2-2.
Beyke stranded a runner at third base in the Panthers’ first extra-inning at-bat to send GGC up to the plate with the game still tied.
With Heather Kilar on second base to start the bottom of the inning, Thompson ripped a single up the middle to drive in the winning score of a 3-2 win.
Littlefield finished with three of the Grizzlies’ nine hits.
Game Two- GGC 2, BSC 0
The second game was dominated by GGC starter Kayla Byrom (11-1), who tossed the complete-game shutout to help the Grizzlies to a 2-0 win.
Byrom had three strikeouts, scattering five hits, and allowed only two runners to reach third base in the game.
Littlefield accounted for the only offense needed with a two-run single to score Ashleigh Simmons and Marlee Morales in the second inning.
Halley Ingram’s 3-for-3 game led an eight-hit GGC attack.
The Grizzlies improved to 10-4 at home with the games that were pushed to Sunday with inclement weather in the Lawrenceville area on Saturday. GGC stays at home to face Agnes Scott on Tuesday in a 5 p.m. doubleheader.
