MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Eagles slugged out 17 hits in their doubleheader against SIUE on Saturday, but couldn't break through in the run column, falling in the first game 7-4 and in the second 6-1.
Trinity Spear had her first career four hit game in the opener and added two stolen bases, while six other Eagles had multi-hit days, with
Peyton Jordan,
Taylor Rhea, and
Madi Ogden all chipping in with RBIs. Despite the success at the plate, however, the Eagles were 3-23 over the two games with runners in scoring position.
Lennon Spicer tossed her third complete game of the season in the second contest, striking out six and holding the Cougars without an earned run over her final six innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)
The Cougars opened the scoring with a solo blast in the top of the first, but the Eagles answered right back, thanks to a leadoff single from
Trinity Spear and a sacrifice fly from
Peyton Jordan to even the score.
SIUE retook the lead in the third with an RBI single, but
Jessie Begley left a pair of runners stranded to keep the game at 2-1.
After
Madeline Gailor reached on an error to open the bottom of the fourth,
Erin Boyle singled and
Taylor Rhea moved them into scoring position for
Madi Ogden, who delivered a two-run single to give the Eagles a 3-2 lead, but a running catch from SIUE left the bases loaded to limit the damage.
The Cougars jumped back out in front on an unearned run and a wild pitch in the fifth, and the Eagles threatened in the bottom half to tie it with two runners on, but a caught stealing ended the threat.
A two-run blast from SIUE in the sixth stretched their lead to 7-3, and the Eagles scored off a double steal in the seventh, but couldn't get any closer, falling in the opener.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)
SIUE jumped out to an early 4-0 lead five batters into the game, thanks to a three-run homerun, but
Lennon Spicer recovered to retire 12 of the next 13 batters.
The Eagles finally broke through in the fourth, with Jordan and Gailor opening the inning with back-to-back singles, and
Taylor Rhea brought Jordan home with the third single of the inning to cut the lead to 4-1.
Spicer worked out a bases loaded, one out jam in the fifth, and the Eagles again got a pair of base runners on to open their half inning, but a base running error led to a double play to end the threat.
The Cougars took advantage of fielding errors to add a pair of unearned runs in the seventh, and the Eagles went down in order to end the game, 6-1.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will take on SIUE in their senior day series finale at 12:00 PM tomorrow.
