ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Freshman Erin Taylor (Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake) improved to 5-1 with a seven-hit complete-game victory to help Gettysburg split a doubleheader with Muhlenberg in Centennial Conference (CC) softball action on Saturday.
The Bullets (9-4, 3-1 CC) used three errors to score three times in the sixth inning en route to a 4-1 win in the opener. In the second game, Angie Tyson fired a six-hit shutout to lead the Mules (8-11, 1-1 CC) to a 4-0 victory, marking the fifth straight doubleheader split between the two programs.
Mandy Wilson (McClure, PA/Indian Valley) went 2-for-4 with an RBI and one run scored in game one while Kristi Patterson (Margate, NJ/Atlantic City) rapped out a pair of hits in the nightcap.
In the opener, Muhlenberg jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but was held off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
Gettysburg tied the game in the third inning when Jenna Pabst (Boonton Twp., NJ/Mountain Lakes) reached on a two-out single, moved to second on an error and scored on a single by Wilson.
With Taylor keeping the Mule bats in check, the Bullets took control with three runs in the sixth.
Wilson reached on an error to open the frame, moved to second on a one-out single from Emily Boardman (Rome, PA/Northeast Bradford) and scored on an error off the bat of Jen White (Quakertown, PA/Pennridge) to make it 2-1.
Courtney Todd (Eagle, ID/Centennial) reached on an error that scored Boardman and Megan Procaccini (Ship Bottom, NJ/Peddie School) delivered an RBI ground out for a 4-1 Bullet lead.
Taylor retired the side in the sixth inning, then worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to wrap up the win, allowing seven hits and only one unearned run while striking out two.
In the nightcap, Becki Toth's two-run triple highlighted a three-run first inning as the Mules took a 4-0 lead after three innings and cruised to the win. Tyson allowed no runs on six hits while striking out three against two walks for her fourth win of the season.
White ripped a double in the sixth inning of game two for the Bullets' lone extra-base hit of the afternoon.
Gettysburg returns to action on Thursday, Apr. 5 with a doubleheader at Messiah. The first game starts at 3 p.m.
| Game One |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg (9-3, 3-0 CC) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
- |
4 |
6 |
1 |
| Muhlenberg (7-11, 0-1 CC) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
1 |
7 |
4 |
Erin Taylor and Megan Procaccini; Danielle DeLucia and Meghan Woods. WP: Taylor (5-1). LP: DeLucia (3-5). SO-BB: Taylor 2-0, DeLucia 7-1. 2B: Lori Blanchfield (M). 3B: Jaclyn Maser (M).
| Game Two |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg (9-4, 3-1 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| Muhlenberg (8-11, 1-1 CC) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
- |
4 |
5 |
1 |
Courtney Todd, Sarah Stokes (4) and Procaccini; Angie Tyson and Kate Dischino. WP: Tyson (4-5). LP: Todd (0-2). SO-BB: Todd 2-0, Stokes 1-0, Tyson 3-2. 2B: Jen White (G). 3B: Becki Toth (M).
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