Box Score vs. Saint Louis | Box Score vs. Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The softball team split a pair of games on the first day of the Tiger Classic hosted by Memphis this weekend. EKU knocked off Saint Louis, 4-2, before falling to the home team, 5-3.
In game one against Saint Louis, the Colonels grabbed the early lead with three runs in the first.
Mia Sanchez scored on a dropped fly ball.
Hannah Clark drove in a run with a single through the right side.
Brittany Oldaker finished off the scoring in the inning with an RBI ground out.
EKU added a run in the third on a Saint Louis error. The Billikens cut the 4-0 Eastern Kentucky lead in half with a run in the sixth and a run in the seventh. With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh,
Mollie Paulick struck out her third batter of the inning to shut down the rally attempt.
Four different Colonels finished with one hit each.
Alex Sallberg (4-6) started and allowed two runs on six hits in 6-plus innings of work. Paulick earned the save, her second of the season.
In the second game of the day against Memphis, Eastern cut into a 3-0 deficit when
Johnkyria Alston drove home a run with a double to left center in the top of the fourth inning. EKU closed to within two again in the fifth when
Leilani Blair scored on a wild pitch to make it a 4-2 game.
Oldaker's RBI single to right in the top of the sixth made it a one-run game. That's as close as the visitor's would get. The Tigers added a run in the bottom of the sixth and won by two.
Alston finished 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Oldaker and Sanchez also had two hits each. .
The Colonels will play these same two teams on Saturday as well. The game against Saint Louis will begin at 2 p.m. ET and the contest against Memphis is slatted for a 4 p.m. ET start.
