Pirates Fight Until the End in 10-Inning Loss at Gardner-Webb Going 0-2

Friday, March 11

Boiling Springs, NC

3:00 PM

Hampton University

Gardner-Webb

Pirates Fight Until the End in 10-Inning Loss at Gardner-Webb Going 0-2

3.11.22 | Softball, General

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Boiling Springs, NC.- Friday's doubleheader against Garnder-Webb ended in a tough 10-inning double loss for the Lady Pirates on the road at Brinkley Stadium.

Game 1 Final: Hampton 1 Gardner-Webb 2
How It Happened:

The Pirates Held a single run lead, scored by Junior Kennedi Bedell (Columbus, GA) until the top of the 7^th inning. (1-0)
At the bottom of the 7^th inning, with all bases loaded, the Runnin'' Bulldogs scored a pair of runs by Mitchell and Goodrum to win the game. (1-2)

Game 2 Final: Hampton 7 Gardner-Webb 8
How It Happened:

The Lady Pirates came out strong at the top of the first inning, scoring two runs from Senior Emily Kepple (Dayton, OH) and Junior Mo'Ne Davis (Philadelphia, PA) on a throwing error by Webb's center. (3-0)
The Runnin' Bulldogs answered back, scoring three runs on a home run by Lyon. (3-3)
Gardner-Webb took the lead at the bottom of the 3^rd inning with another home run by Lyon to hold the lead at the top of the 7^th inning. (7-3)
Hampton didn't go down without a fight. HU tied the game scoring two runs off a throwing error.
The Pirates scored two runs on a home run by Senior Casey Walker (Bristow, VA) to knot the score at (7-7).
Going into the bottom of the 10^th inning, the bulldogs sealed the win after a fielding error allowed Gardner-Webb's Queen to score. (7-8)

Hampton returns to action tomorrow, Saturday, March 12, 2022 for their final game against Gardner-Webb at noon.