The Albany State Golden Rams and the Clark-Atlanta Panthers split on Friday when the teams played a double header at the ASU West Campus Softball Complex. With the split, the Golden Rams are now (18-11) overall and (11-5) in the SIAC while the Panthers are (11-15) overall and (6-9) in the conference.
In game 1, the Golden Rams won (6-5) in dramatic fashion. The Golden Rams scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7
th inning to stun the Panthers who led (5-3) enter the inning.
Kennedy Dora drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7
th inning to score the winning run for the Golden Rams. Dora also hit a monster home run in the 2
nd inning for the Golden Rams.
The Golden Rams finished with 6 runs and 12 hits against the Panthers.
Madison Hurt, Keyatta Ayers and
Glory Seay finished with 2 hits each for the Golden Rams.
Mackenzie Chamblee improved to (6-3) on the season. Mackenzie pitched 2 innings in relief and only allowed 2 hits to the Panthers.
In game 2, the Clark-Atlanta Panthers won (7-5) in 7 innings. The Golden Rams started hot as they scored all 5 of their runs in the first three innings. But, the Golden Rams couldn't generate any runs in the final four stanzas against the Panthers.
The Golden Rams finished with 5 runs, 11 hits and 3 costly errors.
Glory Seay went 3/4 from the plate while
Madison Hurt, Keyatta Ayers and Trista Murphy finished with 2 hits each.
Trista Murphy was the losing pitcher for the Golden Rams. Murphy is now (6-5) on the season.
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