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Mobile Splits With William Carey
Leslie Pickette picked up the win in the opener for Mobile with a complete-game, five-hit shutout. Pickette fanned eight and walked none, while facing only three batters over the minimum. At the plate, Ally Scott went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI, while Jineth Pimentel finished 1-for-2 with 2 runs scored. Mobile scored the winning run in the 2nd inning, when Kirstyn Joiner singled off the pitcher's glove to plate Pimentel. The Lady Rams added a pair of insurance runs in the 5th off of reliever Brittany Fuller, who entered with a 0.25 ERA. In game two, the Lady Rams left five runners on in the first two innings, and then William Carey put up a six-spot in the 6th, equaling the number of runs they had scored against Mobile in the last three games combined. Pickette (19-3) was tagged with the loss after allowing 4 earned runs in 2.2 innings of relief. Alyssa Boutwell got the win for Carey with 3 innings of one-hit, shutout relief. Brittany Dowdle and Holli McLeod each collected two hits, while Ally Scott finished with 2 RBI. William Carey featured a balanced lineup, with everyone recording at least one hit, and seven different players driving in a run. The teams traded runs to the tune of a 3-3 tie after four innings, but William Carey batted around in the 6th, tallying 6 runs on 4 hits with a pair of Mobile errors. The inning started with a groundout, but a hit-batsman and a walk sit the stage for the rally. Jill Wedgeworth provided the winning tally with a RBI-single, and then the visitors tacked on five two-out runs. Mobile (27-10, 4-6) hosts Thomas University for a 5 pm double header Thursday. |
MOBILE, Ala-- The 15th-ranked University of Mobile softball team picked up a split with 7th-ranked William Carey University in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference action Tuesday. Mobile won the opener 4-0 and then William Carey took the finale 9-3.