Late Scoring Outbursts Lift Miles Over Rust Softball

GARDENDALE, Ala. – The Rust College softball program held a 4-0 lead in game one and struck first in the second contest, but ultimately wound up faltering down the stretch in a pair of five-inning defeats, 13-4 and 12-3, at Miles.

The Basics: 

• Score (Game 1)
• • Miles – 13
  • Rust – 4
    

• Score (Game 2)
• • Miles – 12
  • Rust – 3

• Records
• • Rust (0-4, 0-0 Gulf Coast)
  • Miles (3-3, 0-0 SIAC)

• Location
• • Gardendale, Alabama – Bill Noble Park

• Series History (Since 2010)
• • Miles Leads 2-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2010)
• • Miles (W2) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers:

• Amya Sampson was a run-producer in the heart of Head Coach Kendrick Vivians' lineup, accounting for three of the team's five RBIs including a triple in the opener that scored Leona Joshua.

• Speaking of Joshua, she went 3-of-6 (.500) while scoring three times, stealing a base in each ballgame, and cranking a double in addition to striking out five Golden Bears in the circle.

• Haley Weatherspoon racked up some mileage on the basepaths, smacking both a double and a triple on top of crossing home plate thrice.

• Kayla Townsend hit a one-run two-bagger, raced home on a wild pitch, and coaxed a base on balls as Anijah Gray drew two free passes in the box while whiffing five hitters in just three innings on the bump.
  

Next:

• Continental Athletic Conference competition begins on Tuesday in the form of a 1/3 p.m. doubleheader at Talladega College.