GAME 1 | Bluefield State 6, Virginia State 1
ETTRICK, Va. --Lauren Parham strung together three hits, but the Virginia State Trojans fell to the Bluefield State Big Blues 6-1 Saturday.
Ava Brown (1-7) started and took the loss in the circle for Virginia State (4-18, 3-8).
Parham's three-hit day led the Trojans offensively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Trailing 6-0, the Trojans first put runs on the board in the sixth inning. Shmya Hankins came across to score the lone run of the inning for Virginia State and get them on the board. The Trojans were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.
GAME NOTES
» Parham led the Trojans, amassing three base hits in the ballgame.
» Virginia State's highest scoring inning was the sixth, when it pushed one run across.
» Virginia State pitchers faced 35 Bluefield State hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and nine fly balls while striking out four.
» Parham led the Trojans at the plate, going 3 for 4.
» Bluefield State was led offensively by Sydney Leadbetter, who went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs.
» Yonah Rogers led the Big Blues pitching staff, throwing seven innings of one-run ball.
GAME 2 | Virginia State 11, Bluefield State 2
ETTRICK, Va. --Virginia State received contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, helping the Trojans put 11 runs on the board and defeat the Bluefield State Big Blues 11-2 Saturday.
Madison Jones (3-5) started in the circle and picked up the win for Virginia State (5-18, 4-8). The right-hander went five innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on six hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Trojans were trailing 1-0 in the first inning when they first put runs on the board. Virginia State plated two runs off of Bluefield State pitching, one of which was driven in on a run-scoring double off the bat of Nanye' Cain-Dixon.
After the Big Blues rallied to tie the ballgame at two, the Trojans came back to retake the lead in the fourth inning. which brought the score to 5-2 in favor of the Trojans.
Virginia State held Bluefield State without a run before expanding their lead to 11-2 the following inning. The Trojans bats heated up in the inning, scoring six runs, including a two-run double off the bat of Reina Washington. The score remained 11-2 for the rest of the game, as Virginia State coasted to the win.
GAME NOTES
» Every Virginia State starter reached base safely in the win.
» Virginia State's highest scoring inning was the fifth, when it pushed six runs across.
» Virginia State took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» The Trojans out-hit the Big Blues at an 11-6 clip.
» Virginia State went 7-for-11 (.636) with runners in scoring position.
» Virginia State pitchers limited Bluefield State to just 1-for-7 (.143) with runners in scoring position.
» Virginia State pitchers faced 22 Bluefield State hitters in the game, allowing eight ground balls and six fly balls.
» Washington led the Trojans at the plate, going 1 for 2 with a double and three RBIs.
» Bluefield State was led offensively by Jackie Sandy, who went 1 for 2 with an RBI.
» Sandy led the Big Blues pitching staff, throwing 3.1 innings of five-run ball.
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