COFFEYVILLE — For the second matchup, Allen Community College’s women saw a chance for victory end agonizingly short.
Nevertheless, the Red Devils rebounded nicely, scoring four runs in the first inning of their nightcap with Coffeyville and cruising from there to an 11-4 victory.
That came after Coffeyville ended an extra-inning affair with a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to win, 7-5.
The split comes amid Allen’s busy stretch to wrap up the regular season. The Red Devils are home today for a pair of games against Fort Scott. First pitch is at 1 p.m.
Thursday’s opener started on a high note. Hailee Lundine blasted a two-run home run to put Allen in front in the top of the first.
But Coffeyville bounced back with four in the bottom of the fourth, two coming on a fielding error.
Allen evened the score with two in the top of the fifth on a bases-loaded walk to Arisbei Black and an RBI ground ball by Kinsey Stuewe. But the Red Devils stranded runners at second and third in that frame — two of the 13 left on base in the contest.
Nevertheless, Allen had a shot to win in the eighth. Cynae Wiley and Bella Gravatt singled, and Lundine doubled with one out for a 5-4 lead.
But again, ACC left a pair of runners in scoring position, opening the door for Coffeyville’s Shania Henry to hit the tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.
Stuewe singled in the ninth, but that rally, too, fell short with a pair of ground balls.
A two-out walk led to Gracee Hillburn’s walk-off home run.
Madilynn Collins was the tough-luck loser. She pitched the complete game, surrendering four earned runs on nine hits, with three strikeouts.
Lundine went 3-for-4 with a double and home run. Mikayla Long and Gravatt both singled twice. Black and Alayna Brown both had doubles. Kobe McDonald, Stuewe, Makayla Howard and Wiley all had singles.
BUT ALLEN didn’t fret for long.
Alayna Brown singled to start the first, and came around to score on Lundine’s sacrifice fly. Long then doubled to drive in Gravatt, before back-to-back Red Raven errors led to two more runs.
