Allen Community College’s softball team broke a nine-game losing streak with a bang Tuesday, steamrolling past visiting Fort Scott 10-8 and 18-4.
A six-run fourth inning did the trick in the opener. Annie Gentry drilled an RBI triple while Kaitlin Rash and Bailey Burnett had run-scoring singles in the frame. Paige Rothwell drilled an RBI double in the second inning, while Mary Reilly and Lauren Poertner drove in runs on errors in the bottom of the sixth.
Audra Nelson was in control from the pitching circle, giving up just four hits. She walked four and struck out three.
Gentry had a triple, Rothwell a double and Rash, Burnett and Kaylee Lucas with singles.
The third inning told the tale in the second game.
Already leading 5-0, the Red Devils sent 18 batters to the plate in the frame, scoring 13 times on eight hits.
Poertner’s bases-clearing triple was the big blow, while Bailey Ericson drove in two runs with a single. Gentry had an RBI triple in the frame, while Shayla Stephens drove in two with a single, Stormy Bush drove in a run with a walk. Reilly had a pair of RBI doubles.
Nelson started, giving up four hits and a walk with two strikeouts over three innings. Rash pitched two innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Gentry went 3-for-4 with a triple, while Maecy Charleston had two singles. Rielly went 3-for-3 with two doubles. Poertner singled and tripled. Norris had two singles. Ericson and Katelyn Pedrow also singled.
The Red Devils will host St. Louis Community College Saturday.
ACC sweeps past Fort Scott
