Allen Community College’s Killer B’s created quite the buzz on the softball diamond Wednesday.
Brooklyn Goehring and Bailee Campbell, Allen’s starting shortstop and second baseman, respectively, keyed a dramatic come-from-behind victory over visiting Highland.
Goehring’s RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh erased a 4-3 deficit. Then with two outs, Campbell ended the affair by blasting a 2-1 pitch over the center field fence for a walk-off 6-4 victory.
But they weren’t done by a long shot.
In Game 2 of their doubleheader, Goehring went 4-for-4, a single, triple and two doubles, while Campbell made a highlight reel defensive play to end a Highland rally in the top of the fifth, diving to her right to field a ground ball and throw out the runner at first. Had the ball gotten through, Highland likely would have tied the score at 4-4.
Instead, it stayed 4-2 before Allen tacked on one more run in the fifth and four in the sixth of a 9-2 victory.
The sweep gives the Red Devils another momentum boost and evens their Jayhawk Conference record at 6-6 headed into the final two weeks of the regular season.
“It was a good day, a fun day,” Allen head coach Nicole Peters said. “Everybody played well and did their role. It worked out perfectly.”
Red Devil starting pitcher Camrynn Yardley was locked in a duel with Highland hurdler Makenzie Leake through the early going of the opener. The Scotties struck first with two out doubles in both the third and fourth innings to take a 3-0 lead.
Allen left two runners on base in the fourth before finally breaking through in the fifth on Morgan Collins’s RBI single to drive in Yardley. Yardley then aided her own cause with a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score at 3-3.
But an Allen error and single by Meg McCallum put runners on first and third for Highland with nobody out in the top of the seventh. Yardley induced a ground-out to the next batter, and a run scored to push the Scotties back on top, 4-3.
Kylar Smith started the Red Devil rally in the bottom of the inning after she reached on an error.
Goehring smoked a hard grounder that rolled to the fence, bringing home Smith, setting the stage for Campbell’s two-out blast to end the game.
Yardley struck out seven in her complete game victory. She surrendered five hits.
Allen was limited to six hits, Campbell’s home run, Goehring’s triple, Yardley’s double and singles from Hayley Gerberding, Jena Hendrix and Collins.
