The Allen Community College softball team easily took care of Pratt at home on Monday.
The Lady Red Devils (8-11) defeated the Beavers in five innings, taking a 12-3 run-rule victory. Pratt’s second inning offensive spark wasn’t enough for Allen’s bats which knocked in four runs in the first inning and five runs in the third.
“I think our mentality heading into conference play is playing one game at a time, winning every inning and stringing hits together and pushing runners across,” Allen head coach Nicole Peters said. “We scored four out of six innings so that was good.”
ACC’s Ashley Tribble, Lacey Stamper, Haley Gedrose and Kylar Smith each drove in runs in the third inning to keep the game out of reach for Pratt.
Robin Todd drove in the first run of the game in the first inning. Smith and Gedrose each drove in another two runs and Jaydee Pulliam also drove in a run through the three innings Allen scored.
“It’s a good start when our leadoff hitter gets on and then moves runners across to the next base,” said Peters. “That worked out well for us.”
Allen’s Skyler Jackson started in the pitcher’s circle and worked three innings, allowing three runs on four hits with a couple of strikeouts. Makayla McGinnis tossed the last two innings and held the Beavers hitless while striking out three Pratt batters.
Bryanna Gallagher started at pitcher for Pratt, serving up 12 runs on seven hits through four frames.
Allen hosts Johnson on Thursday at 1 and 4 p.m. Results were not available at the time of publication.
