Freshman Megan Wilkinson hit her second home run of the season
in the seventh inning - a two-run shot to left center - to give the
Georgia Southwestern softball team some breathing room in a 6-3 win
at Albany State on Wednesday afternoon. The second game of the
doubleheader was postponed due to wet field conditions.
The win was GSW's sixth in seven games and pulls the Lady
Hurricanes (8-9) within a game of the .500 mark.
Southwestern pushed across the first runs of the game in the
third inning behind an RBI-single from Gabby Buck and a two-run
double from Katie Wooten.
Albany State (3-4) answered with three runs in the bottom of the
frame.
An unearned run by GSW in the fifth would prove to be enough for
the win.
Wilkinson added the insurance in the seventh inning.
Lady 'Canes starter Mariko Nomura (4-4) evened her record by
scattering five hits and allowing the three earned runs. She struck
out five and walked two.
GSW outhit Albany State 10-5.
Wilkinson, Buck, Wooten and Heather Hodge had two hits apiece
for the Lady 'Canes.
Southwestern returns home to face Wesleyan College on Saturday
in a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.
