March 7, 2007
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina (19-3) softball scored two runs in the first to defeat the Coastal Carolina Lady Chanticleers (5-14) 2-1 in game one of a twin bill Wednesday evening. McKenna Hughes had an RBI double and scored on a wild pitch to give the Gamecocks the victory. Melissa Hendon captured the win to improve to 7-1 while Ashley Frederick fell to 2-6.
The Gamecocks used four hits in the first to take a 2-0 lead. Adele Voigt led off with a triple to left field, her first of the season, and Hughes drove in Voigt with an RBI-double for the first run of the game. Hughes then scored on a wild pitch with Melissa Hendon at the plate for the second run.
Coastal broke up the shut out in the fourth inning when Allison Cantrell hit a solo home run to right field and cut the lead to 2-1. The run was the first that Hendon had given up in 24.1 innings pitched.
That would be the only run the Gamecocks would allow as Hendon gave up only one more hit in the remaining 3.1 innings she pitched. Kristina Sheppard singled in the seventh to record the Lady Chants second hit.
For the game Hendon gave up one run on two hits and struck out 10. This marks her seventh double-digit strikeout game of the season. The Gamecock bats recorded eight hits off of Frederick, while Voigt went 2-for-3 to record her sixth multi-hit game of the season.
This also marks the 15th game of the season where the Gamecocks have held its opponent to one run or less. The Gamecocks are 3-1 in games decided by one run or less.
South Carolina 2, Coastal 1 (Mar 07, 2007 at Columbia, S.C.) (Game 1)
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Coastal…………. 000 100 0 – 1 2 2 (5-14)
South Carolina…… 200 000 X – 2 8 0 (19-3)
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Pitchers: Coastal – FREDERICK, Ashley. South Carolina – Melissa Hendon.
Win-Melissa Hendon(7-1) Loss-FREDERICK, Ashley(2-6) T-1:32
HR COASTAL – CANTRELL, Allison.
