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Box Score 2 Notre Dame, Ind.- The Alma College softball team fell to the St. Mary Belles in a MIAA conference doubleheader on Saturday April 3rd at Purcell Athletic Fields.
In the first game, Scots started early in the top of the 2nd. Hannah Falejczyk hit a shot right down the line to left field and scored Emma Fraser, making the game 1-0. St. Mary's came back with a single and tied up the game 1-1.
In the top of the 6th Fraser was battling at the plate and ended up with a sacrifice fly out to left field and scored in Taylor Griffith, making the game 2-1. St. Mary's fought back in the bottom of the sixth and ended up scoring three more runs for the Belles.
The Scots fight continued on in the top of the 7th with Chloe Deckrow bringing in their final run with a sacrifice fly out to left field once more and bringing in Aynslee Koutz on the tag up, making it a one-run game. Alma had the tying-run in scoring position in the seventh but could not bring it home to tie the game.
Pitchers for the Scots were Lakin Fryzel and Nevada Kennedy. Fraser and Griffith had a day at the plate, the former with another double and the latter with a triple. Pinch Runner Jessica Eva had a stolen base today, along with Hannah Cambe.
The second game, the Belles had a series of RBIs throughout the 2nd and the 3rd. The Scots got fired up in the bottom of the fourth. Chloe Deckrow doubled to left center and scored in center fielder, Hannah Cambe and pinch runner, Laiken Ex to bring the Scots their first two runs of the game, making it 2-4.
In the bottom of the 6th, pinch hitter Brooke Wells brought in the Scots last and final run with a sacrifice fly out to left field, allowing Emma Fraser to score on the tag up and cutting the Belles lead to 4-3. Alma would not be able to come all the way back though.
Pitchers for Alma were Emma Fraser and Daniella Little. Daniella Little had seven strikeouts, allowed zero hits, and zero runs to keep the Scots in the game.
Taylor Griffith had two stolen bases in the game. Fraser and Deckrow also had a great day at the plate with a double for each of them and two RBI's for Deckrow.
The Scots are on the road for their next double header against Hope College on April 6th. The first game starts at 3 and the second to follow.
