Lincoln Land come up short in both games of a double header against Santa Fe State College of Florida, losing 3-2 and 10-9.
The Loggers only runs came on homeruns by Katie Mclean and Katelyn Presley. McLean led the game off today with a solo blast and Presley hit her home run as she led off the 7th inning. Four of the 5 runs scored came from solo homeruns. The Saints Natalia Ballenger and Emily Yakel hit home runs in the 2nd and 6 innings respectively. Santa Fe scored one in the 7th to win 3-2.
Brittany Roady was the losing pitcher. Roady went 6.1 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Tess Beckham faced 2 batters in relief.
Game two saw the Loggers' bats come alive as they produced 15 hits and 9 runs. Ashton Dyche had 4 hits and 2 RBIs. Katie McLean went 3-for-4 and 1 RBI. Kari Sarhage was the losing pitcher in relief of starting pitcher Madison Routh. Routh went 4.2 innings and allowed 8 runs with 3 Ks.
The Loggers left 12 runners on base and the bases loaded twice.
Lincoln Land ends their Florida trip at Pasco-Hernando Community College tomorrow.