BLUEFIELD, Va. — The Truett McConnell softball team scored 20 runs in 15 innings of play Saturday to sweep Bluefield. Game one was won by a score of 8-5 (8 innings) while game two was a 12-8 decision for the Bears.
The Bears struck first in game one, putting up four runs in the top of the second inning, but the Rams answered with four of their own in the bottom half of the inning. After Bluefield scored a single run in the third inning, TMU tied it up in the fifth on a Peyton Wilson single.
The game would go to an extra inning as neither team scored again, and the Bears took advantage, scoring three runs, highlighted by a Milly Martinet two-run bomb to get the win.
Game two was a little more in-hand for the Bears. After a two-run burst for Bluefield in the opening frame, the Bears scored one in the second, four in the third, three in the fourth and one in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead. Martinet hit her second homer of the day in the fourth on the first pitch she saw.
Bluefield tried to mount a comeback, but the Bears got three huge insurance runs in the top of the seventh to earn the sweep.
TMU will return to Cleveland on Tuesday to take on Talladega. First pitch of the twinbill is set for 2 p.m.
