SE Rally Falls One Run Shy at ECU

ADA, Okla.  – After taking an early lead, Southeastern found itself looking for a rally which came up short in an 11-10 loss in game one against rival East Central, with game two cancelled due to lighting and impending weather conditions in Ada, Okla.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 12-15 overall on the season and 8-4 in Great American Conference play heading into a four-game weekend road series against Southern Arkansas on March 28-29 in Magnolia, Ark.
 
Jessica Simmons racked up three hits to lead the way for SE which outhit the Tigers 13-to-10.
 
She was followed by Laramie Beal, Arianna Jones and Sydney Kramer who had a pair of hits each.
 
Jordyn James connected on a grand slam to top the team in RBI with four, while Courtney Riddle drove in three runs, Darrian Williams added a pair and Simmons drove in one.
 
Jacee Bennett got the start but tossed just 1.0 innings, allowing four runs, two earned, on three hits.
 
Jessica Seay threw 1.1 innings in relief and took the loss as she was hit for five runs, four earned, on four hits.
 
Ashley Moore finished the game by throwing the final 3.2 innings and allowing a pair of runs on three hits.
 
A two-run Riddle homer in the top of the first inning gave the Storm an early lead, but the Tigers answered with four in the bottom of the first to take a 4-2 advantage.
 
Williams would cut into that deficit with an RBI triple that plated Conner Harmon in the second.
 
Then in the third Williams would get hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game, followed by an RBI single by Simmons and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Riddle to put SE up 6-4.
 
But again ECU had an answer, this time with five runs in the third to open up a 9-4 lead.
 
They would stretch the edge to 11-4 with two more runs in the fifth.
 
Southeastern would load the bases on three-straight singles by Beal, Jones and Kramer to open the sixth inning before James connected on a grand slam to close the deficit to 11-10.
 
That was as close as they would get as 11-10 would ho0ld to be the final score.