NEOSHO, Mo. — College Heights (with McAuley) scored 11 runs in the first three innings and eventually touched home in every frame on the way to a 13-2 win in five innings over Jasper on Monday at the Neosho Athletic Complex.
College Heights (10-2) didn’t waste time taking control with three runs crossing in the first inning. The Cougars added a five-run second and three more in the third before adding single tallies in the fourth and fifth to end the game via run rule.
Maddy Colin earned the complete-game win in the circle after allowing two unearned runs on seven hits and nine strikeouts in five innings.
Grace Osborne took the loss after allowing 13 runs, 10 earned, on eight hits, eight walks and seven strikeouts in five innings.
Kloee Williamson highlighted the first-inning scoring with an RBI triple to left field that scored Jayli Johnson, who led off with a walk. Two more runs scored on Jasper errors to wrap the scoring.
The first three Cougars reached to start the second inning before Lauren Ukena, who was playing in her first game of the season after returning from a shoulder injury suffered during basketball season, came home to score on a wild pitch. Addie Lawrence followed with a three-run inside-the-park home run to push the lead to 7-0.
Lawrence came up with an RBI double to center field an inning later, with Johnson coming around to score on the throw later in the play to make the score 10-0. Kaitlyn Bates picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly to cap the inning.
Johnson singled with two outs in the fourth and touched home on an RBI single from Williamson and Bates added another sac fly in the fifth.
Williamson had three hits, including a triple, three runs and two RBI to lead CHC. Lawrence doubled on the way to two hits, a team-high six RBI and three runs scored. Johnson was 1-for-1 with two walks and a team-high four runs scored. Colin doubled and scored twice.
College Heights hosts Verona on Thursday.
