SPRINGFIELD Mo. — The Pittsburg State softball team dropped two games against Drury on Tuesday. The Gorillas dropped the opener of the double header 4-0 and the second game 9-4.
In Game 1, the Panthers got off to a hot start scoring three runs in the third frame to take the early lead. Drury scored again in the fourth to give the game its final score, 4-0. The Gorillas were held to four hits in the first game. Kaylee Burns was given the loss for the game.
In Game 2, Drury kept the heat on scoring four runs in the second inning to take an early lead. The Gorillas answered with a run in the top of the fourth. And scored another three in the top of the sixth thanks to a homer by right fielder Paxtyn Hayes. But the Panthers answered the Gorillas with five runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth giving the game a final score of 9-4.
Hayes home run in the top of the sixth is her first of the season. Center fielder Keelah Griffith put up three singles in the contest, also scoring two runs for the Gorillas. Left fielder Kylee Bohle also notched three singles against the Panthers.
The Gorillas will be back in Pittsburg Mar 12 to take on Emporia State for the Gorillas first MIAA action of the season.
