FSCC softball takes two outside of division
Fort Scott Community College softball has won just two of its last eight games, both coming over non-conference opponent Mineral Area on Sunday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex.
Friday: Allen 3-10, Fort Scott 0-7.
Aubrey Smith allowed only one earned run in taking the loss. She walked one and struck out one.
Taylor Brecheisen was the only Greyhound with 2 hits.
Fort Scott never led in the second game as Allen took a 6-1 lead after two innings. The Greyhounds scored 4 runs in the sixth to tie the score at 7-7 but the Devils scored 3 in the bottom of the inning.
Smith and Kylie Pfeiffer were each 3 for 4 for the Greyhounds while Lauren Scott was 2 for 3 with a sixth-inning RBI single that scored Smith with the tying run.
Sunday: Fort Scott 15-17, Mineral Area 9-4.
The Greyhounds led the opener 4-0 after one inning and never looked back. They added 5 in the bottom of the third to make it 9-2.
Jenna Nevius hit her first home run of the season in the fourth, a 3-run shot with 2 out. Scott belted her 10th of the year leading off the sixth.
Nevius was 3 for 4 at the plate, driving in 5 runs. Scott was 2 for 3 and Pfeiffer 2 for 5. Taylor Brecheisen drove in 2.
Smith was the winning pitcher, allowing 6 runs on 10 hits and no walks with a strikeout in the first 5 innings.
The ’Hounds used a 10-run fourth to put game two away. It ended after 5 on the run rule.
Allie Rooks and Kaylan Morgan each hit their first home runs of the season. Rooks’ came with 2 on in the third that made it 7-3 at the time. Morgan’s was a 3-run shot with 2 out in the 4th.
Pfeiffer and Rooks were each 3 for 3 for Fort Scott. Brecheisen, Smith, Scott and Hayley Bledsoe had 2 each. Rooks drove in 5 runs while Morgan knocked in 3 and Pfeiffer, Bledsoe and Scott each brought in 2.
Bledsoe was also the winning pitcher, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks.
Tuesday: No. 11 Highland 7-15, Fort Scott 0-1.
The Scotties (12-4 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 25-7) had 24 hits in the doubleheader at the BRW. The only run for the Greyhounds (5-15, 17-26) scored in the first inning of game two.
Friday’s Games
Game One
Fort Scott................... 000 000 0 — 0 5 3
Allen............................ 110 010 x — 3 5 2
WP — Thompson (4-5). LP — Smith (7-10).
HR — None.
Game Two
Fort Scott.................. 000 034 0 — 7 11 4
Allen........................... 510 013 x — 10 10 1
WP — Boyd (5-5). LP — Bledsoe (4-4).
HR — None.
Sunday’s Games
Game One
Mineral Area............ 020 232 0 — 9 14 4
Fort Scott.................. 405 303 x — 15 12 1
WP — Smith (8-10). LP — Bradley (1-2).
HR — Mineral Area: Peacut 2 (2, 2nd inn., 1 on, 1 out; 6th inn., 1 on, 2 out). Fort Scott: Nevius (1, 4th inn., 2 on, 2 out), Scott (10, 6th inn, none on, none out).
Game Two
Mineral Area............. 003 10x x — 4 6 0
Fort Scott............. 304 (10)xx x — 17 16 0
WP — Bledsoe (5-4). LP — Jones (7-9).
HR — Mineral Area: Adams (1, 3rd inn., none on, none out), Binkard (3, 4th inn., none on, none out). Fort Scott: Rooks (1, 3rd inn., 2 on, 1 out), Morgan (1, 4th inn., 2 on, 2 out).
Tuesday’s Games
Game One
Highland................... 301 021 0 — 7 11 0
Fort Scott.................. 000 000 0 — 0 4 0
WP — Ortega (9-1). LP — Smith (8-11).
HR — None.
Game Two
Highland................... 606 12x x — 15 13 0
Fort Scott................... 100 00x x — 1 2 1
WP — Donaldson (6-3). LP — Bledsoe (5-5).
HR — None.