No. 6 Gulf Coast rallies for 8-7 victory
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
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Chattanooga State Community College | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Mississippi Gulf Coast dug a big hole in its second game Friday, but rallied from a six-run deficit to win 8-7 over Chattanooga State.
The Lady Bulldogs (2-0) were down 6-0 after four innings, but claimed a big win over another ranked team in the Wallace State Tournament in Atmore, Ala.
"That was a pretty big comeback right there," Gulf Coast coach Kenneth Long. "That team is ranked eighth in the nation in Division I. They're pretty good."
Gulf Coast is ranked sixth in Division II and will play four more games over the next two days.
Ole Miss signee Kaitlin Lee drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh for the winning run.
Lexie Mathis drove in a pair of runs in the sixth inning with a triple, then finished rounding the bases on an error on the play.
Brittany Cooley and Tabitha Johnson had two hits each, and Jennifer Walker had a double. Deborah Elmore drove in two runs.
Gulf Coast got behind with some shaky play in the field. A couple of routine plays that weren't made were immediately punished with a pair of home runs that accounted for five of the runs.
But freshman pitcher Nora Keehn (1-0) battled and turned things around.
"Nora settled down the last two inning, especially the last inning," Long said. "She hit her spots better and dominated then. She struggled early in the game."
Gulf Coast returns to action tomorrow against Faulkner State and Southern Union.
