HAYS, Kan. – Allison Jurgensen hit a two-out single to centerfield which scored Lily Sale from second base with the game-winning run as the Fort Hays State softball teams rallied for for a 3-2 walk-off win in game two of their doubleheader with Newman Tuesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium completing the doubleheader sweep. The Tigers (19-18) rallied with two runs in the sixth to win the first game 3-1.

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Game 2 Highlights

Sale led off the seventh with a bunt single then moved to second on a Terran Caldwell sacrifice bunt.

Katie Adler tied the game in the sixth with a two-out single to center. The big hit came in an epic 10-pitch at bat in which she fouled off eight straight pitches before hitting a grounder past the pitcher that scored Hailey
Chapman who ran for Sara Breckbill after her one-out double.

Terran Caldwell hit a solo homer over the right field wall to lead off the bottom of the first to tie the game 1-1.

Michaelanne Nelson (8-9) picked up the complete game win allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits with six strikeouts and three walks.

Hailey Chapman (10-9) pitched a gem in the first contest. She struck out six with two walks in the complete game two-hitter. Chapman retired seven of the final eight Jet hitters and worked around a leadoff walk in the seventh.

Game 1 Highlights

Bailey Boxberger tied the game 1-1 with a two-out RBI single center scoring Terran Caldwell in the third.

The Tigers scored two in the sixth to take the lead for good. Elise Capra reached on an error to open the inning then scored from third on a passed ball. Katie Adler followed with a double then scored on Lily Sale’s one-out double to left.

The Tigers return to MIAA play Friday with a doubleheader at Central Missouri then play two at Southwest Baptist Saturday.