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Mississippi State
Softball Collects 7-3 Victory at Mississippi State
2/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feb. 11, 2009
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Southern Miss rode a four-run, second inning and then hit consecutive home runs two inning later to defeat Mississippi State, 7-3, here Wednesday afternoon at the MSU Softball Field.
Catcher Kristin Pilgrim collected three of the Golden Eagle 11 hits and also drove in three runs, while Courtney and Megan Hill each notched a pair of safeties and had two RBI apiece in the contest.
With the score tied at 1-1 in the second, Lauren Castellvi drew a one-out walk. Chanell Thurman then delivered a bunt single before both runs were plated with a triple in the right-centerfield gap by Courtney Hill. It was Hill who tripled to open the game an inning earlier and scored on a Pilgrim single for the game's first tally.
After a hit batsman, the second-inning scoring continued when Pilgrim delivered another RBI single to score Courtney Hill and Megan Hill doubled home Casey Jo Matthews to complete the scoring and put the Eagles up 5-1.
The Golden Eagles extended the lead with back-to-back home runs from Pilgrim and Megan Hill in the fourth. It was the first homer for Pilgrim and second for Hill. It also marked the first time Southern Miss has collected consecutive homers since Feb. 9, 2008, when they did it against Troy.
The Bulldogs cut the gap with solo runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
Courtney Ramos improved to 3-0 on the season with the complete game victory. Ramos allowed three unearned runs and scattered six hits and three walks while fanning five in the win.
The Golden Eagles travel to Las Vegas for the UNLV Louisville Slugger Desert Classic this weekend. Southern Miss faces DePaul (3:30 p.m. CT) and host UNLV (5:45 p.m. CT) on Friday, BYU (11 a.m. CT) and South Dakota State (3:30 p.m. CT) on Saturday and Oregon (11 a.m. CT) on Sunday.
