Eastern vs Seminole Game Recap
(Press Release 4-26-05)
Bobb Johnston, Athletics Dept.

Eastern concluded their regular season series with Seminole by winning the second game of the doubleheader. Seminole won the first three meetings by the scores of 1-0, 6-5 and 5-4. Eastern won the last game 2-1. Seminole is currently ranked 19th in the NJCAA poll and is in first place in the region.

Seminole scored in the top of the sixth to take the lead 1-0. Melissa Simms led off the bottom of the sixth with a sharp ground ball to right field that got by the rightfielder and Simms advanced to third. Rebecca Buirrea was asked to hit a deep fly ball to the outfield to score the run but answered with a two run homerun to centerfield. Hillary Davis (13-7) picked up the win only allowing five hits and three base runners stranded.

Eastern collected five hits of their own and left six runners on base. Seminole committed two errors, the one in rightfield proving costly. Brittany Day went two for two with a pair of singles and getting hit by a pitch. Buirrea, Simms and Ashley Graham had the other three hits for Eastern.

In the first game of the day Seminole got out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Eastern came back to score three runs in the bottom of the fourth and another in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-2 lead. Seminole tallied three runs in the top of the seventh and the Lady Mountaineers failed to mount a comeback and fell 5-4. Karla Pittman (24-10) took the loss, surendering 10 hits while striking out five. Eastern got 9 hits, with Graham and Simms notching two apiece. Day, Leslie Boyd, Rachael Christian, Somer Dykes and Buirrea each got one.

Eastern's record now stands at 39-19-1 and 12-14 in the Region. Remaining games include Northern on Thursday of this week and Texarkana next Tuesday, both doubleheaders are at home at 2:00 p.m.