NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 4, Birmingham-Southern 2
Records: Piedmont, 2-1; Birmingham-Southern, 1-1
 
DEMOREST, Ga. – The Piedmont College softball team concluded play at the Piedmont Classic with a 4-2 win on Saturday afternoon at the Walker Athletic Complex.
 
The Lady Lions (2-1) earned the win despite being outhit, 10-2, thanks to a four-run fourth inning that included a game-tying two-run double by KAYLEE WHITE. Two batters later, PC held a 4-2 lead after scoring on a pair of wild pitches.
 
MADISON WHITESIDE, KORY BEST and MELISSA ECKMAN combined to stifle the Panthers (1-1) offense, as they scattered 10 hits and allowed just two runs.
 
Whiteside earned the win for the second straight game, pitching four innings of two-run ball with a pair of strikeouts. Best came on in relief and pitched around three hits over two innings before Eckman came on with one on and nobody out in the seventh and retired all three batters she faced to earn the save.
 
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning, when Birmingham-Southern broke the tie with a sacrifice fly and an RBI single.
 
However, in the bottom of the inning, the Lady Lions used a patient approach and put pressure on the Panthers defense to take the lead. MARIANN KENNISON was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame before HANNAH HOBAN walked to put two runners on. White followed with a double down the right field line to tie the score.
 
Then, newcomer KATLYN ANDRIN scampered home from third on a wild pitch to score what turned out to be the game winning run.  After stealing third, White also came home on a wild pitch to give the Lady Lions a two-run cushion, which held the rest of the way.
 
TURNING POINT:
- KAYLEE WHITE's RBI double down the right field line was Piedmont's first and biggest hit of the day, as it tied the score and put the eventual winning runs in scoring position.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
- One day after throwing a complete game against Averett, MADISON WHITESIDE took the ball and delivered four innings, allowing just two runs to improve to 2-0 on the season.
- Eckman retired all three hitters to earn her first save of the season.
 
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