Austin, TX – Big inning boosts the Smash It Sports Vipers above Texas Smoke in Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader. Smoke declares Pease out in the nightcap
The Smash It Sports Vipers’ third five-run inning of the season, and their second in a matter of two weeks, clinched their 7-6 win against their opponents the Texas Smoke in the first match of Thursday’s road doubleheader.
The Vipers (6-15) and Smoke played two games on Thursday and one of them was to compensate for a rainout on June 21. The Smoke took the second game 5-0, thanks to Autumn Pease’s four-hitter.
In the opening game, the Vipers scored two runs in the fourth and first innings, as well as five runs in the 5th. This rally led to the Vipers overcome an early deficit of 5-2 to gain a 7-5 advantage.
Karly Heath swung the biggest bat of all, hitting 4-for-3 with an RBI and a home run. RBIs. Two RBIs came off the fifth inning of her single.
Alissa Dalton scored an RBI double in the fifth. Brooke Wilmes and Chelsea Gonzales hit an RBI single each during the rally.
Meghan Schorman took the victory in the absence of Amber Fiser.
