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Box Score 2 COLUMBIA, Ky. – The 14th-ranked Lindsey Wilson softball team hit five home runs in two games, including two each from Jordan Hood and Kristina Krupinski, as it swept Cumberlands (Ky.) 12-3 in five innings and 7-1 on Tuesday at Lindsey Wilson Park.
Krupinski hit both of her long balls in game two, finishing with three hits on the day, including four RBIs and a double. Hood hit a home run in each game as she finished with three hits as well with four RBIs. Hood also earned the pitching win in the nightcap, allowing just one hit and striking out nine in four innings to improve to 5-0.
Cara Law picked up the first win in the circle, scattering four hits for three runs with three strikeouts in four innings.
Other big days at the plate included right fielder Andrea Whelan going 4 for 7 with a home run and two RBIs and center fielder Ali Hart who ripped three doubles in game one to finish with seven RBIs and two stolen bases on the day.
Antoinette Jenkins, Hart and Whelan all went 3 for 4 in the 12-3 win with Jenkins coming around to score after all three singles.
It look destined to be a Lindsey Wilson rout in the opener as it put up four runs in the first inning. Hart hit a two-run double with the bases loaded and catcher Jane Egiazarova drove in two runs with a single to put up the early lead.
The Blue Raiders went up 6-0 in the second inning as Hart went to the plate for a second straight two-run double.
Law did give up a three-run home run to shortstop Tabitha Benson in the fourth, but Hood sent the Patriots down in order in the fifth and Lindsey Wilson ended the game with six runs in the bottom half of the inning after the final two runs scored on an error in the Cumberlands infield.
The Blue Raiders didn't score until the fourth inning in game two as the Patriots opened the second inning with a walk and three singles to score the game's first run. With Hood coming back in to pitch, Cumberlands (6-13, 1-7 MSC) success was shut down as it failed to score again.
Instead, Lindsey Wilson scored two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth to put the game away.
Krupinski hit a home run in the second at-bat of the fourth inning, before Scott doubled and later came home on a single by Hart. In the fifth, it was Whelan starting the scoring with her two run blast, followed by Krupinski making it back-to-back with a solo shot.
The final runs in the sixth came off the bat of Hood as she hit a home run that scored Egiazarova who had reached with a one-out single.
Lindsey Wilson (19-3, 5-1 MSC) is back in action at 2 p.m. CT on Wednesday against Georgetown (Ky.) at Lindsey Wilson Park.
No. 14 Lindsey Wilson 12, Cumberlands 3
Antoinette Jenkins: 3-4, 3 R
Andrea Whelan: 3-4, 3 R
Ali Hart: 3-4, 3 2B, 6 RBIs, R
Jane Egiazarova: 2-3, 2 RBIs
Jordan Hood: 2-3, 2 RBIs, R
Kristina Krupinski: 1-3, 2 RBIs, 2B, R
Jordan Gilland: 2-3, R
Cara Law (3-2): 4 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 3 K, 2 BB
No. 14 Lindsey Wilson 7, Cumberlands 1
Kristina Krupinski: 2-3, 2 HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R
Andrea Whelan: 1-3, HR, 2 RBIs, R
Jordan Hood: 1-3, HR, 2 RBIs, R
Madison Scott: 1-2, 2B, R, BB
Ali Hart: 1-3, RBI, 2 SB
Jordan Hood (5-0): 4 IP, 9 K, H, BB