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Box Score 2 ANDERSON, S.C. -- Kelly McCrodden scattered 10 hits and Cindy Crosby had three hits, scored two runs, and drove in two runs to lead Anderson College to a 7-3 victory over Newberry in the second game and a split of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Smethers Field.
In the first game, Newberry's Kayce McLeod pitched a three-hitter and the Indians rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh to take a 3-1 victory.
In the first game, Anderson's Ashley Rogers held Newberry scoreless through six innings, but in the seventh, the Indians erupted for three runs. With one out, pinch-hitter Christina Kirby and Courtney Lindler both singled and pinch-hitter Rebecca Backman tripled to give Newberry a 2-1 lead. Backman scored the third run on a single by pinch-hitter Jenny Raines.
McLeod struck out five and walked just one.
The second game was tied at 2 through four innings, but Anderson got two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Crosby and an run-scoring triple by Rachel Lawrence. The Lady Trojans used two errors and RBI singles by McCrodden and Crosby to take a 7-2 lead in the sixth.
Anderson is now 11-20, while Newberry stands at 15-10. Newberry plays next on Thursday at Lander.