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NEWBERRY - A pair of extra-innings walk-off hits were the difference in Saturday's doubleheader against Limestone as Newberry swept the twinbill to move to 5-1 on the season.
The Wolves next play on Sunday in a doubleheader against Coker before returning home next Saturday for a pair of games against North Greenville.
Game One: Newberry 3, Limestone 2 (10 innings)
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Kaylyn Camacho (Tampa, Fla.) pitched her third complete game of the season, this time a ten-inning affair, to stymie Limestone and lead the Wolves to a win in the first game of the afternoon.
Camacho allowed six hits and two runs, one earned, in her ten innings of work, striking out four Saints hitters.
The game was tied at one run after seven innings. Each team scored a single run in the ninth, as Newberry used a muffed throw by the second baseman to score Katie Capobianco (Coconut Creek, Fla.) to counter a Saints' sacrifice fly in the top of the frame.
Jennifer Yancey (Dunwoody, Ga.) paced the Wolves offensively, going 2-for-4 at the plate. She doubled in the fifth inning, but saved her biggest hit of the afternoon for the third extra frame.
By rule, Danielle Basch (Muskegon, Mich.) was placed on second base to begin the tenth inning. She moved to third on a fielding error by the second baseman that allowed batter Brittany Phillips (Pacolet, S.C.) to reach second base. Yancey stepped to the plate with two outs after an illegal substitution and a strikeout. She drilled a 1-1 pitch to left field, driving Basch home and setting off a mob at home plate.
Game Two: Newberry 3, Limestone 2 (8 innings)
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Pitcher Shelley Jeffcoat (Lexington, S.C.) improved her record to 3-0 after pitching her third complete game of the season, striking out five batters and allowing two runs, neither of them earned, on five hits.
Shortstop Brittany Phillips had a spectacular game, scoring the winning run in walk-off fashion and going 2-for-3 at the plate. After both teams traded second-inning runs, Phillips gave Newberry a 2-1 lead in the two innings later. She drilled a 1-0 pitch to right field that was just out of reach of a lunging right fielder and rolled all the way to the wall. Phillips was able to score on the play, hitting the Smith Road Complex's first home run in inside-the-park fashion.
Limestone appeared poised to take the lead in the seventh inning before stellar defense saved the day for the Wolves. A muffed throw, two singles, and a hit batsman tied the game at two and left the bases loaded with just one out. Limestone's Kirstyn Burleson sent a sharply hit ground ball right at Wolves' second baseman Danielle Basch. Basch scooped up the grounder and threw home to catcher Darrian Jamison (Versailles, Ky.), who threw to first baseman Paigh Bruh to complete the 4-2-3 double play and end the inning.
Newberry again leaned on its defense in the eighth inning. With one out and a runner on third, Paige Bolding lifted a fly ball to Gabby Bedard (Winder, Ga.) in center field. Bedard came up throwing and nailed the runner at the plate, ending the inning.
In the bottom of the frame, Phillips sacrificed Basch to third base. After the second out of the inning, Leah Hosking (Williamston, Mich.) hit a sharp grounder past the shortstop and into left field, bringing Basch home and securing the Wolves' second extra-innings win of the day.