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Lindsey Foster pitched a three-hit shutout to earn her 10
th win of the season and the 32
nd of her career as the Wolves split a doubleheader with Emory & Henry, winning the opener 7-0 before falling in the nightcap 8-7.
Foster allowed only singles in the first, third and fourth innings while retiring 12 of the last 14 batters she faced.
It was her 10
th complete game of the season, 17
th of her career while registering her first career shutout.
Her 32 career wins rank sixth in Newberry history.
She received all the offensive support she would need in the first inning when freshman Â
Haidyn Campbell blasted her second home run of the season to give the Wolves an early 1-0 lead.
Payton Little drove in a run in the second with a ground out,
Ella Stone and Little each singled in a run in the fifth while
Mady Brown singled in two more runs in the sixth and
Samantha Clark drove in another run with a single later in the inning.
In the second game, the Wolves jumped out to a 6-0 lead, but the Wasps rallied for two runs in the fifth and six runs in the sixth to earn the comeback win.
The Wolves scored four runs in the second on a
Katie Henri solo home run, run scoring singles by
Maddy Staples and
Leah Evans and a run scoring ground out by Clark.
The lead grew to 6-0 on Campbell's second home run of the game, a two-run blast in the fourth.
The Wolves rallied to score a single run in the sixth to close the gap to 8-7 on a double by Clark.
Newberry stands at 21-24 on the season and 9-9 in the SAC alone in seventh place, one game ahead of Emory & Henry, Anderon and Catawba.
The Wolves return to action Wednesday at Wingate.
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