WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- St. Mary's senior Abigale Carney blasted four home runs and freshman Cassidy Mageors belted a grand slam to lead the 25th-ranked Rattlers to a doubleheader sweep of Midwestern State Saturday afternoon at Mustangs Park.
The Rattlers won Game 1 10-6 before taking the second game 10-1 in five innings to improve to 21-4 on the season while moving to 5-1 in Lone Star Conference play.
Midwestern State (3-16, 2-4 LSC) used a pair of solo home runs by sophomore
Hanna Hetherington in the first and third innings and a two-run double down the left-field line by
Lily Moron to tie the game at 4-4 in the third inning.
The took the lead in the bottom of the fifth after
Daylan Inkman led off with her first homer of the season before freshman
Mikey Dominguez delivered a two-out RBI single to put MSU up 6-5.
St. Mary's loaded the bases with one out in the top of the inning, but MSU starter
Kennedy Cameron appeared to be on verge of wiggling her way out of the jam by Tiffany Licon to ground into a fielder's choice to cut the leader runner down at the plate.
But Mageors drilled her 1-1 offering over the left-field fence for a grand slam as St. Mary's reclaimed a 9-6 lead. Carney tacked on an insurance run with a homer in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
St. Mary's jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap fueled by Carney's third homer of the day -- a two-run shot to left field -- and a two-run double by Bari Christian.
The Rattlers plated two more runs in the second before Carney finished off her four-homer day with a solo shot to left field to highlight a three-run third inning as the St. Mary's surged to a 10-0 lead.
Midwestern State senior
Ashley Turner launched her fifth homer of the season in the third inning to account for the Mustangs' only run of the game.
NOTABLES
- Senior
Ashley Turner had two long streaks snapped when she went 0-for-4 in the Game 1. She hit .467 (14-of-30) during an eight-game hitting streak with three doubles, three homers and eight RBIs from Feb. 27 to March 6. Turner had also reached base in 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
- Turner belted her fifth homer of the season and 10th of her career in Game 2.
- Sophomore
Hanna Hetherington had two homers in her second consecutive game during Saturday's opener against St. Mary's. It has also her third straight game with a home run. Hetherington has six homers in 19 games and is averaging a home run every 6.5 at bats during the stretch.
- Freshman
Sabrina Graf extended her hitting streak to five games after going 2-for-4 in Game 1 then was 1-for-2 in the second game. The San Antonio native is hitting .571 (8-for-14) during the streak while raising her season batting average to .400.
UP NEXT
Midwestern State faces St. Edward's in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader Monday afternoon at Mustangs Park. First pitches are set for noon and 2 p.m.
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