GREENSBORO, N.C. – Brittany Donathan (Archdale, N.C./Trinity) went three-for-three and earned her first college pitching victory Sunday in Guilford College’s 7-4 win over visiting Mary Baldwin College. The victory extended the Quakers’ winning streak to four after Guilford downed the Squirrels (3-5), 10-2, in a five-inning opener.
Donathan, a sophomore making her second college start, carried a one-hitter into the sixth inning before Mary Baldwin scored three times. She helped herself at the plate with a career-high three hits, including a two-out, two-run single in the Quakers two-run fourth inning. Donathan also had an RBI single in the third.
Ashley Boteler (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) went two-for-three with a run-scoring double in the third. Guilford scored in the first four innings to build a 7-1 lead.
Sabrina Desper (Staunton, Va./Stuarts Draft) hit an RBI triple in Mary Baldwin’ sixth inning and later scored on pitcher Amanda Miller’s (Staunton, Va./Riverheads) single. Miller (0-3) allowed seven runs, four of which were earned, on 10 hits.
Guilford pounded 15 hits, including two homers, in a 10-2 win that was halted after the fifth inning. Morgan Andrews (Pittsboro, N.C./Chatham Central) went three-for-four with four RBI and opened the scoring with a solo homer in the first, her first of the year. She also had a two-run single in Guilford’s three-run fourth inning and ended the game with a bases-loaded single to shallow right field.
Freshman Rachel Howard (Efland, N.C./Cedar Ridge) blasted her first college home run, a two-run shot to left that opened a 5-0 Guilford lead in the third. The homer scored Kimberly Keys (Laurinburg, N.C./Richmond Senior), who was aboard after the second of her three singles in the game.
Senior pitcher Shelby Bowser (Winston-Salem, N.C./Ledford) benefitted from the offensive outburst and improved to 2-0 with six strikeouts in five innings.
Desper had one of the Squirrels’ four hits, an RBI double in the fourth. Starter Jessica Hogle (Verona, Va./Fort Defiance) fanned six in five innings, but also yielded 13 hits and 10 runs, eight of which were earned.
Guilford visits Salem College Wednesday (3/14) in a nonconference doubleheader.
Guilford – 10
Mary Baldwin – 2
Mar 11, 2012 at Greensboro, NC – Game 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Baldwin........ 000 11 - 2 4 2 (3-4) Guilford............ 132 31 - 10 13 2 (8-3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: Mary Baldwin – Jessica Hogle and Rebecca Mayberry. Guilford – Shelby Bowser and Morgan Andrews; Alex Todd.
Win-Shelby Bowser(2-0)
Loss-Jessica Hogle(3-2)
T-1:20
A-80
HR GC – Morgan Andrews; Rachel Howard.
Weather: 52, sunny
Game notes:
Nonconference game
Game: GCS-11
Guilford – 7
Mary Baldwin – 4
Mar 11, 2012 at Greensboro, NC – Game 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Baldwin........ 001 003 0 - 4 5 3 (3-5) Guilford............ 122 200 X - 7 10 3 (9-3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: Mary Baldwin – Amanda Miller and Rebecca Mayberry. Guilford – Brittany Donathan and Morgan Andrews.
Win-Brittany Donathan(1-0)
Loss-Amanda Miller(0-3)
T-1:31
A-80
Weather: 58, sunny
Game notes:
Nonconference game
Game: GCS-12