East Central Launches Comeback Thriller Over Kaskaskia
The sun was shining as the Falcons took to the diamond at home against Kaskaskia College and the big change in the weather was a recipe for a victory. ECC had fallen behind early in the first inning by a score of 5-0. As the defense settled in after the first inning, ECC found themselves trailing 6-2 going into the bottom of the 6th inning. The line-up battled to load up the bases and Katie Gaus decided to empty them with a grand slam shot over the left field fence to tie the game at 6-6. The Falcons tacked on another run to make it 7-6.
In the top of the 7th inning, Kaskaskia had their eyes set on a comeback as they tied up the score 7-7. Then in the bottom of the seventh inning Seeley Friend led off with a single with no outs. A bunt single advanced her to second and then Lauren Grunwaldt launched a walk off double in the right center field gap to give the Falcons a walk-off win.
ECC wasn’t as fortunate against Kaskaskia in the second game as they were trailing early and ended up losing 12-4 after 6 innings. The Falcons are hoping to build on the first victory and head into the busy weeks ahead with a number of conference opponents like State Fair, Jefferson and Three Rivers coming up in the schedule.
Katie Gaus Launches Grand Slam
