TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Shocker softball won their final game of the Easton Bama Bash in comeback fashion over Penn State, 8-5, at Rhoads Stadium on Sunday.
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Bailey Lange (2-5, 6.84 ERA) got the start after a successful relief appearance against Penn State yesterday. She was unable to recover from a swinging strikeout that was called back due to an illegal pitch and was pulled later in the first inning for
Caitlin Bingham (3-1, 3.07 ERA) after giving up five runs.
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Bingham pitched the rest of the game and was phenomenal. She gave up only three hits and struck out four in 6.2 shutout innings en route to an all-tournament selection.
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The Shockers had three straight innings with one run to inch away the Nittany Lion lead after falling behind by five in the first.
Wylie Glover brought a run to the plate in the second inning off a single and another in the fourth off a sacrifice fly.
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Neleigh Herring hit a stand-up triple in the third inning for her second hit in two days after going hitless in the first three games of the tournament.
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An offensive explosion in the fifth inning was spearheaded by a bases loaded double by
Bailee Nickerson that cleared the bases and put the Shockers up by one. Glover got her third RBI of the game with a single to center field that brought Nickerson across. The final run of the game came off a wild pitch that required
Kaylee Huecker to beat out a run-down attempt at the plate.
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