PRICE, Utah - The College of Southern Idaho run ruled USU Eastern 10-2 in the opening game of its double header Friday and then lost in game two 7-3.
Both teams were scoreless through three innings in game one before USUE got on the board in the bottom of the fourth on an error. Neither team scored in the fifth and then the Golden Eagles broke open the game in the top of the sixth, scoring 10 runs.
CSI's Payton Hammond hit a grand slam and finished the game 1-for-2 with five RBI and two walks. Sophia Stoddard was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Sidney Eyre, Carley Croshaw and Brynne Tolley each tallied two hits apieace.
In the cirlce, Gracie Walters earned the win, going all six innings, giving up just one earned run on six hits with three strikeouts.
Even though the Golden Eagles matched USU Eastern's hits in game two it wasn't enough with the errors CSI had in the field.
USUE scored seven runs in the first two innings, only three of them earned. After just 1.1 innings, Siera Horton came in to stop the bleeding in the circle and gave up no runs on just one hit with six strikeouts but the damage was done.
Maggie Whipple finished the game 1-for-3 with a home run and Sophia Bartholomew was 1-for-2. Hammond, Caitlin Turner and Rhees all hit doubles.
CSI, 21-13 overall and 12-6 in league play, take on USUE again Saturday for a doubleheader starting at noon.