TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The College of Southern Idaho Softball maintained its four-game lead in the Scenic West Athletic Conference race with a 15-6 run rule and a 11-9 win Saturday at home.
In game one the Golden Eagles jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and walked off the run rule in the bottom of the sixth with a grand slam by
Saige Nielsen.
Nielsen finished the game 2-for-4 with six RBI.
Rachael Brown was 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI.
Kylie Baumert was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
Sophia Stoddard was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Brooke Merrill earned the win, going 5.2 innings and giving up two earned runs on nine hits with one strikeout.
Jessica Touchard got the save, giving up no runs and no hits.
The Golden Eagles trailed 8-4 going into the bottom of the fourth of game two. But pulled within one on a three-run home run by
Gracie Tentinger. After Salt Lake scored one in the top of the fifth CSI answered with four in the bottom of the fifth for the final tally.
Tentinger finished the game 2-for-2 with three RBI,
Sophia Stoddard was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI,
Olivia Taylor was 3-for-5 with a home run and one RBI. Nielsen was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI and Baumert was 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI.
Touchard earned the win, pitching the final 3.1 innings and gave up one earned run on three hits.
CSI, 37-10 overall and 27-5 in conference play, travels to USU Eastern next week.
