MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Junior pitcher Chanel Newcomer struck out a season-high 10 batters against Georgia Southwestern on Friday evening in Auburn Montgomery's 6-1 victory over the Hurricanes at the 2019 AUM Softball Invitational on the campus of the Warhawks.
 
NOTES
• AUM improves to 7-0 on the season.
• The Hurricanes fall to 2-2 overall.
•The Orange & Black have outscored opponents 64-5 over their first five games.
• The last time the Warhawks won seven in a row to start the season came during the 2013 campaign, when the Orange & Black won 13 in a row to start the year.
• The Hurricanes snapped AUM's streak of ending games in the fifth inning at four.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Newcomer finished just one K away from tying her career mark of 11, which she set against West Florida last season. She also gave up her first run (unearned) of the season in the top of the seventh. For the contest she gave up two hits with two other Hurricanes reaching base via error.
• Designated player Jaycie Walker continued swinging a hot stick, hitting her second home run of the day to lead off the contest. Walker finished the day going 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and a single, finishing one hit away from the cycle. She drove in one run and scored two more.
• Sophomore Morgan Duschell also continued her strong play at the plate, going 2-for-2 as she has now hit safely in all seven games this season. Going back to last season she has recorded a hit in 10 consecutive games.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• For the seventh contest in a row the Warhawks scored first in the contest. Walker blasted a solo shot to center to give the home squad a 1-0 lead. It also marked the sixth game in a row that the Warhawks have scored in the first inning.
• First baseman Kendall Tucker knocked her first dinger of the season in the bottom of the second, giving AUM a 2-0 advantage.
• Walker led off the the third with a double to left-center and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Shortstop Olivia Aycock then knocked a single up the middle to plate Walker and put AUM up 3-0. After Parker Pinholster was hit by a pitch Duschell laid down a sacrifice bunt that advanced Aycock to third and Pinholster to second. Second baseman Gracie Harris laid down a sac bunt as well, scoring Aycock and advancing to second as GSW tried to throw out the speedy Aycock at home. Catcher Abby Krueger then laid down a sacrifice bunt as well but a throwing error by the Hurricanes' pitcher allowed two runs to score and Krueger to reach third. After three the Warhawks led 6-0.
• The Hurricanes got on the board in the top of the seventh to avoid the shutout, when Mackenzy McFarland reached on an error and advanced to second on the play. Aimee Oglesby hit a fly ball to shallow center that landed between three Warhawks who were giving chase which allowed McFarland to score from second. However, Newcomer was able to force a fly out to end the contest and give her team the 6-1 victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
• AUM scored six runs on eight hits while committing two errors.
• GSW scored one run on two hits while committing two errors.
• Newcomer improves to 3-0 on the season.
• Hayley Dickerson fell to 1-1 on the year after allowing six runs (five earned) on five hits in 2.1 innings of work.
• The Warhawks stole two bases in the contest.
• The contest marked the second time on the day that the Warhawks hit two home runs in a game.
 
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