COFFEYVILLE — A 12-day layoff ended in heartbreak for Allen Community College’s softball squad. COFFEYVILLE opened a 5-0 lead before the Red Devil rally came up just short in the 7-5 loss.
The Red Devils came up just short in a pair of losses to Coffeyville Thursday, falling 3-2 and 7-5.
The games were the first action for Allen since March 16, largely because of wet and snowy weather.
Thursday’s results likely left the Red Devils feeling rather dreary as well.
Allen led 2-0 through 5 1/2 innings of the opener before Coffeyville scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to claim the win.
Audra Nelson was the hard-luck loser. She gave up nine hits — five of which came in the fateful sixth — with three runs and two walks.
Allen scored its first run in the second on an RBI groundout by Mary Reilly. Macey Charleston, Paige Rothwell and Kaitlyn Rash singled to set up the inning.
Annie Gentry singled to lead off the third. She advanced on an error and scored on a single by Taylor Easum, giving the Red Devils a 2-0 lead.
Rash went 3-for-4 to lead Allen, while Easum, Charleston and Rothwell had two singles apiece. Gentry also had one hit.
Allen scored two in the fourth on a two-run home run by Rash, two more in the fifth on a two-run single by Rothwell and one in the seventh when Reilly singled and proceeded to steal second, third and home.
Gentry reached on a one-out error to bring the tying run to the plate, but she was left stranded on first as the two batters were retired.
Reilly had two hits, while Rash’s home run was her only hit. Rothwell, Kaitlin Norris and Easum singled.
Nelson and Rash combined to give up seven hits and five walks with four strikeouts. Nelson was tagged with the loss.
The Red Devils traveled to Hutchinson Friday, but those games weren’t finished by press time. Allen travels to Neosho County Tuesday.
Red Devils drop two to Coffeyville
