Troy Downs Florida A&M in Midweek Tilt

Tuesday, March 10

Troy, Ala.

5 p.m.

Troy University

16-6

Florida A&M

3-17

Florida A&M

Troy

3/10/2020 8:46:00 PM | Softball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. – The Trojans turned in their fifth double-digit hit game of the season to down Florida A&M, 8-3, Tuesday at the Troy Softball Complex.

Troy's (16-6) offense sparked for ten hits and eight runs led by Grace Mirly going 2-for-2 with a walk in her first start of the season.

Kelly Horne doubled down the third base line to score Candela Figueroa and put the Trojans on the board first in the bottom of the first inning.

Florida A&M (3-17) answered in the top of the second inning off a single by Kaylin Rhone.

Meagan Patterson blasted her third long ball of the season to even the score in the bottom half of the inning.

After a scoreless third inning, the Lady Rattlers took their first lead of the game in the top of the fourth inning scoring a pair of runs off hits by Natasha Fox and Rhone, but Troy answered with four runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning to regain the lead once and for all.

Leanna Johnson (10-3) sat down nine consecutive batters over 3.1 innings of work in route to earning her 10^th win of the season.

Nadia Zenteno (1-6) suffered the loss for Florida A&M allowing four runs, five hits and a walk.

Quotable- Head Coach Beth Mullins
"I thought it was just a really solid outing from our team. We put a lot of quality at bats together and played some solid defense. It's going to be a quick turnaround for us with a game tomorrow, so we are just looking forward to getting back out there and competing."

Notable

Candela Figueroa and Grace Mirly both turned in a multi-hit game while Katie Webb and Kelly Horne both recorded multi-RBI games.
Leanna Johnson struck out 10 of the 11 batters including nine consecutive batters.
Troy is undefeated in midweek contest after also downing McNeese State earlier in the season.