![Madison Gonzalez was 6-for-8 with 5 RBI on the day (photo by Eva Fernandez)](/sports/sball/2023-24/photos/IMG_6405_rotatoralt.jpg)
CMS Softball Drops Pair of Non-Conference Games at Redlands
![Claremont-Mudd-Scripps](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/xhqiicyu83ip9o5c.png)
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Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | |
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
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Redlands | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
![Chapman](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/d05c5q8g8prprvzm.png)
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Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Chapman | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Pitching
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Redlands
Chapman
REDLANDS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team traveled to Redlands to face Chapman and the host Bulldogs in a pair of early-season non-SCIAC contests, and fell 4-3 to Chapman and 15-7 to Redlands on Saturday at the Field of Dreams.
Destiny Garcia was 4-for-5 on the day with three walks for the Athenas while batting leadoff, reaching base on seven of eight plate appearances. Madison Gonzalez was 6-for-8 with five RBI, including a 4-for-4, four-RBI effort in the nightcap.
Against Chapman, Gonzalez staked CMS to an early 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the first, but Redlands tied it up in the second and then scored three times in the third to go ahead 4-1.
CMS battled back as Abby Thompson plated Garcia with an RBI single in the fifth. Garcia then led off the seventh with a single and moved to third on a Sarah Loper single. Thompson plated Garcia with a groundout that forced Loper at second to make it 4-3, but Redlands was able to get the final out to secure the win.
Against Redlands, CMS looked determined to make it a split of the day with three runs in the first and three in the second to take a quick 6-0 lead. Gonzalez had a two-run single in the first, and Ellie Novogradac followed with an RBI single to make it 3-0.
Thompson, Gonzalez and Avery O all had RBI singles in the top of the second to push the lead to 6-0, but Redlands battled back and was able to take an 8-7 lead with four runs in the fourth, and then enforce the eight-run rule with a six-run fifth.
Sophia Nugyen was 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Redlands, while Thompson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
CMS will be back in action on Feb. 24 when it hosts St. Katherine for a doubleheader at Athena Field.