Former Dothan High standout K.J. Braswell had a memorable final home softball game on the Wallace College campus on Thursday.
Braswell, a sophomore, blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the first game for Wallace College, 4-2, in a doubleheader against Chattahoochee Valley Community College and caught the final out on a line drive to shortstop in the Govs’ 5-3 win in the second game.
“I wanted to do what I could. I didn’t do my job in my last at bat , so I just wanted to make up for it so we could celebrate together.” In the opener, Wallace carried a 2-0 lead to the final inning off RBI singles by Braswell in the first inning and by Madison Brown in the fourth inning. After a wild pitch moved the runners up, Mikayla Williams blooped a hit between between second baseman Emma Houston and right fielder Darian Bell to bring in two runs and tie the game.In the bottom of the seventh, Brown reached on an infield hit after one was out. After pitcher Avery Lankford recorded a strikeout for the second out of the inning, Braswell connected and sent the ball over the fence in left center field to end the game for the 4-2 victory.
In the bottom of the third, Wallace loaded the bases with nobody out with Braswell at the plate. Braswell sent a grounder that turned into a force out at second, but Maddie Anners scored from third for the first run for the Govs.