MILLEDGEVILLE It took 11 innings to find a winner in a potential regional preview matchup between Newman and Milledgeville on Wednesday at Millwheel Park.

With the score knotted up at 5, the Comet offense exploded and cranked out six runs to take home an 11-5 victory in a bitter cold wind.

Sam Miller picked up the win for the Comets, as she went all 11 innings. She gave up five runs and 14 hits, striking out 17 while allowing four walks.

She pitched a great game today, said catcher Julie Hurd of Miller. She was hitting all of her spots, which was nice for me and made my job a lot easier. She did a great job, but I think everyone picked it up all around. We all played great defense. All around, it was good.

Morgan Adolph took the loss for the Missiles, after pitching 6 1/3 innings in relief of sophomore starter Sam Schmidt.

The wind affected teams in all areas of the game, whether it was pitching, hitting or fielding. With the wind blowing out, Kayleigh Leddy was the first hitter to take advantage, as she bombed a high fly ball over the fence with a runner on to give her Missiles a 2-0 lead in the second inning.

They had to hit in the wind, we had to hit in the wind, Missiles coach Brad Grenoble said. They had to play defense in the wind, we had to play defense into the wind. It was a game of opportunities; we couldnt capitalize, and they could. We also hit a lot of line drives instead of getting balls higher up.

The Comets quickly responded, as Hurd drove in a run that sparked an RBI apiece from Jenna Stevens and Mary Alice Oswalt that staked Newman to a 3-2 lead in the third.

Milledgeville tacked on a pair of runs playing small ball one in the fourth, and one in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead.

Once again, Hurd responded for her team in the seventh. Both she and Stevens hit run-scoring doubles to restore the lead to Newman, 5-4.

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Comets outlast Missiles in 11 innings at Millwheel