A single in the bottom of the tenth inning gave the Goshen Eagles a hard-fought 8-7 victory over New Brockton on Tuesday.

“These girls are fighters,” Eagles head coach Amy Warrick.

Defense and errors proved key in the back-and-forth game. “We played a pretty solid defensive game which is something that we have been working on,” Warrick said.

Scoring started in the second inning, when the Gamecocks sent seven batters to the plate and earned two hits before scoring the game’s first two runs.

The Eagles (9-7, 1-1) responded in the bottom of the second when Casey Allen reached base on a one-out walk and came around to score on a two-run homerun by Kate Warrick to even the score at two each.

The Eagles kept things rolling in the bottom of the third with a Carmen Kelley double to centerfield. Kelley stole third and scored on a groundout off the bat of Kati Thomas. The Gamecocks regained the lead at 4-3 with a homerun in the fourth inning.

Kelley hit her second double of the game in the fifth inning and scored on a double by Thomas, tying the score at 4-4. The Eagles had a chance to take the lead after an Allen single, but a Sydni Garrett pop out ended the inning.

The Gamecocks (1-1 in area play) regained the lead in the top of the sixth before the Eagles answered with three runs on the bottom of the inning. Hannah Calhoun reached on error that scored two runners and a Thomas single scored Hall.

The seventh inning proved a struggle for Goshen, as Gamecocks sent seven batters to the plate in the top of the seventh inning and evened the scored at 7-7 thanks to a walk, a single and a double. It was relief pitcher Garrett’s only inning on the mound.

Starter Calhoun returned to the mound for the final three innings, shutting down the Gamecocks. “I thought Hannah did a very good under pressure to finish it for us.”

Calhoun pitched a total of nine innings in the Eagles win. She let up five runs on six Gamecocks hits.

Goshen closed the game in the bottom of the tenth when Kelly singled to drive in pinch runner Jada Hall.

“This was a big game for us because it was an area game,” Warrick said. “They are a great team so I don’t want to take anything away from them. They are very balanced.

Kelly led the Eagles by going 4-6 at the plate with one RBI, while Thomas finished 2-5 with 2 RBIs. Warrick finished the day 2-4 with a homerun and two RBIs

The Eagles travel to Jack on Thursday to take on Zion Chapel at 4:30 p.m.