DURANT, Okla. (Feb. 4, 2018) - Central Missouri Jennies Softball wrapped up their opening weekend in dramatic fashion. For the second straight day, the Jennies earned a walk-off win, this one in the weekend's final game to send the team home happy.
Game 2: Central Missouri 5, Oklahoma Christian 4
Play by Play
• Things didn't start out well for the Jennies. After a one-out single and stolen base, Bridget White lifted a pitch over the center field fence for a two-run home run.
• The Jens answered right away as three of the first four batters all reached base.
Taylor Dames led off with a walk.
Makayla Schoonover moved her over with a base hit to right. After
Allie Dishinger sacrificed the runners over,
Courtni Smith laced a single to left to score both runs and tie the game.
• The Jennies took the lead with a run in the third. With
Taylor Dames on first, Schoonover hit one back to the pitcher who fired wide of the bag, allowing Dames to score all the way from first.
• UCM added an insurance run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by
Payton Summers.
• The Jens would need that run as the Eagles plated two runs in the seventh. A bases loaded single tied the game at four.
Jordan Johnson came on in relief and limited the damage retiring the final two batters.
• It didn't take too long for the Jennies to answer with the winning run in the seventh.
Alexis Koop knocked a one-out double and with two-outs, Dames found the outfield grass and Koop scored the winning run.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Jordan Johnson earned the win working two-thirds of an inning.
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Shelby Clark started and threw three innings, giving up two runs on two hits with three walks and one strikeout.
Alexa Bradley tossed 3.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
• Koop's double was the Jennies only extra base hit of the game. She finished 2-3 and scored twice.
• Dames reached base twice with a single and a walk. She also scored twice and drove in the game-winner.
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Courtni Smith collected a pair of RBI and went 1-3 at the plate.
For the Eagles
• Madison Hagood started and went the first four innings. She allowed four runs on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
• Madison Nordyke took the loss after pitching two innings, giving up one run on two hits with a strikeout.
• Bridget White drove in all four runs for the Eagles. She was 2-4 with a home run and a run scored.
• Nordyke also reached base three times with a hit, two walks and a run scored.
Game One: Rockhurst 6, Central Missouri 0
Play by Play
• Rockhurst scored in four consecutive innings and held the Jennies off the board in their 6-0 win.
• The scoring started on a two-out, two-RBI single by Megan Freitag.
• The Hawks added on in the third on a home run from Lauren Marks.
• Freitag plated another two with a home run in the fourth and the Hawks added their final run on a two-out RBI single in the fifth.
• The Jennies offense struggled, with only two base-runners reaching third base.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Sarah Brown started and took the loss. She lasted two innings and gave up two runs on three hits with a strikeout.
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Katie Giacone came on next and pitched three innings, giving up four runs and seven hits with three strikeouts.
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Jordan Johnson tossed two scoreless innings, giving up just two hits.
• UCM collected three hits, one each from
Taylor Dames,
Allie Dishinger and
Kaitlyn Markin.
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Alexis Koop reached base with a walk.
For the Hawks
• Shannon Greene tossed a complete game allowing three hits and striking out four while walking only one.
• Megan Freitag was 3-3 with a home run and four RBI.
• Hanna Stam and Emily Truitt each collected two hits. Truitt also picked up an RBI and run scored.
• Madison Wagner was 2-4.
News and Notes
• Two of Central Missouri's three wins have come via walk-off. Newcomers
Payton Summers and
Taylor Dames had the game-winning RBI.
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Jordan Johnson pitched 2.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
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Taylor Dames was the only Jennie to collect a hit in each game.
• The Jennies three hits against Rockhurst are a season low.
• Rockhurst's 7-8-9 hitters were a combined 6-10 with three runs, five RBI and a home run.
Up Next
• Central Missouri will play four more games next weekend in Bentonville, Ark. for the Arkansas-Monticello Softball Classic. UCM will take on Arkansas-Monticello, Northwest Missouri, Arkansas Tech and Harding.
