MARYVILLE, Mo. (March 18, 2018) - Central Missouri wrapped up a weekend of softball in Maryville with two 4-3 wins including one walk-off win for the Jennies. UCM defeated both Northern State and Wayne State and improve to 12-14.
Game One - Central Missouri 4, Northern State 3
Play-by-Play
• Lots of scoring early in this one, and a little late with not much in the middle. The Wolves got on the board first with an RBI single in the opening inning. NSU still has the bases loaded with two outs, but
Alexa Bradley escaped the jam by inducing a ground out.
• The Jennies used their speed atop the lineup to score three in the bottom half of the first.
Lauryn Deer singled for the only hit of the inning. She stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and tied the game on a fielder's choice. UCM continued to put pressure on the defense and it paid off.
Taylor Dames and
Courtni Smith executed a double steal, and Dames scampered home as the catcher committed an error. Smith later scored on a sacrifice fly.
• The scoring stopped until the fifth when the Jennies scored what turned out to be the game-tying run.
Hailey Crabtree and Deer singled to start the inning and Crabtree scored on a fielder's choice RBI from
Payton Summers.
• The Wolves got to within one in the sixth on a two-out home run from Kaitlyn King, but
Katie Giacone got the next four outs to hold onto the win for the Jennies.
Jennies Stat Leaders
• The Jennies outhit the Wolves 8-5. Deer was on base all three times going 3-3 with a stolen base and a run scored.
• Summers drove in two of the Jennies four runs.
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Emily King finished 2-2.
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Taylor Dames scored, drove in a run and stole a base.
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Courtni Smith and
Hailey Crabtree were each 1-2 with a run scored.
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Alexa Bradley got the win pitching the first four innings and allowing just one run on four hits with three walks and a strikeout.
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Katie Giacone earned her first save of the season pitching the final three innings and giving up two runs on one hit with a walk and a strikeout.
For the Wolves
• Jill Fisher pitched all six innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
• Kaitlyn King had the biggest hit, a pinch hit, two-run home run.
• Jenna Helgeson was 1-3 with a run scored.
• Kennady Thompson reached base twice with a hit, walk and drove in a run.
Game Two - Central Missouri 4, Wayne State (Neb.) 3 - 8 Innings
Play-by-Play
• The Jennies fell behind 2-0 after the first inning. The fourth batter of the inning took Jennies pitcher
Shelby Clark over the left centerfield fence for a two-run home run.
• UCM got on the board a few innings later.
Lauryn Deer led off the third inning with a double and scored on
Courtni Smith's RBI single. One batter later,
Payton Summers drove home Smith to tie the game with an opposite field single to right-center.
• The Wildcats hit their second home run of the game, a solo shot to left off the bat of Jordyn Breitbarth to reclaim the lead, 3-2.
• There was no quit in the Jennies though who worked to tie the game in the sixth.
Hailey Crabtree led off with a single and was moved over on a bunt from
Alexis Koop. Pinch hitter
Brenlyn McCoy stepped up to tie the game with a two-out RBI single through the left side.
• Neither team could cross the plate in the seventh, so the game went into extra innings.
• International tie-breaker rule meant a runner was placed on second base starting in the eighth inning. Wayne State moved their runner to third with a bunt, and
Katie Giacone got a pop out and a line out to end the inning with the score still tied.
• It took only one batter in the eighth for the Jennies to win it. With Crabtree on second, Koop was looking to sacrifice her to third, but an error by the first baseman allowed Crabtree to score the winning run.
Jennies Stat Leaders
• The Jennies knocked 10 hits to the Wildcats four.
• Summers was 3-4 with an RBI.
• Deer and Smith each tallied two hits and scored a run.
• Crabtree reached base twice with a single and a walk. She also scored twice.
• Clark went the first five innings in the circle and allowed three runs on four hits with a strikeout.
• Giacone pitched the final three innings and earned the win. She didn't allow a baserunner and struck out two.
For the Wildcats
• Alyx Hagen went 1-3 with a two run home run.
• Breitbarth also was 1-3 with a homer.
• Katelyn Wobken had a hit and a run scored.
• Maddie Moser started and pitched the first three innings. She surrendered two runs on five hits with a walk and a strikeout.
• Riley Vanderveen suffered the loss pitching four innings and giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits with a strikeout.
News and Notes
• The Jennies went 3-1 in Maryville this weekend against the Northern Sun.
• Two of their three wins came in their final at bat. Of their 12 wins, four have been walk-offs.
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Lauryn Deer was a collective 5-7 in two games today.
• The Jennies are 7-2 in their last nine games.
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Brenlyn McCoy is 2-2 pinch hitting this season.
• UCM didn't commit a single error in either game.
• Opponents scored a run in the first inning of both games, but the Jennies came back to win both.
• Central Missouri is 3-0 this year in extra inning games.
Up Next
• The Jennies will return home and to MIAA play this week. They take on Missouri Southern Wednesday, March 21st at Jennies Field for a doubleheader. Game time starts at 3 p.m.
