EMPORIA, Kan. (March 22, 2019) - It was a record breaking day for the Central Missouri Jennies Softball team who took two games Friday in Emporia, Kan. The Jennies proved they could win games in multiple ways, crushing five home runs in an 8-4 win over St. Cloud in game one, before winning a pitcher's dual, 2-1, over Sioux Falls in game two.
Game One - Central Missouri 8, St. Cloud State 4
Play-by-Play
• Central Missouri jumped on the Huskies scoring two in the first inning. A one-out single from
Ashlyn Cook followed by an opposite field home run from
Hailey Crabtree gave the Jennies an early 2-0 lead and their first home run.
• UCM added to their lead with runs in the third and fourth innings. Crabtree again was the catalyst, singling and reaching third as the ball was misplayed in the outfield.
Jessica Sader drove her in with a single up the middle.
• The fourth inning saw a pair of UCM long balls.
Kaitlyn Markin led off the inning going deep to left. With two outs, Cook made it a 5-0 game with a home run of her own to left center, UCM's third of the day.
• Things started to get dicey as the Huskies scored two unearned runs in both the fourth and sixth innings. Two-out RBI hits brought SCSU within one, 5-4.
• The Jennies squashed any hopes of a comeback though, scoring three in the seventh. With one out, Sader and
Makenzie McAtee hit back-to-back jacks, the Jennies fourth and record-setting fifth home runs of the game.
• Markin then picked up another RBI with a two-out RBI single.
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Gentry Wishard entered and pitched a perfect seventh for an 8-4 win.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Alexa Bradley got the win in the circle pitching the first six innings. She gave up four runs, all unearned on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
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Gentry Wishard worked a 1-2-3 seventh with two strikeouts.
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Makenzie McAtee reached base three times with two hits, a home run and a walk. She drove in and scored a run.
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Ashlyn Cook was 2-4 with two runs scored and a home run.
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Kaitlyn Markin drove in two runs with a home run and collected two hits.
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Hailey Crabtree and
Jessica Sader were each 2-4 with a home run and two RBI. Crabtree also scored twice.
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Taylor Dames had two hits and scored a run.
For the Huskies
• Sydney Trees drove in all four runs on two hits.
• Cassie Francesconi was 2-3 with a run scored.
• Kylie Thomsen started
• Jasmin Estrada was 1-3 with a run scored.
• Brooke Bowlin scored twice and picked up a hit.
Game Two - Central Missouri 2, Sioux Falls 1
Play-by-Play
• Quite the opposite story in game two. The Jennies rode the left arm of
Gentry Wishard to a 2-1 win.
• With one out in the first,
Ashlyn Cook singled and stole second. Two batters later,
Jessica Sader put UCM ahead 1-0 with a two-out RBI single through the left side.
• Wishard was in command all afternoon. Her only blemish came in the fifth when F. Mickelson led off the inning with a home run.
• The Jennies got her the lead right back though in the bottom of the inning. It was another two-out RBI as
Hailey Crabtree went to the opposite field for a single to score
Lauryn Deer who had singled and stole second.
• The Cougars left runners on base in the sixth and seventh, but Wishard worked out of those jams for a complete game win.
Jennies Stat Leaders
• Six different Jennies collected the team's six hits.
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Lauryn Deer and
Ashlyn Cook were 1-3 with a single, stolen base and run scored.
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Hailey Crabtree and
Jessica Sader were each 1-3 with a single and an RBI.
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Kaitlyn Markin and
Brenlyn McCoy were both 1-2.
• The story though belonged to Wishard. She threw 117 pitches in seven innings allowing one run on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
For the Cougars
• The Cougars got a complete game from Courtney Mathews who struck out seven while allowing two runs on six hits and a walk.
• Francesca Mickelson was the only source of scoring with a home run in the fifth.
• Emily Hove had the Cougars only other hit.
News and Notes
• The Jennies five home runs set a new school record. The team had hit four home runs in a game on numerous occasions, most recently in 2016.
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Alexa Bradley has now thrown 20.2 straight innings without allowing a walk.
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Gentry Wishard had thrown 16.2 consecutive scoreless innings before allowing a home run in the fifth inning of game two.
• The two hits Wishard allowed are the fewest UCM has given up in a game this season. She finished the day with one run in eight innings and six strikeouts.
• The Jennies have scored in the first inning of five straight games.
• Five different Jennies all collected two hits against St. Cloud State.
Up Next
• The Jennies are scheduled to play Upper Iowa and Wayne State tomorrow to wrap up the Emporia Softball Classic.
