WARRENSBURG, Mo. (April 27, 2019) - On a day celebrating the six Central Missouri Jennies Softball seniors, it was a freshman who played the hero.
Jessica Sader walked off game-two with an RBI single and a 3-2 win to earn a split with Lindenwood. The Jennies end the regular season at 33-19, 17-9 in the MIAA.
Game Two - Central Missouri 3, Lindenwood 2 - 8 innings
• Lindenwood scored a run in the first with the benefit of a hit. A leadoff walk came in to score on a sacrifice fly and it was 1-0 Lions.
• The score stayed that way until the fifth, though Jennies started
Shelby Clark needed to work out of a few jams. In the third and fourth innings she stranded two runners on base.
• The Lions added a run in the fifth on a two-out RBI single.
• The Jennies bats finally came to life in the sixth.
Ashlyn Cook's triple fell just inside the right field line. She scored two pitches later when
Hailey Crabtree sent a double to left.
• Crabtree came in to score the tying run when
Taylor Dames singled to right.
• Both teams had chances to score in the seventh. The Lions got the first two on, but Clark ended the innings with two strikeouts and a ground out.
• Markin started the home half of the inning reaching on fielding error and advanced to second when the ball went into left field. She was doubled off second though after a diving catch by the shortstop to eliminate the scoring threat.
• In extras, Lindenwood got a pair of runners in scoring position with two outs, but Clark struck out her sixth batter of the game to keep the game tied.
• The bottom of the inning started with a walk to
Lauryn Deer. She moved to second on
Ashlyn Cook's sacrifice bunt and got to third on Crabtree's fly ball to right.
• On a 1-0 pitch,
Jessica Sader's hard ground ball was unable to hauled in by the second baseman as Deer trotted home with the game-winning run.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Shelby Clark threw all eight innings allowing two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.
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Hailey Crabtree was 1-4 with a double, run scored and an RBI.
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Ashlyn Cook tripled and scored a run.
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Lauryn Deer collected a hit, stole a base and scored a run.
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Jessica Sader and
Taylor Dames each had a hit and drove in a run.
For the Lions
• Stormee Galka was 2-4 with two runs scored. She also started in the circle and threw the first six innings allowing two runs on six hits with two strikeouts.
• Caitlyn Touchette had two hits in three at bats.
• Hanna Porter had a hit and drove in both Lion runs.
Game One - Lindenwood 11, Central Missouri 6
Play-by-Play
• Things didn't start well from the get-go. Lindenwood took advantage of some bloop hits and bad hops to put a four-spot on the board in the first.
• The Lions increased their lead to 6-0 in the second with a pair of RBI hits.
• That's when UCM started to come back. They scored an unearned run in the third, then got to within two, 6-4 in the fourth.
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Kaitlyn Markin and
Brie Murray each had RBI hits in the fourth and Murray came in to score an unearned run on a ground ball.
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Jessica Sader brought the lead to one in the fifth. Sader and
Hailey Crabtree started the inning with back-to-back doubles, but Sader was left at third as the tying run.
• Lindenwood got some insurance in the sixth. A three-run home run extended the lead to 9-6 and spelled doom for UCM.
• The Jennies added a run in the sixth and the Lions got two more in the seventh to bring us to the 11-6 final.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Lauryn Deer was 3-4 with a run and an RBI along with two stolen bases.
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Kaitlyn Markin picked up two hits in four at bats with an RBI and two runs scored.
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Jessica Sader reached base twice with a hit and a walk and drove in a run.
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Hailey Crabtree and
Brie Murray each had a hit and a run.
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Jordan Johnson pitched 5.2 innings in relief allowing five runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
For the Lions
• Caitlyn Touchette went 2-4 with three RBI and a run scored.
• Hanna Porter and Austine Pauley each hit home runs.
• Stormee Galka was 2-4 at the plate and earned the save throwing the final 1-2 innings.
News and Notes
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Lauryn Deer moved to fifth all-time for a single-season with 71 hits.
• The Jennies picked up another one-run win and improve to 10-5 in one run games and 7-1 in extra innings.
• UCM's 33 wins this season are their most since winning 49 in 2015.
• The eight innings pitched by
Shelby Clark are a new career-high.
• Lindenwood left 16 runners on base in the doubleheader, nine in game two. UCM stranded 13 base runners in the two games.
Up Next
• It's the MIAA Tournament. The Jennies earned the number four seed with a 17-9 record. They'll take on these same Lions again in their first round matchup Wednesday, May 1 at 1:30 p.m. in Edmond, Okla.
