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Photo by: Buddy Delahoussaye
Four-Run Fifth Not Enough in Softball Loss to Boston College
February 19, 2017 | Softball
TUCSON, Ariz. - - The Ball State softball team closed play in the Wildcat Invitational with a 6-4 loss to Boston College Sunday morning at No. 10 Arizona's Hillenbrand Stadium.
With the loss, the Cardinals finish play in the Wildcat Invitational with a 2-3 record which includes wins over Drake (17-2 / 5 inn.) and Abilene Christian (5-3). Ball State is now 3-7 overall on the year.
The freshman duo of Janae Hogg (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) and Kennedy Wynn (New Albany, Ind./New Albany) led the Ball State offense with two hits apiece Sunday, plus drove in three of the Cardinals' four runs.
The Eagles (6-2) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on a two-out RBI single from Tatiana Cortez, and pulled ahead 2-0 thanks to a leadoff home run from Chloe Sharabba in the bottom of the third.
After being held scoreless for the first four innings, the Ball State offense came to life in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs on three hits, a pair of walks and a hit batter to take a 4-2 lead. Senior third baseman Amanda Arnett (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) opened the inning with a single up the middle, while sophomore catcher Olivia Huffman (Woodbury, Minn./South Dakota) and sophomore second baseman Aeshia Miles (Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill) drew a walk to load the bases.
Ball State's hero on the opening day of the Wildcat Invitational, senior center fielder Rachel Houck (Greenfield, Ind./Louisville) brought home the Cardinals' first run of the game with a seven-pitch walk. Two batters later, freshman designated player Hogg slashed her second single of the game to drive in a run and tie the score at 2-2.
The Cardinals were not done scoring there, however, as freshman left fielder Wynn smashed a two-run single up the middle to give Ball State a 4-2 advantage.
Boston College would get one of the runs back in the bottom of the fifth, as a RBI groundout to second cut the Ball State advantage to 4-3. However, freshman pitcher Darcie Huber (Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central) stop the Eagles rally with an inning-ending strikeout.
Unfortunately, the Eagles would reclaim the lead in the bottom of the sixth on a Sharabba sacrifice fly and a two-out, two-run home run from Jordan Chimento to win the game 6-4.
Over 5.1 innings of work, Huber struck out four batters while allowing 10 hits and five earned runs. Junior Carolyn Wilmes (Evansville, Ind./Mater Dei) pitched the final 0.2 innings, surrendering one hit and one run, while adding a strikeout.
The Ball State softball team returns to action Friday, when it opens play in the Citrus Classic I at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., with games versus Oakland (11 a.m.) and Lehigh (3:30 p.m.).
For the most up-to-date news on Ball State softball, follow the team on Twitter: @BallStateSB, @CoachCBartlett & @BallStateSports / Instagram: ballstatesb / Facebook: BallStateSoftball.
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With the loss, the Cardinals finish play in the Wildcat Invitational with a 2-3 record which includes wins over Drake (17-2 / 5 inn.) and Abilene Christian (5-3). Ball State is now 3-7 overall on the year.
The freshman duo of Janae Hogg (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) and Kennedy Wynn (New Albany, Ind./New Albany) led the Ball State offense with two hits apiece Sunday, plus drove in three of the Cardinals' four runs.
The Eagles (6-2) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on a two-out RBI single from Tatiana Cortez, and pulled ahead 2-0 thanks to a leadoff home run from Chloe Sharabba in the bottom of the third.
After being held scoreless for the first four innings, the Ball State offense came to life in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs on three hits, a pair of walks and a hit batter to take a 4-2 lead. Senior third baseman Amanda Arnett (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) opened the inning with a single up the middle, while sophomore catcher Olivia Huffman (Woodbury, Minn./South Dakota) and sophomore second baseman Aeshia Miles (Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill) drew a walk to load the bases.
Ball State's hero on the opening day of the Wildcat Invitational, senior center fielder Rachel Houck (Greenfield, Ind./Louisville) brought home the Cardinals' first run of the game with a seven-pitch walk. Two batters later, freshman designated player Hogg slashed her second single of the game to drive in a run and tie the score at 2-2.
The Cardinals were not done scoring there, however, as freshman left fielder Wynn smashed a two-run single up the middle to give Ball State a 4-2 advantage.
Boston College would get one of the runs back in the bottom of the fifth, as a RBI groundout to second cut the Ball State advantage to 4-3. However, freshman pitcher Darcie Huber (Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central) stop the Eagles rally with an inning-ending strikeout.
Unfortunately, the Eagles would reclaim the lead in the bottom of the sixth on a Sharabba sacrifice fly and a two-out, two-run home run from Jordan Chimento to win the game 6-4.
Over 5.1 innings of work, Huber struck out four batters while allowing 10 hits and five earned runs. Junior Carolyn Wilmes (Evansville, Ind./Mater Dei) pitched the final 0.2 innings, surrendering one hit and one run, while adding a strikeout.
The Ball State softball team returns to action Friday, when it opens play in the Citrus Classic I at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., with games versus Oakland (11 a.m.) and Lehigh (3:30 p.m.).
For the most up-to-date news on Ball State softball, follow the team on Twitter: @BallStateSB, @CoachCBartlett & @BallStateSports / Instagram: ballstatesb / Facebook: BallStateSoftball.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kendra Friedt (2-1)
L: Huber, Darcie (3-1)
Batting:
RBI: Houck, Rachel 1 ; Hogg, Janae 1 ; Wynn, Kennedy 2
SH: Miles, Aeshia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Houck, Rachel 1 ; Arnett, Amanda 1 ; Huffman, Olivia 1 ; Miles, Aeshia 1
HBP: Huffman, Olivia 1
Batting:
HR: Chloe Sharabba 1 ; Jordan Chimento 1
RBI: Chloe Sharabba 2 ; Jordan Chimento 2 ; Tatiana Cortez 1 ; Taylor Coroneos 1
SH: Lexi DiEmmanuele 1
SF: Chloe Sharabba 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chloe Sharabba 2 ; Jordan Chimento 1 ; Megan Overton 1 ; Madison Paulson 1 ; Olivia Markopoulos 1
SB: Lexi DiEmmanuele 1 ; Annie Murphy 1 ; Taylor Coroneos 1
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