Saturday, February 25
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Softball Splits Saturday Action In Velvet Milkman Invite
February 25, 2023 | Softball
MURRAY, Ky. - - Ball State softball opened the second day of the Velvet Milkman Invitational with another dominating victory, topping Bellarmine 14-4 (6) Saturday afternoon at Racers Field.
Unfortunately, just like Friday, the Cardinals (4-5) ended the day with a one-run loss to host Murray State, this time dropping a pitchers' duel by a score of 1-0.
Ball State jumped out to a commanding 9-0 lead over the Knights (1-12) sparked by a two-run triple from redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland in the opening inning. Mulholland would finish the game 2-for-4 with a career-high five RBI.
In the nightcap, the Racers (6-6) managed to push the game's lone run across in the bottom of the fourth inning. That was despite solid pitching performances from junior transfer Francys King (3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 K) and freshman Bridie Murphy (3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4K).
HIGHLIGHTS
SCORING SUMMARY GAME 1 – Ball State 14 – Bellarmine 4 (6)
SCORING SUMMARY GAME 2 – Ball State 0 – Murray State 1
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team closes play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State on Sunday, with an 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) first pitch versus Loyola.
Unfortunately, just like Friday, the Cardinals (4-5) ended the day with a one-run loss to host Murray State, this time dropping a pitchers' duel by a score of 1-0.
Ball State jumped out to a commanding 9-0 lead over the Knights (1-12) sparked by a two-run triple from redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland in the opening inning. Mulholland would finish the game 2-for-4 with a career-high five RBI.
In the nightcap, the Racers (6-6) managed to push the game's lone run across in the bottom of the fourth inning. That was despite solid pitching performances from junior transfer Francys King (3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 K) and freshman Bridie Murphy (3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4K).
HIGHLIGHTS
- Two Cardinals recorded their first collegiate hits in the opener, starting with a third-inning single from redshirt freshman transfer Katie Van Der Mark … Redshirt freshman Aislinn Morris added a sixth-inning RBI single to right field.
- Ball State smashed a season-high 15 hits in Saturday's opener with 10 different players getting at least one.
- Mulholland drove in a career-high five RBI, thanks in part to a two-run double in the first and a two-run double in the third … She added a sac fly in the fifth.
- Redshirt sophomore transfer Alyssa Stramaglia picked up her first win for the Cardinals, limiting Bellarmine to four hits and four runs over 6.0 innings of work … She also struck out four batters … Stramaglia went 24-2 in the circle with a 1.18 ERA for Triton College last season.
- Van Der Mark added two of BSU's five hits in the nightcap, finishing her day 4-for-6
SCORING SUMMARY GAME 1 – Ball State 14 – Bellarmine 4 (6)
- T1 | Ball State broke onto the board first courtesy of a two-run triple from Mulholland which drove in redshirt senior designated player Jazmyne Armendariz and redshirt sophomore first baseman McKayla Timmons (2-0)
- T1 | Junior left fielder Kaitlyn Mathews followed with an infield single to short, driving in Mulholland (3-0)
- T2 | Fifth-year senior shortstop Amaia Daniel took advantage of the first three batters reaching base, smashing a two-run single up the middle to plate Van Der Mark and junior center fielder Remington Ross (5-0)
- T3 | Daniel added her third RBI of the game on a two-out single through the left side to bring home Van Der Mark (6-0)
- T3 | BSU went on to load the bases and Timmons was hit by a pitch to send Wynn across the plate (7-0)
- T3 | Mulholland picked up two more RBIs with a double down the left field line as Daniel and Armendariz scored (9-0)
- B3 | A two-run triple from Megan Konermann gets Bellarmine on the board (9-2)
- B4 | The Knights use a Ball State error to cut the lead to six (9-3)
- T5 | Mulholland's fifth RBI of the game comes courtesy of a sac fly as Wynn scores (10-3)
- B5 | Bellarmine counters the run with an Emily O'Dee sac fly (10-4)
- T6 | Morris' first career hit is an RBI single to right to drive in freshman left fielder Ashlee Lovett (11-4)
- T6 | Two batters later Daniel adds a sac fly to score freshman catcher Maddie Weaver (12-4)
- T6 | Timmons capped the scoring with a two-run double down the left field line which allowed Van Der Mark and Ross to score (14-4)
SCORING SUMMARY GAME 2 – Ball State 0 – Murray State 1
- B4 | An RBI fielder's choice on a grounder to second base from Lindsey Carroll allowed the runner to score from third (1-0)
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team closes play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State on Sunday, with an 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) first pitch versus Loyola.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stramaglia, Alyssa (1-2)
L: Claire Lehmkuhler (0-6)
Batting:
2B: Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1
3B: Mulholland, McKenna 1
RBI: Daniel, Amaia 4 ; Timmons, McKayla 3 ; Mulholland, McKenna 5 ; Mathews, Kaitlyn 1 ; Morris, Aislinn 1
SF: Daniel, Amaia 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wynn, Haley 2 ; Daniel, Amaia 1 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 2 ; Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Lovett, Ashlee 1 ; Weaver, Maddie 1 ; Van Der Mark, Katie 3 ; Ross, Remington 2
HBP: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 1 ; Timmons, McKayla 2
Batting:
2B: Megan Konermann 1
3B: Megan Konermann 1
RBI: Megan Konermann 2 ; Emily O'Dee 1
SF: Emily O'Dee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Olivia Bricker 1 ; Anna Greenwell 1 ; Madison Davis 1 ; Kayla Bauer 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
4
R
3
H
2
RBI
0
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