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Season High 15 Runs Leads Softball Past Kent State In Friday's Nightcap
March 17, 2023 | Softball
BEREA, Ohio - - The Ball State softball team rebounded from a 4-3 walk-off loss in Friday's opener to salvage a Mid-American Conference doubleheader split with Kent State by scoring a 15-9 victory in the nightcap at the BW Softball Field.
The first game saw the Cardinals (11-12; 1-1 MAC) fall behind early as the Golden Flashes (6-15; 1-1 MAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. While BSU was able to battle back and eventually even the score, a walk-off double allowed KSU to secure the opening-game victory.
In the nightcap, a two-run home run from redshirt senior second baseman/catcher Jazmyne Armendariz and a pair of home runs from senior third baseman Haley Wynn helped turn the tide. BSU would pull ahead 3-0 in the top of the first, only to see the Golden Flashes tie the score in the bottom of the frame.
The Cardinals added three more runs in the second inning, capped by Armendariz's first home run of the season. Kent State attempted to answer in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with no outs, but were limited to just two runs thanks to a pivotal inning-ending double play.
Wynn's three-run blast in the top of the fifth extended Ball State's lead to 10-5, while her solo shot in the seventh made the score 12-9 and helped the Cardinals pull away with the six-run victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
GAME 1 SCORING SUMMARY – Ball State 3 – Kent State 4
GAME 2 SCORING SUMMARY – Ball State 15 – Kent State 9
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team will get its first chance to play at home next Friday (March 24), when it opens a three-game set versus Central Michigan at 3 p.m. The Cardinals and Chippewas will also play a 1 p.m. doubleheader next Saturday (March 25) at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
The first game saw the Cardinals (11-12; 1-1 MAC) fall behind early as the Golden Flashes (6-15; 1-1 MAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. While BSU was able to battle back and eventually even the score, a walk-off double allowed KSU to secure the opening-game victory.
In the nightcap, a two-run home run from redshirt senior second baseman/catcher Jazmyne Armendariz and a pair of home runs from senior third baseman Haley Wynn helped turn the tide. BSU would pull ahead 3-0 in the top of the first, only to see the Golden Flashes tie the score in the bottom of the frame.
The Cardinals added three more runs in the second inning, capped by Armendariz's first home run of the season. Kent State attempted to answer in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with no outs, but were limited to just two runs thanks to a pivotal inning-ending double play.
Wynn's three-run blast in the top of the fifth extended Ball State's lead to 10-5, while her solo shot in the seventh made the score 12-9 and helped the Cardinals pull away with the six-run victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ball State registered season-highs of 15 runs and 16 hits in Friday's second game … Nine different Cardinals collected at least one hit in the second game, led by three apiece from Armendariz, junior center fielder Kaitlyn Mathews, and Wynn.
- Senior shortstop Amaia Daniel tallied four hits over the two games, going 2-for-3 in the opener and 2-for-4 in the nightcap to extend her streak of reaching base safely to nine games … She also scored four runs over the two games, raising her career total to 110 to move into 11th in program history.
- With her four runs over the two games, Wynn also upped her career total to 110 to move into 11th in program history.
- Despite striking out six batters in the opening game, her second-highest strikeout total of the season, sophomore Angelina Russo suffered the pitching loss after allowing eight hits and four runs over 6.1 innings of work.
- Freshman Bridie Murphy picked up the win in the nightcap, improving to 3-0 on the year, after holding KSU to four hits and four unearned runs over the final 6.0 innings ... She also struck out four batters in the game.
GAME 1 SCORING SUMMARY – Ball State 3 – Kent State 4
- B1 | Kent State broke onto the scoreboard first thanks to a two-out, bases loaded walk to Bekah Zachrich (1-0)
- B1 | Jade Ramer followed with a two-run single up the middle (3-0)
- T3 | With no outs and bases loaded, redshirt sophomore catcher McKayla Timmons smashed an RBI single to left field to drive home senior third baseman Haley Wynn (3-1)
- T3 | A sac fly from redshirt freshman right fielder McKayla Mulholland brings Ball State within one (3-2)
- T7 | Timmons picks up her second RBI of the game with a sac fly to left field to even the score (3-3)
- B7 | Alexandria Whitmore drives in the game-winning run with a double to center field (4-3)
GAME 2 SCORING SUMMARY – Ball State 15 – Kent State 9
- T1 | Armendariz opened the scoring in the nightcap with an RBI double to right field driving home Wynn (1-0)
- T1 | Timmons picked up her third RBI of the twinbill with a single to right field to plate Daniel (2-0)
- T1 | Freshman designated player Aislinn Morris extended BSU's lead to three runs with an RBI groundout back to the pitcher to bring home Armendariz (3-0)
- B1 | Julia Mazanec opened the bottom of the inning with a home run to right center (3-1)
- B1 | A Ball State fielding error allows two more runs to score, tying the game (3-3)
- T2 | Daniel drives a double down the left field line to score center fielder Kaitlyn Mathews (4-3)
- T2 | Armendariz blasts her first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left, scoring Daniel and give BSU the three-run lead back (6-3)
- B2 | A bases loaded wild pitch cuts BSU's lead back to two (6-4)
- B2 | An RBI fielder's choice by Savannah Wing brings KSU back within one (6-5)
- T3 | Junior center fielder Kaitlyn Mathews drives in Morris with an RBI single to left-center field (7-5)
- T5 | Wynn's second home run of the season, a three-run blast to also score Mathews and junior center fielder Remington Ross, pushes BSU ahead by five (10-5)
- B5 | A Ball State error with runners at first and second and one out allowed one run to score (10-6)
- B5 | A bases loaded double by Zachrich cleared the bases, brining Kent State back within one run (10-9)
- T6 | An RBI double from sophomore pinch hitter Kaitlyn Gibson brought home pinch runner Ashley Lovett (11-9)
- T7 | Wynn goes yard for the second time in the game, this time smashing a solo shot to center field (12-9)
- T7 | Morris reached on an RBI fielder choice with bases loaded which did not yield an out, driving in Armendariz (13-9)
- T7 | A muffed throw at home allowed Timmons to score (14-9)
- T7 | Mathews drove in the final run of the game with an RBI single to right center (15-9)
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team will get its first chance to play at home next Friday (March 24), when it opens a three-game set versus Central Michigan at 3 p.m. The Cardinals and Chippewas will also play a 1 p.m. doubleheader next Saturday (March 25) at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: IRELAN, Macy (3-6)
L: Russo, Angelina (4-4)
Batting:
2B: Daniel, Amaia 1
RBI: Timmons, McKayla 2 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1
SH: Armendariz, Jazmyne 1
SF: Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Mata, Samantha-Jo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Daniel, Amaia 2
SB: Lovett, Ashlee 1
CS: Lovett, Ashlee 1
Batting:
2B: WHITMORE, Alexandria 1
RBI: ZACHRICH, Bekah 1 ; RAMER, Jade 2 ; WHITMORE, Alexandria 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MAZANEC, Julia 1 ; LIPPE, Emily 1 ; ROBESON, Delaney 2
HBP: WING, Savannah 1 ; WHITMORE, Alexandria 1
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