Softball Completes Series Sweep at Bowling Green

Sunday, April 23

Bowling Green, OH

12 p.m.

Ball State University

24-21, 14-9

Bowling Green

8-33, 1-20

Ball State

Bowling Green

April 23, 2023 | Softball

Box Score Box Score: Ball State 8 - BGSU 1

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - - The Ball State softball team completed a three-game series sweep of Bowling Green with an 8-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Meserve Field.

The Cardinals (24-21, 14-9 MAC), who have won seven straight games, opened the series finale with three straight hits and never looked back. Senior third baseman Haley Wynn started with a single to right field, and after stealing second, scored on a single to left from junior center fielder Remington Ross.

Ross would come around to score on a double to center field from redshirt sophomore catcher McKayla Timmons, while a sacrifice fly eventually plated Timmons and gave BSU an early 3-0 lead.

That was all the run support freshman pitcher Bridie Murphy needed as she held the Falcons (8-33; 1-20 MAC) to just two hits over the first 5.0 innings. Murphy, who improved to 7-2 with the win, also struck out four batters before being relieved by sophomore Angelina Russo in the sixth.

Russo pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing just one hit and one run, while also earning a strikeout.

HIGHLIGHTS

Junior first baseman Samantha-Jo Mata kept the Cardinals going, leading off the second inning with her second long ball of the season.
Ball State tallied 11 hits in Sunday's win, marking the team's fifth straight contest with double-digit hits … Overall, the Cardinals out-scored BGSU 24-5 and out-hit the Falcons 35-13 over the three-game series.
The series sweep over Bowling Green is BSU's third in league play this season, as the Cardinals also swept Central Michigan (March 25-26) and Buffalo (April 15-16).
Timmons led the Ball State offense in Sunday's win, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a pair of RBI.
With 11 hits on Sunday, Ball State raised its team batting average to .300 on the year.

SCORING SUMMARY: Ball State 8 – Bowling Green 1

T1 | Wynn opened the game with a single, stole second and then scored on a single to left by Ross. (1-0)
T1 | Ross scored on an RBI double to right center by Timmons. (2-0)
T1 | Junior left fielder Kaitlyn Mathews gave Ball State a three-run edge with a sacrifice fly to right field. (3-0)
T2 | Mata opened the second inning with a solo shot to right center. (4-0)
T3 | Timmons opened the third inning with a single and eventually scored on a Mathews single to center field. (5-0)
T5 | An RBI groundout from Timmons drove in Wynn from third. (6-0)
B6 | Peyton Dolejs opened the inning with a triple and later scored on a wild pitch. (6-1)
T7 | Redshirt senior second baseman Jazmyne Armendariz drove in a pair of runs with a single up the middle. (8-1)

UP NEXT
It will be a quick turnaround for the Ball State softball team which opens its final week of the regular season with a three-game, midweek home series versus Miami.

The Cardinals and RedHawks will play a single game Tuesday at 3 p.m. and a doubleheader Wednesday starting at 1 p.m. at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.