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Softball Completes Series Sweep at Bowling Green
April 23, 2023 | Softball
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Russo pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing just one hit and one run, while also earning a strikeout.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Russo pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing just one hit and one run, while also earning a strikeout.
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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.Â
- 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)
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.
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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.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Murphy, Bridie (7-2)
L: DAVIES, Hannah (1-15)
Batting:
2B: Timmons, McKayla 1
HR: Mata, Samantha-Jo 1
RBI: Ross, Remington 1 ; Timmons, McKayla 2 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 2 ; Mathews, Kaitlyn 1 ; Mata, Samantha-Jo 1
SF: Mathews, Kaitlyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wynn, Haley 2 ; Ross, Remington 2 ; Timmons, McKayla 3 ; Mata, Samantha-Jo 1
SB: Wynn, Haley 2 ; Lovett, Ashlee 1 ; Dukeman, Hannah 1
Batting:
3B: DOLEJS, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DOLEJS, Peyton 1
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