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Late Rally Lifts Softball to Sunday Win at Buffalo
April 07, 2024 | Softball
BUFFALO, New York - - The Ball State softball team picked up its second Mid-American Conference series win of the season Sunday afternoon courtesy of a 7-1 victory over Buffalo at Nan Harvey Field.
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After splitting Saturday's doubleheader, the Cardinals (17-21; 4-8 MAC) once again rallied to top the Bulls (12-20; 4-7 MAC) to take the series.
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Unlike the first two games of the series, Buffalo would score the first run Sunday, successfully pulling off a double steal with two outs and runners at first and third in the bottom of the second. That was the only run Ball State senior starting pitcher Francys King would allow, however, as she picked up her second win of the weekend by limiting the Bulls to six hits and one run over her 6.0 innings of work.
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The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth when redshirt junior third baseman McKayla Timmons tied the score with an RBI single to left. Moments later, a bases loaded sacrifice fly from redshirt sophomore McKenna Mulholland give the Cardinals the lead for good.
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Ball State would go on to score one more run in the sixth and four in the seventh to take control of the game.
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In a solid relief appearance, sophomore Bridie Murphy would open the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back strikeouts before ending the game three batters later by forcing a popup to short.
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SCORING SUMMARY - Ball State 7 - Buffalo 1
B2 | Bulls pull off a successful double steal from first and third, with Abbey Nagel scoring the game's first run (1-0)
T5 | An RBI single to left field from Timmons drives in senior center fielder Remington Ross from third (1-1)
T5 | A bases loaded sac fly to left field from Mulholland brings home sophomore right fielder Ashlee Lovett from third for what proved to be the game-winning run (1-2)
T6 | Cardinals extend their lead courtesy of an RBI double to right field from freshman second baseman Maia Pietrzak who drives in redshirt sophomore pinch runner Hayley Urban (1-3)
T7 | A two-run single from graduate catcher Jazmyne Armendariz extends BSU's lead to four runs as graduate third baseman Haley Wynn and Mulholland score (1-5)
T7 | An error on a bases loaded force play at home allows Armendariz to cross the plate (1-6)
T7 | Lovett smashes a bases loaded RBI single up the middle to drive home now designated player Urban from third (1-7)
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UP NEXT:
The Ball State softball team welcomes Bowling Green to the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex for a three-game series. The teams are scheduled to play a 3 p.m. game Friday and a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday.
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After splitting Saturday's doubleheader, the Cardinals (17-21; 4-8 MAC) once again rallied to top the Bulls (12-20; 4-7 MAC) to take the series.
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Unlike the first two games of the series, Buffalo would score the first run Sunday, successfully pulling off a double steal with two outs and runners at first and third in the bottom of the second. That was the only run Ball State senior starting pitcher Francys King would allow, however, as she picked up her second win of the weekend by limiting the Bulls to six hits and one run over her 6.0 innings of work.
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The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth when redshirt junior third baseman McKayla Timmons tied the score with an RBI single to left. Moments later, a bases loaded sacrifice fly from redshirt sophomore McKenna Mulholland give the Cardinals the lead for good.
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Ball State would go on to score one more run in the sixth and four in the seventh to take control of the game.
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In a solid relief appearance, sophomore Bridie Murphy would open the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back strikeouts before ending the game three batters later by forcing a popup to short.
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SCORING SUMMARY - Ball State 7 - Buffalo 1
B2 | Bulls pull off a successful double steal from first and third, with Abbey Nagel scoring the game's first run (1-0)
T5 | An RBI single to left field from Timmons drives in senior center fielder Remington Ross from third (1-1)
T5 | A bases loaded sac fly to left field from Mulholland brings home sophomore right fielder Ashlee Lovett from third for what proved to be the game-winning run (1-2)
T6 | Cardinals extend their lead courtesy of an RBI double to right field from freshman second baseman Maia Pietrzak who drives in redshirt sophomore pinch runner Hayley Urban (1-3)
T7 | A two-run single from graduate catcher Jazmyne Armendariz extends BSU's lead to four runs as graduate third baseman Haley Wynn and Mulholland score (1-5)
T7 | An error on a bases loaded force play at home allows Armendariz to cross the plate (1-6)
T7 | Lovett smashes a bases loaded RBI single up the middle to drive home now designated player Urban from third (1-7)
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UP NEXT:
The Ball State softball team welcomes Bowling Green to the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex for a three-game series. The teams are scheduled to play a 3 p.m. game Friday and a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: King, Francys (10-8)
L: Lucyshyn, Alexis (8-8)
Batting:
2B: Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Weaver, Maddie 1 ; Pietrzak, Maia 1 ; Ross, Remington 1
RBI: Lovett, Ashlee 1 ; Timmons, McKayla 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 2 ; Pietrzak, Maia 1
SH: Armendariz, Jazmyne 1 ; Mathews, Kaitlyn 1
SF: Mulholland, McKenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lovett, Ashlee 1 ; Wynn, Haley 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Armendariz, Jazmyne 1 ; Urban, Hayley 2 ; Ross, Remington 1
SB: Wynn, Haley 1 ; Mulholland, McKenna 1 ; Ross, Remington 1
CS: Wynn, Haley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nagel, Abbey 1
SB: Nagel, Abbey 1 ; Terwilliger, Reagan 2
Game Leaders
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