| 04.23.08
- In their final MCC match-up of the season, the Foresters took a pair
of games from Taylor University with a convincing 11-0 win in game one
and a come-from-behind 3-2 win in the nightcap.
HU (14-16-1, 9-7) left no doubt in the opener with four
runs in the first, a pair in the third and five more in the fourth to
shorten the game to a five-inning victory.
Lauren Ward evened her season record at
8-8 with the win. She threw a two-hit shutout and allowed one
walk while striking out five Trojans. Kendra Stahl went 3-3 at
the plate for the Foresters and Ashley McCann had two doubles and four
RBI in the contest.
In game two, Taylor got on the board
first with a run in the top of the third and another in the fifth.
HU knotted the score with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.
McCann scored first on a Trojan error and then Britney Bateman bunted
for a hit that pushed Megan Smith across.
Neither team scored in the sixth and
things were still tied when the Foresters came up for their final
at-bat in the bottom of the seventh. McCann led off the inning
with a walk. Emily Canary came in to pinch run for McCann and
moved to second when Taylor misplayed Smith's ground ball.
Kendra Stahl singled down the leftfield line to load the bases, and
then Bateman came up with a single to shallow right-center to score
Canary for the game-winner.
Ward, who came on in relief of starter
Ashley Scally with two outs in the top of the fifth, picked up the win
for HU. She held the Trojans scoreless over the final two and a
third innings and allowed just one hit and two walks while striking
out one. Bateman finished the game with three hits and two RBI
to lead the Foresters at the plate.
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