| 04.03.08
- The Foresters gave NAIA 12th-ranked Bethel College all it could
handle, but came up short in both games of a doubleheader losing 2-0
in eight innings and 3-1 to the Pilots.
The opener was a pitcher's dual with HU's
Lauren Ward battling last year's MCC Pitcher of the Year, Brittany
Hire. Both threw seven innings of shutout ball, but it was the Pilots
that finally came up with the big hit. Bethel's Katie Boocher
drilled a two-out double to left in the top of the eighth that drove
in two runs. Ward singled in the bottom of the frame, but
finished the game stranded at first.
Ward (4-3) went the distance in the
loss. She allowed two runs on nine hits and two walks while
striking out six. The Foresters managed just two hits in the game off
Hire.
In game two, the Pilots scored two runs
in the bottom of the fourth and added a third in the fifth for an
early lead. HU got it's only run of the day in the bottom of the
sixth on a Brittney Bateman triple to right-center which she then
scored on when the Pilots made a wild throw.
Ashley Scally (0-4) took the loss for
the Foresters. She threw all seven innings and allowed three
runs on nine hits and she struck out four. Keri Badenhop was the
lone Forester with two hits in the game including a double in the
fourth.
With the two losses, HU falls to 4-8-1
on the season and 2-2 in the MCC.
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