| 03.26.09
- The Forester softball team went one and one on the day against Siena
Heights University. After winning game one 6-2, HU fell to the
Saints 4-3 in a close contest. In game one,
HU tallied three runs in the third. Brandi Gower started the
inning with a single. After two consecutive fielder's choices,
runners were on first and third. Brittany Gower stole second
and then Ashley McCann drove in both for a 2-0 lead. Ashley
Scally followed up with a double scoring McCann to finish off the
scoring in the inning.
The Foresters tacked on two more in
the fifth by a Brittany Gower double, a Brita Kuiper triple, and a
Scally single. In the bottom of the inning, Siena Heights
gained two runs back with the help of three Forester errors in the
inning.
HU finished off their scoring by adding
a run when Kristi Purvis, who was a pinch runner after Scally's
double, scored on a wild pitch.
Lauren Ward went the full seven
innings giving up only three hits and striking out 14 Siena Heights
batters.
In the second game, the Forester bats
were still hot from game one. In the first inning, Megan Smith
reached on an error, Bateman singled moving Smith to third.
Smith scored on a wild pitch and Bateman advanced to third.
Brittany Gower batted in a run and Ward and Scally both walked to
load the bases. Following a force out at home, Janalee Boroff walked
to push HU's third run across.
HU gave up three runs to Siena
Heights in the third inning by giving up three singles and a home
run to tie the game. The Saints added one more run in the
bottom of the six to finish off the Foresters.
Molly Long pitched five innings,
giving up ten hits and striking out six. Ward came into the
game at the bottom of the sixth to take the loss for the Foresters.
With the split, the Foresters
move to 8-6 on the season. |
