Friday, April 24
Mobile, Ala.
6 p.m.
North Dakota State
37-8
7
at
3
South Alabama
32-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Photo by: Bob Nelson
NDSU Softball Scores Late to Push Past #21 South Alabama 7-3
4/24/2015 9:24:00 PM | Softball
MOBILE, Ala.—North Dakota State University scored four times in the top of the sixth inning to defeat No. 21-ranked University of South Alabama 7-3 on Friday, April 24, in the first of three games before 267 spectators at Jaguar Field.
NDSU (37-8) and South Alabama (32-9) are scheduled to play a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The Bison improved to 3-2 against nationally-ranked teams this season and have won eight of the last 19 meetings.
With the game tied 3-3, Amanda Grable led off the sixth inning with a single. Pinch-runner Joei Samper advanced to second on Alyssa Reina's bunt single and scored on Alex Sobrero's RBI single to right field.
Jackie Stifter was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Reina was forced at home, Jenna Isbel reached on a fielder's choice to chase Sobrero home. Cheyenne Garcia delivered a two-out single up the middle to knock in Maritza Lopez-Portillo and Stifter.
Krista Menke (27-3) shut down South Alabama over the final two innings to record the win. The Jaguars had two on with two outs in the seventh, but Menke induced a pop out to end the game. She struck out nine, walked three and hit two batters.
Menke had to work out of a pair of one-out bases-loaded jams in the third and the fourth innings. She struck out a pair to end the third, and then used a fly out and pop out to end the fourth.
North Dakota State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Garcia led off with a single, stole second and scored on Reina's double down the left field line. Reina stole third and scored on a wild pitch. Garcia and Reina each had two hits for the Bison.
South Alabama answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to knot the score at 2-2. The Jaguars took advantage of an error, Steph Pilkington's run-scoring single and Chloe Rathburn sacrifice fly.
The Bison regained the lead at 3-2 in the top of the third inning on Logan Moreland's two-out solo home run to right center. It was Moreland's fourth home run of the season.
USA answered with a long ball of its own in bottom of the fifth inning on Amanda Minahan's two-out home run to left center.
Farish Beard (8-3) and Kalen McGill pitched for South Alabama with Beard picking up the loss. Beard struck out eight and walked one over the first five-plus innings, while McGill struck out two and had no walks.
Emily Messer and Pilkington each had two hits for USA.
NDSU (37-8) and South Alabama (32-9) are scheduled to play a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The Bison improved to 3-2 against nationally-ranked teams this season and have won eight of the last 19 meetings.
With the game tied 3-3, Amanda Grable led off the sixth inning with a single. Pinch-runner Joei Samper advanced to second on Alyssa Reina's bunt single and scored on Alex Sobrero's RBI single to right field.
Jackie Stifter was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Reina was forced at home, Jenna Isbel reached on a fielder's choice to chase Sobrero home. Cheyenne Garcia delivered a two-out single up the middle to knock in Maritza Lopez-Portillo and Stifter.
Krista Menke (27-3) shut down South Alabama over the final two innings to record the win. The Jaguars had two on with two outs in the seventh, but Menke induced a pop out to end the game. She struck out nine, walked three and hit two batters.
Menke had to work out of a pair of one-out bases-loaded jams in the third and the fourth innings. She struck out a pair to end the third, and then used a fly out and pop out to end the fourth.
North Dakota State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Garcia led off with a single, stole second and scored on Reina's double down the left field line. Reina stole third and scored on a wild pitch. Garcia and Reina each had two hits for the Bison.
South Alabama answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to knot the score at 2-2. The Jaguars took advantage of an error, Steph Pilkington's run-scoring single and Chloe Rathburn sacrifice fly.
The Bison regained the lead at 3-2 in the top of the third inning on Logan Moreland's two-out solo home run to right center. It was Moreland's fourth home run of the season.
USA answered with a long ball of its own in bottom of the fifth inning on Amanda Minahan's two-out home run to left center.
Farish Beard (8-3) and Kalen McGill pitched for South Alabama with Beard picking up the loss. Beard struck out eight and walked one over the first five-plus innings, while McGill struck out two and had no walks.
Emily Messer and Pilkington each had two hits for USA.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Menke, Krista (27-3)
L: Farish Beard (8-3)
Batting:
2B: Reina, Alyssa 1
HR: Moreland, Logan 1
RBI: Garcia, Cheyenne 2 ; Moreland, Logan 1 ; Reina, Alyssa 1 ; Sobrero, Alex 1 ; Isbel, Jenna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garcia, Cheyenne 1 ; Moreland, Logan 1 ; Samper, Joei 1 ; Reina, Alyssa 1 ; Sobrero, Alex 1 ; Stifter, Jackie 1 ; Lopez-Portillo, Maritza 1
SB: Garcia, Cheyenne 1 ; Reina, Alyssa 1
HBP: Stifter, Jackie 1
Batting:
HR: Amanda Minahan 1
RBI: Steph. Pilkington 1 ; Chloe Rathburn 1 ; Amanda Minahan 1
SF: Chloe Rathburn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Emily Messer 1 ; Kaleigh Todd 1 ; Amanda Minahan 1
SB: Kaleigh Todd 1
HBP: Kaitlyn Griffith 1 ; Amanda Minahan 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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