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PORTLAND,
Ore. – On an offense-oriented that saw the two
teams combine for 35 runs and 48 hits, the Lewis & Clark
College Pioneers swept a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader
that had been postponed from March 22 from the visiting George Fox
University Bruins 9-6 and 14-6 Thursday afternoon here at the
Houston Sports Complex.
In the opener, the Bruins built a 5-1 lead through 4 1/2 innings
before the Pioneers came back. Chelsea Bradely
got the visitors going in the 1st with her seventh home run of the
season after Amy Peterson had drawn a lead-off
walk. Krystle Halvorsen and Bradely scored
unearned runs in the 3rd, and Shelby Briske's sacrifice fly
to left scored Kerstyn Tsuruda with another unearned run in the
5th.
Danielle Blechert's infield single in the bottom of the 1st
had scored Caroline DeVincenzi with the Pios' only run to
that point, but the home team took the lead with a five-run
outburst in the last of the 5th. Jamie Moon,
Jessica Mullins, and Caitlin Relyea hit RBI singles to bring
L&C within one, then Michaela Satter drew a bases-loaded walk
to push in the tying run. Sheree Muira then put
the Pios ahead with a single to left for a 6-5 lead.
The Pios added three more in the 5th to ice the
game. Mullins slugged a two-run home run after a
lead-off single by Moon, and Satter hit a bases-loaded single later
in the inning to score Blechert. The Bruins got
their final run in the 7th on singles by Peterson, Bradely, and
Briske.
Moon and Laura Parker each went 3-for-4 in the Pios' 13-hit
attack, while Mullins had two safeties. Bradely
was 2-for-2 with two walks, two runs, and two RBIs for the Bruins.
Paige McFeeley (2-19) went the distance to get the win for the
Pios, scattering five hits and allowing six runs, three earned,
with five strikeouts and five walks. Bradely
(4-21) also hurled a complete game for the Bruins, giving up nine
runs, eight earned, while fanning seven and walking four.
In the nightcap, the Pios scored three unearned runs in the 1st on
a two-run double by Relyea and an RBI single by Sara Standish, and
another in the 2nd on a run-scoring double by
Mullins. The Bruins tied it with four in the
3rd, Briske hitting her second home run of the season following
singles by Peterson and Bradely to cut the deficit to 4-3, and
Missi Bourgo doubling in Audrey Dove, who had singled, with the
tying run.
The Pios broke the deadlock in the last of the 3rd, however, with
a pair of runs, the first on an error at short and the second when
Mullins was hit by a pitch with the bases
loaded. The Bruins got one back in the 4th as
Peterson doubled, Tsuruda singled her to third, and Bradely's
grounder to short got Peterson home.
The Pioneers put the game away with five in the bottom of the
4th. Kristin Breninger doubled in two,
DeVincenzi hit a run-scoring single, Moon had an RBI double, and
Mullins singled in the final run of the frame.
The Bruins scored again in the 6th as Briske's bases-loaded
single scored Peterson, but the Pios ended the game with three in
the last of the 6th that added up to an 'eight-run
rule' game. Moon's RBI ground out
and a two-run double by Satter did the trick.
Lewis & Clark banged out 17 hits, with Mullins and Parker
collecting three apiece and DeVincenzi, Standish, and Breninger two
each. Breninger scored four times and drove in
two. Peterson went 3-for-4 as the Bruins stroked
13 hits, with Tsuruda, Bradely, Briske and Bourgo garnering two
each. Peterson scored three runs and Briske
knocked in four.
McFeeley (3-19) again went all the way for the Pioneers, striking
out two and walking one while allowing six earned
runs. Bradely (4-22) went five innings for the
Bruins, allowing 14 hits and 11 runs, seven earned, with two
strikeouts and two walks, before Lee finished up.
With no more road games, George Fox (4-27, NWC 3-19) finishes with
six at home, starting Saturday with a 12:00 noon doubleheader
against Pacific Lutheran University. Lewis &
Clark (3-31, NWC 3-21) hosts the University of Puget Sound
Saturday, also at noon.
