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Pitching Guides Hoosiers to Day One Split of Kajikawa Classic
2/10/2017 6:15:00 PM | Softball
TEMPE, Ariz. – Behind strong outings in the pitching circle, Indiana Softball opened the 2017 season by splitting day one of the Kajikawa Classic, falling to No. 24 Fresno State, 2-0, before defeating Seattle, 7-3.
In the first game of the day against the Bulldogs, sophomore pitcher Tara Trainer tied her career high with 13 strikeouts, pitching a complete game and surrendering just three hits.
Fresno State pitcher Kamalani Dung also went the distance in the game, fanning seven while allowing three hits.
The pitchers held control for most of the game, with just one combined hit from both teams through three frames.
Fresno State broke the stalemate in the fourth, plating the only two runs of the contest on a pair of RBI hits. Maddi Hackbarth knocked a two-out double to left field and advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch. Brooke Coates, sent into run for Hackbarth, scored the first run of the day on a double off the bat of Vanessa Hernandez. Hernandez crossed the plate one batter later on a single through the left side by Savannah McHellon.
The Hoosiers looked to answer in the bottom half of the frame as senior Erin Lehman sent a two-double to shallow right. However, she was left stranded.
Fresno State's Dung wouldn't let the Hoosiers into scoring position again as she earned her first win of the year.
Friday's second game saw freshman pitcher Emily Goodin make her debut, pitching 5.1 impressive innings in relief to earn her first career victory.
The Redhawks got on the board in the first as Madison Cathcart sent a two-out RBI single up the middle to score Paige Bouska. Seattle would add onto its lead in the following inning as an Indiana fielding error allowed Jessica Flanagan to cross the plate.
Goodin then entered the game, earning her first career strikeout against the first batter she faced to send the game to the third frame with a 2-0 Seattle advantage. The righty from Evansville, Ind. would go on to retire the first seven batters she faced.
Indiana would quickly answer with a two-out rally in the third inning. After freshman Katie Lacefield earned her first career hit, Lehman and CaraMia Tsirigos drew back-to-back walks to load the bags for Taylor Uden, who doubled to left center to tie the game up.
The score would remain tied at 2-2 until the Hoosiers broke the game open in the fifth inning, plating five runs to jump to a 7-2 lead. A Lehman single and walks to Tsirigos and Uden loaded the bases for senior Kayla Mathewson, who brought in Lehman on a sacrifice fly to left field. Sophomore Rachel O'Malley then sent a ball up the middle to plate freshman Sydney Hester, who was running for Tsirigos. Junior transfer Shayna Gamm then singled to left center, scoring O'Malley and Uden. The Hoosier rally was capped off by an RBI double by junior Rebecca Blitz to plate Gamm.
Seattle would get one run back on a solo homer from Savannah Loomis, but would get no closer.
Indiana returns to action in the Kajikawa Classic by facing No. 18 Utah and Arizona State at Farrington Stadium on Saturday.
In the first game of the day against the Bulldogs, sophomore pitcher Tara Trainer tied her career high with 13 strikeouts, pitching a complete game and surrendering just three hits.
Fresno State pitcher Kamalani Dung also went the distance in the game, fanning seven while allowing three hits.
The pitchers held control for most of the game, with just one combined hit from both teams through three frames.
Fresno State broke the stalemate in the fourth, plating the only two runs of the contest on a pair of RBI hits. Maddi Hackbarth knocked a two-out double to left field and advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch. Brooke Coates, sent into run for Hackbarth, scored the first run of the day on a double off the bat of Vanessa Hernandez. Hernandez crossed the plate one batter later on a single through the left side by Savannah McHellon.
The Hoosiers looked to answer in the bottom half of the frame as senior Erin Lehman sent a two-double to shallow right. However, she was left stranded.
Fresno State's Dung wouldn't let the Hoosiers into scoring position again as she earned her first win of the year.
Friday's second game saw freshman pitcher Emily Goodin make her debut, pitching 5.1 impressive innings in relief to earn her first career victory.
The Redhawks got on the board in the first as Madison Cathcart sent a two-out RBI single up the middle to score Paige Bouska. Seattle would add onto its lead in the following inning as an Indiana fielding error allowed Jessica Flanagan to cross the plate.
Goodin then entered the game, earning her first career strikeout against the first batter she faced to send the game to the third frame with a 2-0 Seattle advantage. The righty from Evansville, Ind. would go on to retire the first seven batters she faced.
Indiana would quickly answer with a two-out rally in the third inning. After freshman Katie Lacefield earned her first career hit, Lehman and CaraMia Tsirigos drew back-to-back walks to load the bags for Taylor Uden, who doubled to left center to tie the game up.
The score would remain tied at 2-2 until the Hoosiers broke the game open in the fifth inning, plating five runs to jump to a 7-2 lead. A Lehman single and walks to Tsirigos and Uden loaded the bases for senior Kayla Mathewson, who brought in Lehman on a sacrifice fly to left field. Sophomore Rachel O'Malley then sent a ball up the middle to plate freshman Sydney Hester, who was running for Tsirigos. Junior transfer Shayna Gamm then singled to left center, scoring O'Malley and Uden. The Hoosier rally was capped off by an RBI double by junior Rebecca Blitz to plate Gamm.
Seattle would get one run back on a solo homer from Savannah Loomis, but would get no closer.
Indiana returns to action in the Kajikawa Classic by facing No. 18 Utah and Arizona State at Farrington Stadium on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DUNG, Kamalani (1-0)
L: Trainer, Tara (0-1)
Batting:
2B: HERNANDEZ, Vanessa 1
RBI: HERNANDEZ, Vanessa 1 ; MCHELLON, Savannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: COATES, Brooke 1 ; HERNANDEZ, Vanessa 1
Batting:
2B: Lehman, Erin 1
SH: Lacefield, Katie 1
Base Running:
CS: Blitz, Rebecca 1
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