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Photo by: Steve Branscombe
Softball Falls Twice To St. John's During BIG EAST Doubleheader
4/1/2017 5:39:00 PM | Softball
Red Storm use two big innings to take pair of games
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton softball team dropped a pair of games to St. John's on Saturday afternoon at the Creighton Sports Complex. The Red Storm defeated the Bluejays 10-1 in five innings during game one before picking up an 11-7 victory in the second contest.
Creighton is now 11-19 overall and 2-3 in BIG EAST play, while St. John's is 17-10 and 5-0 in league play.
The Red Storm scored eight runs on only three hits during the second inning of the first game to take an early 9-0 lead. Gretchen Bowie's three-run home run to center field capped the inning.
The Bluejays scored one in the bottom of the second frame after both Anna O'Gorman and Sam Crowley walked and Allie Reinhart singled. Reinhart's nine-pitch battle with St. John's starter Tori Free resulted in a single to center to drive in O'Gorman for the first Creighton run.
Michal Hylton came on in relief for the Bluejays in the third and recorded the first one-two-three inning of the game. Hylton allowed back-to-back doubles in the fourth inning as St. John's scored its 10th run of the game, but the sophomore also retired the Red Storm in order in the fifth.
Ashley Cantu and Tash Coffiel tallied back-to-back singles in last of the fifth before Sam Dellinger lined into a game-ending double play.
The Bluejays recorded only three hits during game one.
In the second game, St. John's struck for three runs in the opening half inning, but Creighton tied the game in the bottom half of the first.
Crowley's double to center field plated Coffiel for the first run. Reinhart followed Crowley's hit by reaching on an error. The senior center fielder lined the ball to right field where the St. John's outfielder mishandled it, allowing both O'Gorman and Crowley to cross home plate and put Reinhart at second base.
The Bluejays took their first lead with back-to-back RBI singles in the second frame. Coffiel singled over the second baseman's head to drive in Jen Daro and Dellinger singled into right field and drove in Aujanae McCoy.
Jordyn Sturgeon helped Creighton take a 7-3 lead with a two-run home run in the third. Sturgeon sent a 3-2 offering over the wall in straight-away center field for her third home run of the season.
After both teams failed to light up the scoreboard in the fourth, St. John's scored two in the fifth and six in the sixth.
Savannah Warren launched a two-run homer in the fifth before hitting a three-run long ball in the sixth. Warren's three-run home run in the sixth gave St. John's a 9-7 lead.
The Red Storm scored six runs on four hits before recording an out in the sixth inning.
The Bluejays had only two bases runners during the final four innings after scoring seven runs on six hits over the first three.
St. John's reliever Madison Morris did not allow a hit or a run, while walking two and striking out five in 4.2 innings of work.
Bryana Clark ended the game in the circle for the Bluejays by striking out five of the final six Red Storm batters.
Creighton and St. John's will conclude their three-game series with an 11 a.m. contest on Sunday at the Creighton Sports Complex. Sunday's game will be a Pink Out Game.
Creighton is now 11-19 overall and 2-3 in BIG EAST play, while St. John's is 17-10 and 5-0 in league play.
The Red Storm scored eight runs on only three hits during the second inning of the first game to take an early 9-0 lead. Gretchen Bowie's three-run home run to center field capped the inning.
The Bluejays scored one in the bottom of the second frame after both Anna O'Gorman and Sam Crowley walked and Allie Reinhart singled. Reinhart's nine-pitch battle with St. John's starter Tori Free resulted in a single to center to drive in O'Gorman for the first Creighton run.
Michal Hylton came on in relief for the Bluejays in the third and recorded the first one-two-three inning of the game. Hylton allowed back-to-back doubles in the fourth inning as St. John's scored its 10th run of the game, but the sophomore also retired the Red Storm in order in the fifth.
Ashley Cantu and Tash Coffiel tallied back-to-back singles in last of the fifth before Sam Dellinger lined into a game-ending double play.
The Bluejays recorded only three hits during game one.
In the second game, St. John's struck for three runs in the opening half inning, but Creighton tied the game in the bottom half of the first.
Crowley's double to center field plated Coffiel for the first run. Reinhart followed Crowley's hit by reaching on an error. The senior center fielder lined the ball to right field where the St. John's outfielder mishandled it, allowing both O'Gorman and Crowley to cross home plate and put Reinhart at second base.
The Bluejays took their first lead with back-to-back RBI singles in the second frame. Coffiel singled over the second baseman's head to drive in Jen Daro and Dellinger singled into right field and drove in Aujanae McCoy.
Jordyn Sturgeon helped Creighton take a 7-3 lead with a two-run home run in the third. Sturgeon sent a 3-2 offering over the wall in straight-away center field for her third home run of the season.
After both teams failed to light up the scoreboard in the fourth, St. John's scored two in the fifth and six in the sixth.
Savannah Warren launched a two-run homer in the fifth before hitting a three-run long ball in the sixth. Warren's three-run home run in the sixth gave St. John's a 9-7 lead.
The Red Storm scored six runs on four hits before recording an out in the sixth inning.
The Bluejays had only two bases runners during the final four innings after scoring seven runs on six hits over the first three.
St. John's reliever Madison Morris did not allow a hit or a run, while walking two and striking out five in 4.2 innings of work.
Bryana Clark ended the game in the circle for the Bluejays by striking out five of the final six Red Storm batters.
Creighton and St. John's will conclude their three-game series with an 11 a.m. contest on Sunday at the Creighton Sports Complex. Sunday's game will be a Pink Out Game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tori Free (4-5)
L: Clark, Bryana (5-8)
Batting:
2B: Monique Landini 1 ; Brittany Garcia 1 ; Krystal Puga 1
HR: Gretchen Bowie 1
RBI: Brittany Garcia 2 ; Savannah Warren 2 ; Kaitlin Mattera 1 ; Gretchen Bowie 3 ; Lexi Robles 1
SH: Lexi Robles 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lauren Zick 1 ; Monique Landini 1 ; Brittany Garcia 1 ; Savannah Warren 1 ; Kaitlin Mattera 1 ; Gretchen Bowie 2 ; Krystal Puga 1 ; Lexi Robles 1 ; Hannah Anderson 1
SB: Lauren Zick 2
Batting:
RBI: Reinhart, Allie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O'Gorman, Anna 1
CS: Coffiel, Tash 1
HBP: Coffiel, Tash 2
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