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Spartan Softball Sweeps Past Detroit; Extends Winning Streak To Nine
4/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 9, 2002
DETROIT - Nine games and counting.
The Michigan State softball team extended its winning streak to nine games after sweeping Detroit in a doubleheader, 5-2 and 10-0, Tuesday afternoon (April 9) at Titan Field. The Spartans are now only one game under .500, as they stand at 20-21 for the season. Detroit falls to 11-9. This is the longest winning streak for MSU since the 1999 team won 10 in a row from March 21-26.
Robyn Golden (So., Belleville/Belleville) hit a two-run homer over the right-center field fence to key a three-run eighth inning that put MSU past Detroit, 5-2 in eight innings, in game one. With the game tied at 2-2, Golden blasted her eighth homer of the year to put the Spartans up for good. Lacy Hauxhurst (Jr., Westminster, Calif./Westminster) added an insurance run later in the inning with an RBI double that brought home Tiffany Wallace (Jr., Wildomar, Calif./Pacifica).
MSU led 2-0 going into the bottom of the sixth, but the Titans rallied to score two runs to tie the game.
The Spartans scored runs in the first and third innings to build a 2-0 lead. Margaret Schick (Jr., Grass Lake/Chelsea) scored on a wild pitch in the first and Hauxhurst hit a sacrifice fly to plate Wallace in the third.
Jessica Beech (So., Okemos/Okemos), who came in relief in the sixth inning, pitched the final 2 2/3 innings to earn her eighth win of the year (8-5).
MSU's offense, averaging 8.8 runs the last six games, came alive in the second game for a 10-0 win in six innings. Leading 4-0 after five innings, the Spartans erupted for six runs in the sixth. Golden hit another two-run homer, her second of the doubleheader and ninth of the year, while Brittney Green (So., Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley) blasted a solo home run and Sandy Lewis (Jr., Empire/Glen Lake) hit a three-run double in the inning.
MSU totaled 16 hits and seven Spartans had two hits in the game. Natalie Furrow (So., San Diego, Calif./Mills E. Godwin) went 2-for-4 with two RBI and extended her hitting streak to six games.
Becky Gray (Sr., Burr Oak/Burr Oak) started and threw five innings while Keri DeJong (Sr., Portage/Kalamazoo Christian) came on to pitch the sixth. Gray (9-10) scattered three hits and struck out three while not allowing a run.
Michigan State returns to action Friday, April 12 to face Wisconsin in a doubleheader at Old College Field, beginning at 4 p.m.
Game Summaries:
Game One Summary R H EMSU 110 000 03- 5 8 0DET 000 002 00- 2 7 1
WP: Beech-MSU (8-5)LP: Peters-DET (5-3)
Game Two Summary R H EMSU 001 216 10 16 0DET 000 000 0 3 1
WP: Gray-MSU (9-10)LP: Allemon-DET (2-2)
