Sunday, March 1
Riverside, Calif
12 pm ET/9 am PT
Michigan State University
4-12
11
vs
3
Nebraska-Omaha
8-10
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E
Nebraska-Omaha
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
5
2
Michigan State
2
0
0
2
1
6
11
14
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ladd, Sarah (2-10)
L: Sydney Hampton (8-3)
S: Walker, Alli (1)
Batting:
HR: Alexa Sedlak 1
RBI: Alexa Sedlak 2 ; Emily Klosterman 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Grace Boganowski 1 ; Alexa Sedlak 1 ; Emma Dargy 1
Batting:
2B: Ladd, Caitie 2 ; Meech, Mackenzie 2
3B: Callahan, Courtney 1
RBI: Ladd, Caitie 2 ; Schreckengost, Shae 2 ; Wincher, Camryn 2 ; Meech, Mackenzie 3 ; Quinlan, Katie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Callahan, Courtney 2 ; Ladd, Caitie 3 ; Wincher, Camryn 1 ; Snyder, Brooke 1 ; Holt, Erica 2 ; Meech, Mackenzie 1 ; Quinlan, Katie 1
SB: Quinlan, Katie 1
CS: Joyner, Laney 1 ; Quinlan, Katie 1
HBP: Bartz, Joanna 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
3B/C
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
SS/UTL
/ Softball
LHP
/ Softball
1B/UTL
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
C
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballSS
/ Softball
Photo by: Eric Espada/Michigan University
Spartans Earn Run-Rule Win Over Omaha
3/1/2020 4:47:00 PM | Softball
Riverside, Calif. – Michigan State's bats finally warmed up in California, and the Spartans earned their first win of the Spring Break trip with an 11-3 in six innings over Nebraaska-Omaha, avenging a 4-2 UNO win in the Friday matchup of the teams.
The Spartans (4-12) had 13 base hits on the day – their season best – with five going for extra bases. MSU also tied its season best in runs scored (11).
MSU scored a pair of runs in the first and fourth innings thanks to some extra-base hits – a triple (Callahan) and double (Caitie Ladd) in the first, a two-run double for Meech in the fourth – to stake a 4-0 lead. The teams traded runs and pitching changes in the fifth, and after Omaha got a two-run homer from Alexa Sedlak in the top of the sixth to trim the deficit to 5-3, MSU's offense came alive in the bottom of the frame to push its lead to 7-3 before a two more errors by UNO compounded the issue and allowed MSU to run-rule the Mavs by the 11-3 score.
Freshman shortstop Camryn Wincher had a career-best three base hits and two RBI, while junior Caitie Ladd had two doubles, a single, a walk and two RBI. Mackenzie Meech also smacked two doubles and had a team-best three RBI.
Sarah Ladd started the game and went 4.1 strong innings, striking out six and surrendering just three base hits and a run to earn the win in the circle. Alli Walker earned the save, her first of the season.
Sydney Hampton got the start for UNO, and gave up four runs on seven base hits over four innings before being replaced in the fifth by Kamryn Meyer. No Omaha batter had more than one base hit, but Sedlak had two of the three RBI for the squad on the day.
TOP PERFORMERS
STATS AND STORYLINES
The Spartans (4-12) had 13 base hits on the day – their season best – with five going for extra bases. MSU also tied its season best in runs scored (11).
MSU scored a pair of runs in the first and fourth innings thanks to some extra-base hits – a triple (Callahan) and double (Caitie Ladd) in the first, a two-run double for Meech in the fourth – to stake a 4-0 lead. The teams traded runs and pitching changes in the fifth, and after Omaha got a two-run homer from Alexa Sedlak in the top of the sixth to trim the deficit to 5-3, MSU's offense came alive in the bottom of the frame to push its lead to 7-3 before a two more errors by UNO compounded the issue and allowed MSU to run-rule the Mavs by the 11-3 score.
Freshman shortstop Camryn Wincher had a career-best three base hits and two RBI, while junior Caitie Ladd had two doubles, a single, a walk and two RBI. Mackenzie Meech also smacked two doubles and had a team-best three RBI.
Sarah Ladd started the game and went 4.1 strong innings, striking out six and surrendering just three base hits and a run to earn the win in the circle. Alli Walker earned the save, her first of the season.
Sydney Hampton got the start for UNO, and gave up four runs on seven base hits over four innings before being replaced in the fifth by Kamryn Meyer. No Omaha batter had more than one base hit, but Sedlak had two of the three RBI for the squad on the day.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Caitie Ladd went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a walk.
- Camryn Wincher went 3-for-4, her first career three-hit game. She added two RBI.
- Riverside, Calif. native Mackenzie Meech had a pair of doubles and three RBI.
STATS AND STORYLINES
- Courtney Callahan led off the bottom of the first with a triple to right, and Caitie Ladd followed with a double to left to give MSU an early 1-0 lead. Camryn Wincher singled to double the advantage, 2-0.
- The Spartans struck again in the home half of the fourth with a pair of base hits from Joanna Bartz and Wincher, and a two-out RBI double to left by Mackenzie Meech doubled the Spartan lead. Katie Quinlan kept the inning going when she legged out an infield single to move Meech to third, but was caught stealing to end the inning.
- Omaha mounted a threat in the top of the fifth. Emma Dargy drew a one-out walk on a full count, and Kaisha Wells singled to send Dargy to third, and then Dargy came home on a base hit by Emily Klosterman to put the first run of the day on the board for the Mavericks. The Spartans went to the bullpen and brought in Alli Walker, who shut down the first two batters she saw to limit UNO to just one run.
- The Spartans got the run right back with a double from Caitie Ladd and a single from Shae Schreckengost in the fifth.
- The Mavericks pulled within 5-3 in the top of the sixth – a leadoff hit by Jamie White was followed by a pair of outs, and Alli Walker had a full count on Alexa Sedlak before she smacked a two-run shot to left center. Walker limited the damage, getting out of the inning with an infield popup.
- MSU exploded for six runs in the sixth to trigger the run-rule and end the game early`. Wincher picked up her third hit of the day, and Brooke Snyder legged out a bunt single for her first career base knock to put a pair of runners on without an out. After a fielder's choice, Meech smacked her second RBI double of the day to score Snyder and make it 6-3. Katie Quinlan reached on an error to plate a second run in the inning, stole second, and went to third as Meech scored on a wild pitch. With an 8-3 lead, MSU tacked on three more thanks to a trio of Omaha errors, which pushed the Spartan lead to 11-3 with the bases loaded and just one out – which ended the game.
- Sarah Ladd started the game and struck out six and allowed three base hits in 4.1 innings. Alli Walker finished out the game, allowing a pair of runs and surrendering two hits to earn the save, her first of the year.
- Camryn Wincher has base hits in four of the last five games, including multiple-hit games in each of the last two contests. Her three hits today is the most in a game for her this season.
- Catcher Shae Schreckengost extended her career-best hitting streak to five games, which is also the team's longest active streak. She had two RBI in the game.
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