Friday, March 6
Riverside, Calif
5 pm ET/2 pm PT
Michigan State University
6-15
1
at
9
Cal-Riverside
9-12
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E
Michigan State
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
8
2
UC Riverside
1
1
1
0
2
4
9
16
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hildebrand, Chrys (2-1)
L: Ladd, Sarah (2-12)
Batting:
HR: Bartz, Joanna 1
RBI: Bartz, Joanna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bartz, Joanna 1
SB: Quinlan, Katie 1
CS: Joseph, Abby 1
Batting:
2B: Sorensen, K. 1 ; Owen, Jantzen 1 ; Olmos, Melanie 1 ; Pisia, Moana 1 ; Parten, Sarah 1
HR: Curtan, Kayla 1
RBI: Ortega, Danielle 1 ; Owen, Jantzen 1 ; Olmos, Melanie 1 ; Pisia, Moana 1 ; Witt, Nadia 1 ; Curtan, Kayla 2 ; Garewal, Lauryn 1 ; Kela, Haylee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Arnold, Karissa 1 ; Ortega, Danielle 1 ; Sorensen, K. 2 ; Olmos, Melanie 1 ; Burk, Marissa 2 ; Parten, Sarah 1 ; Curtan, Kayla 1
SB: Witt, Nadia 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
3B/C
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
SS/UTL
/ Softball
LHP
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
C
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
Photo by: Eric Espada/Michigan University
Highlanders Explode Late For Win Over MSU
3/6/2020 7:35:00 PM | Softball
Riverside, Calif – UC-Riverside used a four-run sixth inning to defeat Michigan State 9-1 in six innings on Friday afternoon.
The Highlanders (9-12) avenged a 10-1 run-rule win by Michigan State last Sunday in the first Spring Break meeting of the teams. The Spartans were completing their fourth game within 24 hours – MSU played a doubleheader against California Baptist on Thursday that began at 5 pm PT, earned a 6-2 win over CSU-Bakersfield to start the day, and competed this game at 4:25 pm PT. The Spartans were enjoying 80-degree temperatures on Friday for the doubleheader against the two California schools.
The home team scored single runs off starter Sarah Ladd in the first, second, and third innings, and two more in the fifth. Reliever Alli Walker surrendered the four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Highlanders exploded for five base hits (with some help from a pair of Spartan errors).
MS (6-15), despite eight base hits, was held to a single run, a solo homer by Joanna Bartz in the top of the sixth that trimmed the UCR lead down to 5-1. Katie Quinlan and Erica Holt each had two base hits in the game.
Danielle Ortega, Marissa Burk, and Nadia Witt each had two base hits for the Highlanders, who saw each starter have at least one hit on the day for a total of 16, the most hits surrendered by MSU in a game this season. Chrys Hildebrand was the starter for UCR and went 5.1 innings, with Caitlyn Rivera coming on in relief after Bartz' homer in the sixth.
The Spartans have one final game on their spring break schedule, a battle with Southern Utah on Saturday on the campus of California Baptist. First pitch is scheduled for 1 pm PT (4 pm ET).
TOP PERFORMERS
STATS AND STORYLINES
The Highlanders (9-12) avenged a 10-1 run-rule win by Michigan State last Sunday in the first Spring Break meeting of the teams. The Spartans were completing their fourth game within 24 hours – MSU played a doubleheader against California Baptist on Thursday that began at 5 pm PT, earned a 6-2 win over CSU-Bakersfield to start the day, and competed this game at 4:25 pm PT. The Spartans were enjoying 80-degree temperatures on Friday for the doubleheader against the two California schools.
The home team scored single runs off starter Sarah Ladd in the first, second, and third innings, and two more in the fifth. Reliever Alli Walker surrendered the four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Highlanders exploded for five base hits (with some help from a pair of Spartan errors).
MS (6-15), despite eight base hits, was held to a single run, a solo homer by Joanna Bartz in the top of the sixth that trimmed the UCR lead down to 5-1. Katie Quinlan and Erica Holt each had two base hits in the game.
Danielle Ortega, Marissa Burk, and Nadia Witt each had two base hits for the Highlanders, who saw each starter have at least one hit on the day for a total of 16, the most hits surrendered by MSU in a game this season. Chrys Hildebrand was the starter for UCR and went 5.1 innings, with Caitlyn Rivera coming on in relief after Bartz' homer in the sixth.
The Spartans have one final game on their spring break schedule, a battle with Southern Utah on Saturday on the campus of California Baptist. First pitch is scheduled for 1 pm PT (4 pm ET).
TOP PERFORMERS
- Joanna Bartz had a solo homer in the sixth inning
- Katie Quinlan went 2-for-3 with a stolen base
- Erica Holt was 2-for-2 in the second game of the day.
STATS AND STORYLINES
- UCR put a run on the board in the bottom of the first. After Sarah Ladd got the first two batters, she walked Kennedi Sorenson on a full count, and Melannie Olmos brought her home with a double up the middle.
- The home team doubled its lead in the second, getting a one-out double from Sarah Parten and a single by Haylee Kela
- Riverside mounted another rally in the third, as Sorenson doubled to right with one out, Olmos followed with a fielder's choice, and Marissa Burk and Nadia Witt followed with base hits that plated a run, making it 3-0.
- MSU tried to put together a rally in the fifth inning – Shae Schreckengost led off the inning with a base hit, but pinch runner Abby Joseph was nabbed trying to swipe second. Erica Holt and Courtney Callahan followed with base hits to put a pair of runners on. Caitie Ladd reached on a fielder's choice that nipped Holt at third, and a ground ball ended the threat.
- Pinch Hitter Kayla Curtan hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to extend the home team's lead out to 5-0. MSU made a pitching change at that point, bringing on Alli Walker in relief. Walker got the first two batters she faced to get out of the inning.
- Joanna Bartz led off the top of the sixth inning with a homer down the left field line to break up the shutout. One out later, the Highlanders made a pitching change, bringing on Caitlyn Rivera in relief of Chrys Hildebrand, who allowed eight hits to the Spartans and just one run.
- The Highlanders put the game out of reach by scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn a run-rule victory, putting together five base hits and four runs with some help from a pair of Spartan errors in the frame.
- Sarah Ladd went 4.1 innings, surrendering 11 base hits, striking out five. Alli Walker gave up five base hits and four runs in 1.2 innings of relief.
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