Boxers Rally For Split With Pioneers
Box Scores:
Game 1 |
Game 2
PORTLAND, Ore.—After dropping the first game 4-2 to the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, the Boxers rallied for a 10-1 five inning win in the second game.
In the first game, both teams collected just six hits apiece, but Lewis & Clark (7-16, 1-11 NWC) was able to squeak in two more wins and take the first game 4-2.
The Pioneers got on the board first scoring a single run in the bottom of the second inning on one hit. Pacific (17-8, 8-6 NWC) responded with a run in the top half of both the third and fourth innings.
Brooke Toy (Sr., Drain, Ore.) reached on an error to lead-off the third inning and would eventually score on a passed ball to tie the game 1-1. In the fourth inning,
Ashley Billingsley (Jr., Gresham, Ore.) hit a solo home run to give the Boxers the 2-1 lead.
Neither team scored until the bottom of the sixth, when Lewis & Clark strung together a rally. The Pioneers put together five hits and scored three runs to take the 4-2 lead. Pacific was unable to score a run in the top of the seventh, despite
Stephanie Vanoudenhaegen's (Sr., Cornelius, Ore.) lead-off single and lost 4-2.
Rylee Parke (Fr., Dufur, Ore.) suffered the loss in the circle for Pacific. She pitched 5.2 innings and collected six strikeouts and walked just three batters.
Chelsey Chamberlain (Jr., Grants Pass, Ore.) came in and faced one batter to get the final out of the game.
In the second game the Pacific offense came alive. The Boxers outhit the Pioneers 13-4 en route to claiming a 10-1 win in five innings.
Pacific put the pressure on in the first inning taking a 1-0 lead with Vanoudenhaegen leading-off with a bunt single , stealing second and advancing to third on
Becca Moen's (Fr., Gresham, Ore.) sacrifice. Chamberlain followed sending the ball up the middle for a single and bringing Vanoudenhaegen home.
The Boxers added another run in the second inning off a
Lauren Tuey (Jr., Redland, Calif.) solo home run.
Pacific continued to build their lead with a three run third inning and a five run fourth inning. In the third inning, Moen was walked to start the inning and Chamberlain followed sending the ball over the fence, her 10th home run of the year, to bring them both around. A string of singles by Billingsley, Tuey and
Madison Collura (Fr., Phoenix, Ariz.) put the pressure on the Lewis & Clark defense and Billingsley came around to score the third Boxer run of the inning on Collura's hit.
A big fourth inning built the lead for Pacific. Vanoudenhaegen led-off the inning getting walked and stealing second and would again be driven home by Chamberlain's double. Parke followed with a single and Billingsley was walked to load the bases. Back-to-back-to-back singles by Tuey,
Jenna Stevens (Fr., Medford, Ore.) and Collura brought home four runs and increased the Pacific lead to 10-0.
Caitlin Relyea hit a solo home run in the bottom half of the fourth inning to score the Pioneer's only run of the game. Neither team scored in the fifth inning and Pacific claimed the 10-1 win.
Chamberlain pitched the first four innings and claimed her fourth win of the season by allowing the Pioneers just one run.
Danielle Ashcraft (Fr., Sandy, Ore.) pitched the final inning and allowed no hits and struck out one Pioneer batter.
Chamberlain and Tuey led Pacific at the plate going 4 for 5 with home runs. Chamberlain also added four runs batted in. Vanoudenhaegen was 4 for 7 at the plate and had two stolen bases.
The Boxers will return to Sherman/Larkins Stadium tomorrow to play host to George Fox at noon.
