FOREST GROVE, Ore. – The Pacific University dropped three of their four game series against Pacific Lutheran University, despite recording 29 hits on the weekend and earning the game three win.
Top Performers
- Ashley Gamble went to 2 for 2 on the weekend blasting her first two home runs of the season in games one and two and recorded a career high five RBI's.
- Sammie Petitt recorded 8 hits on the weekend a new season high.
- Rylee Patton tallied seven hits over the weekend with a career high six RBI's in game three.
Game One
The bats were silent for both teams in the opening two innings before the Lutes were the first to find success with the long ball, hitting a solo home run in the bottom half of the third.
The Lutes capitalized on a 2 RBI homerun in the fifth to plate two more runs to take the 3-0 lead into the sixth.
Carter and Patton got things started up for the Boxers in the final inning with back-to-back singles. Gamble stepped into the lineup to pinch hit with two outs and one last rally attempt and blasted a three-run homer to keep the Boxers alive.
The long ball continued in the final frame of the game with a Lutes solo homerun that gave them the 4-3 victory.
Game 2
The long ball would continue into game two when the Lutes opened it up with another three-run homer to give them the 3-0 lead. They added one more run in the second and another in the third off a solo homer to extend their lead to 5-0. The Lutes sixth home run of the day came in the bottom of the fourth tacking on two more runs to the scoreboard.
In the top of the seventh, the Boxers would make their way on base with a walk followed by a double to left field from Uetake that would plate Jeffries for the Boxers first run of the game.
In only her second at-bat of the day, Gamble stepped into the lineup again for the Boxers and hit a two-run bomb. Despite a solid seventh-inning outing, the Lutes would find a quick two outs to close out the Boxer's rally.
Game 3
Pacific got things started on day two with a walk for Petitt followed by a double from Patton and back to back singles from Madsen and Zanassi to plate the first two runs of the game.
The Boxers would extend their lead to five just one inning later. With two outs Carter walked, followed by a single to right field for Petitt. Knepp would walk to load the bases before Patton stepped up to the plate and hit a three run RBI to clear the bases.
The Red and Black would tack on one more run in the fourth inning before a homerun for the Lutes would plate their first two runs. Mia Barrozo pitched all seven innings for the Boxers earning her four win of the season.
A big sixth inning batting performance would extend the Boxers lead to seven runs. Consecutive singles from Petitt, Knepp Patton and Zanassi would clear the bases to make it 9-2.
The home team would cut their deficit to three in the final frame but the Boxers would find the final out to earn the 9-6 victory over the Lutes.
Game 4
The Lutes scored their first four runs of the game in the first and second inning before a single from Zanassi would score the first run for the Boxers.
In the top of the fourth Patton found her seventh hit of the weekend before the Boxers would tally one more run to cut the deficit in half. The Lutes would add one more run to their lead and held the Boxers to just one hit in the final to innings to take the 5-2 victory.
Up Next
The Boxers will travel to McMinnville, OR to take on Linfield University on April 15-16th for a four game series against the Wildcats. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.
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