RedHawks Break Two Team Records in Doubleheader Sweep at BSU

Tuesday, April 27

Muncie, Ind.

2 p.m.

Miami University

32-7, 22-1

Ball State University (DH)

25-13, 19-3

Miami

Ball State

RedHawks Break Two Team Records in Doubleheader Sweep at BSU

4/27/2021 7:57:00 PM | Softball

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MUNCIE, Ind.—Breaking team single-season records for home runs (61) and doubles (85), the Miami University softball team continued its torrid pace with a pair of wins at Ball State University on Tuesday afternoon. The RedHawks (33-7; 23-1 Mid-American Conference) pounded out a 16-1 win in five innings in the opener and seized an 11-5 triumph in the nightcap against the Cardinals (25-14; 19-4 MAC). Junior Adriana Barlow and freshman Karli Spaid each tied Miami's single-season home run record with their 11th home runs of the season.

GAME ONE:

Senior Mackenzie Moore nailed a two-run single to get the scoring started for Miami. Senior Lily Wilmot belted a three-run homer to right center, while senior Morgan Lott added an RBI single to hand the RedHawks a 6-0 lead in the first inning.
In the second inning, Moore hit an RBI double before Spaid drilled a three-run home run to center field, pushing the Miami lead to 10-0.
Barlow homered to center field early in the third inning, tying the Miami single-season record for home runs, and junior Maclai Branson hit an RBI single to further the Miami lead to 12-0.
Barlow added a two-run single in the fourth inning to lift the RedHawks to a 14-0 lead, while junior Allie Cummins tagged a two-run double in the fifth inning to extend the Miami advantage to 16-0. Ball State scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to make the final tally 16-1 in favor of the RedHawks.

GAME TWO:

After Ball State scored two runs in the bottom of the first, Miami retaliated with a pair of home runs in the second that lifted the RedHawks to a 4-2 lead. Spaid hit a solo shot down the left field line to start the inning, which also tied the Miami single-season home run record, before freshman Holly Blaska hammered a three-run homer to left center.
Moore scored on a wild pitch in the third inning to extend MU's lead to 5-2. Ball State scored twice in the bottom of the fourth and once in the bottom of the fifth to knot the game, 5-5.
Miami scored six in the top of the seventh to clinch the game. Moore knocked in the go-ahead run with a double down the right field line. A grand slam by junior Riley Coyne provided an empathic punctuation mark on the doubleheader sweep.
Senior Courtney Vierstra picked up both wins in the circle for the RedHawks, pitching 3.0 innings in the first game and 6.0 innings in the second game.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Vierstra, Courtney (17-3)

L: JONES, Deborah (10-5)

Miami

Batting:

2B: Cummins, Allie 1 ; Moore, Mackenzie 1 ; Branson, Maclai 1

HR: Barlow, Adriana 1 ; Spaid, Karli 1 ; Wilmot, Lily 1

RBI: Cummins, Allie 2 ; Barlow, Adriana 3 ; Moore, Mackenzie 3 ; Spaid, Karli 3 ; Wilmot, Lily 3 ; Branson, Maclai 1 ; Lott, Morgan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Juarez, Karlee 3 ; Blaska, Holly 3 ; Cummins, Allie 1 ; Barlow, Adriana 3 ; Moore, Mackenzie 2 ; Spaid, Karli 2 ; Wilmot, Lily 1 ; Branson, Maclai 1