Miami University
2-0
Elon
2-1
Miami Gets 15-8 Comeback Win over Elon
2/9/2024 6:08:00 PM | Softball
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Golembiewski hit a double in the top of the second inning to score Chloe Parks, who had originally reached on a walk. The RedHawks led 1-0.
- Elon tied it up 1-1 in the bottom of the first when a bases-loaded walk caused one to score.
- An RBI single and another bases-loaded walk for the Phoenix put them ahead 3-1 in that same inning. Three more then came in on a pair of errors, making it 6-1.
- A wild pitch resulting in the deficit being pushed to 7-1 continued the RedHawks' rough inning.
- In the top of the fourth Reagan Bartholomew singled to left field and earned an RBI when Parks crossed the plate to make it a 7-2 game.
- Later in that same inning Allie Cummins singled up the middle that had Bartholomew and Golembiewski scoring to shorten the gap to 7-4.
- Kobayashi took the lead back for the RedHawks with one swing of the bat in the top of the fifth, hitting a grand slam over the right-field fence to also score Maddi Banks, Sami Bewick, and Bartholomew to make it 8-7.
- A Phoenix pinch hitter in the bottom of the fifth scored one on an RBI single to tie the game up 8-8.
- In the top of the seventh Banks scored on a wild pitch and Holly Blaska and Karli Spaid both scored on an RBI single from Bewick to again give the RedHawks a lead, 11-8.
- Golembiewski wasn't comfortable with that lead and shot a grand slam to left field to also score Shelby Kunkel, Logan Mueller, and Spaid. The gap stretched to 15-8, which held through the remainder of the game
NOTES:
- The RedHawks totaled 15 hits and 14 RBI.
- Golembiewski and Kobayashi each had important grand slams. Golembiewski also had a double, the only other extra base hit recorded by Miami in the matchup.
- Cummins and Bewick recorded two RBI each.
- Madilyn Reeves got her first career start in the circle and recorded three strikeouts.
- Ashley Hitchcock got her first appearance on the mound as a RedHawk, going 5.2 innings with five strikeouts to earn the win.
UP NEXT: The RedHawks will be back on the field in Elon, N.C. tomorrow, Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m. to face Appalachian State University in a doubleheader.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hitchcock, Ashley (1-0)
L: Dew, Anna (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Golembiewski, Jenna 1
HR: Golembiewski, Jenna 1 ; Kobayashi, Kate 1
RBI: Cummins, Allie 2 ; Bewick, Sami 2 ; Golembiewski, Jenna 5 ; Bartholomew, Reagan 1 ; Kobayashi, Kate 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Cummins, Allie 1 ; Blaska, Holly 1 ; Spaid, Karli 1 ; Bewick, Sami 1 ; Mueller, Logan 1 ; Parks, Chloe 2 ; Kunkel, Shelby 1 ; Golembiewski, Jenna 2 ; Bartholomew, Reagan 2 ; Banks, Maddi 2 ; Kobayashi, Kate 1
SB: Spaid, Karli 1 ; Bartholomew, Reagan 1 ; Banks, Maddi 1
Batting:
RBI: Grant, Megan 1 ; Seering, Allee 2 ; Hartley, Reagan 1 ; Murray, Mauri 1 ; Swart, Payton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Grant, Megan 1 ; Seering, Allee 1 ; Wells, Kaitlyn 1 ; Davis, Carley 1 ; Wirt, Mary Moss 1 ; Hessenthaler, Greta 1 ; Hartley, Reagan 1 ; Swart, Payton 1
SB: Menscer, Drew 1 ; Wirt, Mary Moss 1
HBP: Davis, Carley 2
