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3/16/2024 5:03:00 PM | Softball
OXFORD, Ohio – On Saturday afternoon the Miami University softball team took a pair of wins over Western Michigan University. In game one the RedHawks took it 16-2 in five innings. In game two, the Red and White captured a 12-4 victory, also in five innings. Western Michigan drops to 10-13 (0-3 Mid-American Conference) and Miami moves to 18-6 (3-0 MAC).
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):
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HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):
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UP NEXT: The RedHawks are home again on March 19 in Oxford, Ohio to face the University of Louisville at 5 p.m.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):
- In the bottom of the first, Jenna Golembiewski hit a homer off the scoreboard, which also scored Allie Cummins and put Miami on top 2-0.
- Karli Spaid made it back-to-back homers on the very next pitch, lining one over the right field fence and pushing the lead to 3-0.
- In the top of the second Western Michigan got two across, one on a wild pitch and the other on a fielder's choice, making it 3-2.
- Golembiewski hit another homer in the bottom of the second, easily clearing left field, making it number 16 on the season. Cummins and Hadley Parisien also crossed home on the play, extending the RedHawk lead to 6-2.
- Still in the second, Holly Blaska smoked one down the right field line, earning a RBI double when Spaid crossed home, pushing the lead to 7-2.
- The second three-run home run of the second inning went to Chloe Parks. Kate Kobayashi and Blaska also scored, putting the score at 10-2.
- In the bottom of the third, Spaid shot a solo home run over center field, making it look easy. The RedHawks lead 11-2.
- Still in the third, Blaska scored on a double from Kobayashi. Kobayashi then crossed home on a single from Parks, upping the Miami lead to 13-2.
- A sac fly, in the same inning, from Parisien scored Parks. Cummins followed that up with a two-RBI single that scored Reagan Bartholomew and Shelby Kunkel and brought the score to 16-2.
- In the top of the fourth, Bartholomew made an incredible diving play where she caught the infield pop up, then threw across the diamond to get the double play at first, ending the half inning.
- Miami held their lead through the conclusion of the fifth, taking the game 16-2.
NOTES:
- Addy Jarvis went four innings in the circle, grabbing the win, and allowed only one hit.
- The RedHawks had 10 extra-base hits in the game, four doubles, one triple, and five homers.
- Eight different RedHawks had hits, six had RBI.
- Golembiewski and Spaid each knocked two home runs.
- Spaid and Blaska each went 3-for-4 at the plate.
- Ashley Hitchcock finished the game on the bump, retiring the Broncos three up, three down.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):
- Western Michigan scored two in the top of the first on an error and a sac fly to give them their first lead of the series, 2-0.
- Spaid hit a sac fly in the bottom of the first to score Cummins. Golembiewski later crossed the plate in that same inning on a passed ball, evening the score 2-2.
- Still in that inning, Sami Bewick hit a grand slam that brought in Parks, Kobayashi, and Blaska and gave the RedHawks a 6-2 lead. This is her second grand slam of the season.
- In the top of the second a home run from the Broncos split the Miami lead in half at 6-3.
- Golembiewski hit her third home run of the day in the bottom of the second. Spaid made it back-to-back homers (again) one pitch later. Miami leads 8-3.
- Just a bit later in that inning, Kobayashi hit a solo homer of her own to push the deficit to 9-3.
- Golembiewski made it four on the day, hitting a three-run homer in the bottom of the third, also scoring Bartholomew and Parisien, increasing the lead to 12-3.
- A solo home run from the Broncos in the top of the fifth chipped at the lead, making it 12-4, which the RedHawks would hold for the final.
NOTES:
- Golembiewski went 3-for-3 at the plate. Kobayashi went 2-for-3.
- Four RedHawks had RBI, Golembiewski and Bewick earned four each.
- Spaid, Kobayashi, Bewick, and Golembiewski hit homers; Golembiewski hit two.
- Jarvis went four innings in the circle, striking out two and allowing only three runs.
- Hitchcock finished the game off on the rubber, allowing just one hit.
- The RedHawks scored a total of 28 runs on the day, with 25 hits.
UP NEXT: The RedHawks are home again on March 19 in Oxford, Ohio to face the University of Louisville at 5 p.m.
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