Ella Carter
3
Winner Akron AKRONSB 20-18, 7-6 MAC
2
Miami MIAMI 25-19, 14-4 MAC
Winner
Akron AKRONSB
20-18, 7-6 MAC
3
Final
2
Miami MIAMI
25-19, 14-4 MAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Akron AKRONSB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 6 2
Miami MIAMI 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0

W: Macy Walters (11-8) L: Reeves, Madilyn (18-8)

0
Akron AKRONSB 20-19, 7-7 MAC
8
Winner Miami MIAMI 26-19, 15-4 MAC
Akron AKRONSB
20-19, 7-7 MAC
0
Final
8
Miami MIAMI
26-19, 15-4 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Akron AKRONSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Miami MIAMI 3 1 0 0 4 8 8 0

W: Chevrier, Léa (8-7) L: Macy Walters (11-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

RedHawks Split Doubleheader with Zips

OXFORD, Ohio – On Tuesday afternoon the Miami University softball team split a two-game series with the University of Akron. In game one the Zips came out ahead 3-2 in nine innings. In game two, an explosive home run from Ella Carter helped the RedHawks to a 8-0 victory in five innings. The RedHawks move to 26-19 (15-4 Mid-American Conference) and Akron goes to 20-19 (7-7 MAC).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):
  • Mckenna Campbell got the RedHawks started in the bottom of the first with a solo home run over center to grab a 1-0 lead.
  • The next four innings were quiet for both teams, neither adding a run to the board.
  • In the top of the sixth, a sacrifice fly and RBI double scored two for the Zips to make it a 2-1 game.
  • The RedHawks tied it up 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth on an error that allowed Chloe Parks to cross home.
  • The game remained tied through the end of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.
  • A solo home run for the Zips in the top of the ninth put them ahead 3-2. Akron held this through the remainder of the inning to take the win.
 
NOTES:
  • Parks made her 200th career start and went 2-for-4 at the plate.
  • The RedHawks had three extra-base hits.
  • Madilyn Reeves pitched the complete nine innings, allowing just six hits and striking out seven.
  • The RedHawks completed their third error-less game in a row, their longest streak of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):
  • Parks hit a RBI single in the bottom of the first to let Kaylee Oh cross home and to take a 1-0 Miami lead.
  • Still in the bottom of the first, Shelby Kunkel scored on a throwing error to double the RedHawks' lead to 2-0.
  • A sac groundout from Carter later in the first pushed Parks across home to make it a 3-0 deficit.
  • In the bottom of the second, Oh scored on a RBI single from Kunkel to increase the lead to 4-0.
  • Parks doubled in the bottom of the fifth to push Kunkel across home and up the lead to 5-0.
  • Still in the fifth, Ella Carter hit a three-run homer that also scored Campbell and Parks to make it an 8-0 game final.
 
NOTES:
  • Kunkel surpassed 100 career hits (101) and went 2-for-2 at the plate.
  • Oh and Parks went 2-for-3 at the plate.
  • Five RedHawks had hits, three had more than one.
  • Léa Chevrier got the win on the mound, pitching the complete game. She allowed just three hits and struck out four.
  • With her eighth homer of the season, Carter now has the second most homers on the RedHawks.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks head to Athens, Ohio this weekend to face Ohio University in a three-game series. First pitch of game one is slated for 1 p.m. on April 18.
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