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Box Score 2 NEW CONCORD, Ohio – The Marietta College softball team split an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at Muskingum University Tuesday (April 9) afternoon. The Fighting Muskies posted an 8-4 win in game one, while the Pioneers took the nightcap by the score of 9-4.
Marietta moves to 16-10 overall and 6-2 in the OAC. Muskingum is 19-7 on the season and 4-4 in conference play.
The Pioneers scored a run in the third and three more in the fourth inning to take a 4-0 lead. First baseman
Rachel Montgomery (Massillon/Perry), designated hitter
Kelsey Kallenborn (Marshallville/Smithville) and center fielder
Hannah Tarski (Independence/Independence) each drove in a run in the fourth inning for Marietta.
Muskingum took advantage of Marietta's generosity to score six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Pioneers committed three errors and walked four Muskie hitters, including three with the bases loaded as Muskingum took a 6-4 lead.
Marietta used three pitchers in the fifth inning. Sophomore
Alexis O'Hair (Maumee/Maumee) started the game and worked 4.0 innings. She gave up one run on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts before leaving after allowing a lead off double in the fifth.
Sophomore
Courtney Kerwood (Nashport/Tri-Valley) (1-1) took over for O'Hair and got the loss. Kerwood only faced four hitters walking three. She was charged with four runs, two of which were earned. Freshman
Trinity Schlabach (Wooster/Waynedale) finally got out of the inning and went on to pitch 2.0 innings and allow three runs on the base hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Muskingum picked up a couple of insurance runs in the sixth. Catcher Jaclynn Hess connected on a two-run home run over the left field fence for an 8-4 lead.
Senior Morgan Yackey started in the circle for the Muskies and worked 3.1 innings. Yackey surrendered four runs on four base hits. She issued three walks. Freshman Kristin Gill (2-0) got the win in relief. Gill tossed 3.2 innings without allowing a run. She gave up two hits, walked three and struck out two.
Marietta used the long ball to build a 5-2 lead in game two. Senior
Trayla Liles (Tollesboro, Ky./Lewis County) led off the second inning with a home run to left field. Two batters later, Montgomery deposited a solo shot over the left field fence for a 2-0 lead.
The Pioneers added an unearned run in the fourth followed by a two-run blast from shortstop
Michelle Sayre (Ripley, W.Va./Ripley) in the fifth inning.
Muskingum plated a run in each of the middle three innings cutting the Pioneer lead to 5-3. But Marietta wasn't going to let a second game slip way and answered with a three spot in the top of the sixth. Montgomery delivered once again with a two-run double.
Both teams scored a run in the seventh as Marietta claimed the 9-4 victory.
Freshman
Lauren Larrick (Leesburg/Fairfield Local) (7-5) went the distance in the circle for Marietta. She worked 7.0 innings giving up four runs on 11 base hits. Larrick walked two and struck out two.
The Muskies used five pitchers in the game with starter Rachel Bannister (1-1) taking the loss. Bannister threw 1.1 innings and gave up two runs on two base hits, both home runs.
Liles finished 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Montgomery was 2-for-3 with a double, home run and three runs driven in. Sayre drove in a pair of runs with her home run.
Marietta returns home for Community Softball Day on Saturday (April 13). Heidelberg University comes to Marietta Field for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader. Fans can catch the action live at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter.
