Syracuse University
12-17, 0
Louisville
22-8, 0
'Cuse Falls To Cards In Slugfest, 13-7
3/29/2015 9:02:00 PM | Softball
Rachel Burkhardt highlighted the day with her first career home run
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The Highlights
- Rachel Burkhardt launched her first career home run to drive in three runs and give 'Cuse a 5-4 lead in the fourth.
- Sydney O'Hara continues to drive in runs for the Orange, picking up an RBI and scoring a run in 'Cuse's seven-run fourth.
- Danielle Chitkowski and Taylor Falkner –pinch ran for Jocelyn Cater - each scored on Burkhardt's home run.
- Mary Dombrowski singled and later scored a run.
- Maddi Doane walked twice and scored a run.
- Corinne Ozanne finished with two hits in four at-bats.
Can't Hold Off The Cards
After pitching her way out of a jam in the first, Louisville put together a two-out rally in the second to take a three run lead thanks to a solo shot and a two-run inside the park home run. The Cardinals led off with a home run in the fourth to extend its lead to 4-0 but the Orange had a rebuttal prepared in the bottom of the inning.
Wambold walked to begin the inning and was moved to second on a single by Ozanne. In the ensuing at-bat, O'Hara sent a ball back up the middle to score Wambold and give 'Cuse its first run of the ball game. Two batters later, Cater reached on a fielder's choice but an error allowed O'Hara to score and it allowed Cater to reach second and Chitkowski to reach third after she reached on a fielder's choice the previous at-bat. With two runners in scoring position, Burkhardt followed up by absolutely crushing a ball to left for her first career home run that gave the Orange a 5-4 advantage. Syracuse wasn't done as Dombrowski singled and Doane walked to give Wambold an RBI opportunity but an error by the second baseman allowed both runners to score, making it a 7-4 ball game in favor of Syracuse after four innings.
The Cardinals made a push in the sixth to reclaim the lead but was stopped short, as they were only able to grab two runs on a single to center field. The Orange wasn't so fortunate in the seventh as its one-run lead was blown by a seven-run, eight-hit outburst by the Cards that solidified their 13-7 victory.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shelby McCombs (8-2)
L: Cater, Jocelyn (8-12)
Batting:
2B: Kelsi Jones 1 ; Maryssa Becker 1 ; Kayla Soles 1
3B: Kelsi Jones 1
HR: Tiarra Sanabria 2 ; Jordan McNary 1
RBI: Kelsi Jones 1 ; Whitney Arion 3 ; Maryssa Becker 1 ; Tiarra Sanabria 3 ; Jordan McNary 2
SF: Tiarra Sanabria 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kelsi Jones 2 ; Whitney Arion 1 ; Maryssa Becker 1 ; Hailey Smith 1 ; Kayla Soles 1 ; Sydney Benz 1 ; Tiarra Sanabria 2 ; Alison Szydlowski 1 ; Jordan McNary 3
HBP: Kelsi Jones 1 ; Whitney Arion 2
Batting:
HR: Burkhardt, Rachel 1
RBI: O'Hara, Sydney 1 ; Burkhardt, Rachel 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Doane, Maddi 1 ; Wambold, Julie 1 ; O'Hara, Sydney 1 ; Chitkowski, Danielle 1 ; Falkner, Taylor 1 ; Burkhardt, Rachel 1 ; Dombrowski, Mary 1
