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Softball Falls to Indiana 3-2 in Eight Innings
April 21, 2004 | Softball
The Hoosiers jumped to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Val White was hit by a pitch and scored on a double by Tory Yamaguchi.
IU added a run in the fourth when Yamaguchi led off the inning with a single, and advanced on groundouts by Mariangee Bogado and Lauren Hines and crossed the plate on a hit by Abby Stark to make it a 2-0 game.
The Cardinals finally responded in the top of the seventh when Courtney Moore doubled to leadoff the inning and moved to third and came home on two wild pitches to make the score 2-1. Kristi Rozelle drew a pinch-hit walk. Candi Hicks re-entered the game to run, took third on a single by Audrey Rendon and scored when Michelle Vasquez reached on a two-base error to tie the game at 2-2.
Indiana answered in the bottom of the eighth when Ashley Griffiths reached on an error, took second on Yamaguchi's hit and scored on a single by Bogado to give the Hoosiers the 3-2 win.
Louisville reliever Aja Sherman (12-3) took the loss, allowing one unearned run on two hits in one inning. Offensively, the Cardinals had eight hits. Lisa Estes was 2-for-4 in the game.
Indiana's Heather Stillians (4-2) picked up the win, allowing no earned runs on four hits and striking out four in 4.2 innings. Offensively, Indiana had seven hits in the game. Yamaguchi was 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The Hoosiers improve to 26-25 on the season.
"We came out a little flat today," said Louisville head coach Sandy Pearsall. "We didn't get our offense going until late in the game and we left too many runners on base. We need to regroup before heading back into conference play."
U of L (35-11, 16-2 Conference USA) will play host to C-USA opponent Charlotte in a doubleheader Saturday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m. at Ulmer Stadium.
