Softball Downs Huskies 9-1
April 13, 2014 | Softball
April 13, 2014
"Very happy to get a sweep this weekend," said UofL head coach Sandy Pearsall. "I thought our offense did a great job of bringing in people in scoring position and our pitching was strong this weekend.
Kayla Soles was 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI and Maryssa Becker struck out four in 5-0 innings to help the Cardinals improve to 27-15 (8-4 American Athletic Conference).
The Cards took a 2-0 lead in the second when Brittany Duncan and Kayla Soles delivered back-to-back singles to start the inning and Taner Fowler's one-out hit loaded the bases. An error on the throw home on Tiarra Sanabria's fielder's choice sent Duncan and Soles home to put Louisville on the scoreboard.
Katie Keller led off the bottom of the third with her third home run of the season to increase the lead to 3-0.
The Huskies (9-29, 2-9) got a run back in the top of the fourth behind Valerie Sadowl's one-out solo home run to make the score 3-1.
Louisville answered with six runs in the bottom of the fifth. Whitney Arion reached on a two-base error and moved to third on Keller's hit. Brittany Duncan walked to load the bases for Soles' RBI single. One out later, Fowler's two-run single increased the lead to 6-1. Tiarra Sanabria was hit by a pitch to load the bases again for Hannah Kiyohara's walk which brought Becker home. Jones followed with a two-run single to complete the scoring at 9-1.
Becker (11-3) got the complete game win, allowing one earned run on five hits and striking out four in 5.0 innings. Fowler was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run and Keller was 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI. Jones finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Lauren Duggan (6-17) took the loss, allowing nine runs, six earned, on nine hits and striking out two in 4.1 innings. Sadowl was 1 for 2 with a run and an RBI and Lexi Gifford was 2 for 2.
The Cardinals (27-15, 8-4) are back in action April 18-19 for another American Athletic Conference series at Central Florida.
