Wildcats drop two at GCU on Saturday

Saturday, March 11

Phoenix

11 A.M. CT

Abilene Christian

6-18

Colorado State

13-6

Colorado State

Abilene Christian

Photo by: Aly Bayliss

3/11/2023 7:53:00 PM | Softball

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PHOENIX– Abilene Christian was able to put runs up on the board over both games on Saturday, but the team came up just short in both outings. The Wildcats avoided a run-rule in game one against Colorado State but fell 12-5. The team was able to get a run up on the board to open the game against Grand Canyon, but the Lopes answered with a four-run second inning and came away with a 6-2 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game 1

The Wildcats went up 2-0 early on the Rams scoring on an error and an RBI walk from Bubba Rote.
Colorado State put together a massive second inning, plating eight runs and forcing two Wildcat pitching changes.
ACU got a run back in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single from Miranda Lista, cutting the lead to 8-3.
The Rams added a single run in the top of the third and another three runs in the top of the fifth to push their lead to 12-3.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Avery Miloch launched her sixth homerun of the year to cut the lead to 12-5 and avoid the run rule.
Neither team scored in the final two innings as CSU held on for the win.

Game 2

ACU was once again first to score in their afternoon game as well, as Catrin Hoffman drove in a run with a single.
Grand Canyon answered in the bottom of the inning with a solo homerun to tie the game.
The Lopes put together a big second inning, scoring four runs and taking the 5-1 lead.
Hoffman drove in her second run of the game with an RBI single in the top of the third to cut the lead to 5-2.
GCU put the final run of the game on the board on a wild pitch in the fourth inning to reach the final score, 6-2.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

Hoffman's two-RBI game against GCU was her first multi-RBI game of the year. She led the Wildcats on the day with three total RBI.
Miloch's pinch-hit homerun against CSU tied her for the team lead in RBI for the year with 13.
Mercedes Eichelberger went 3-3 at the plate against GCU, also reaching base on a hit by pitch, to bring her team-leading hit total to 24 on the year.

ON DECK:

The Wildcats close out the weekend with a game against Colorado State tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Giselle Bentley (5-2)

L: Rote, Bubba (0-4)

Colorado State

Batting:

2B: Molly Gates 1 ; SERNA, Danielle 1

HR: SMITH, Hailey 1 ; BOHLENDER, Brooke 1

RBI: YORK, Ashley 2 ; SERNA, Danielle 3 ; SMITH, Hailey 4 ; BOHLENDER, Brooke 3

SF: YORK, Ashley 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Molly Gates 2 ; ALLEN, Peyton 2 ; YORK, Ashley 2 ; SIMONICH, Emma 1 ; SMITH, Hailey 1 ; MATSUBARA, Maya 1 ; BOHLENDER, Brooke 1 ; BUFFALOE, Carolina 1 ; COLEMAN, Morgan 1