April 6, 2011
Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lafayette took out the frustration of a second extra-inning loss in four days with a 15-1 win over Wagner in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
The Leopards were coming off a 3-2 loss in 12 innings on Sunday in the series finale with Holy Cross and endured a similar 2-1 fate in the first game on Wednesday at Wagner Field.
Wagner scored a run in the first on Laura Hennig's RBI-double. The Leopards tied the game in the third inning, loading the bases with one out. Stacey Kushner hit a ball to the first baseman who misplayed it and allowed Kerry Griffin to score.
From there, both pitchers settled in and had their way with the opposing lineups. The Leopards threatened in the ninth inning, loading the bases with one out. Wagner starter Judy Betz managed to cut down a runner at home on a ground ball, and then struck out Madeline Allen to end the inning. In the game, Lafayette left 10 runners on base.
In the bottom of the inning, Amanda Garcia doubled with two outs but was stranded when Lafayette starter Lauren Hasson enticed a flyout to end the potential scoring threat.
Lafayette went down in order in the top of the 10th inning. Carley Nicoletti doubled to right center and Hailey Corthell singled two batters later to end the game. Hasson (0-6) was the hard-luck loser, throwing 9.2 innings of seven-hit baseball. She allowed two runs with no walks and four strikeouts. Betz (1-11) struck out seven and walked two while surrendering one run on seven hits.
In the nightcap, it was all Lafayette. The Leopards jumped on the Seahawks for four runs in the first before putting away Wagner (2-20) with eight runs in the fifth in a mercy-rule shortened 15-1 win. The victory snapped as 12-game losing skid for Lafayette.
In the Leopards' opening at bat they scored all four runs with two outs. A single and two walks were followed by Lauren Murphy's run-scoring knock back through the box. The next batter, Kerry Griffin, did even more damage with a three-run double.
Carly Feiro plated two runs on her own in the third inning, blasting a home run to left field. In the fourth, Stacey Dorn used a long ball of her own to extend the lead to 7-1.
The fifth inning ended the suspense when Lafayette lit up the scoreboard with an eight-spot. All but one (Dorn's RBI-single) of Lafayette's runs came with two outs. Griffin drove in three more runs with a bases-clearing single. She finished with six RBI. Nicole Pettingill (double) and Jordan Parsons (single) also plated runs.
Lafayette starter Ali Henry (1-5) allowed one run on two hits in the mound win. Henry struck out four and walked two of the 19 batters she faced. Amanda Garcia (6R, 6H, 2BB, 1K) took the loss to go to 1-7.
The Leopards 2-25 return to Patriot League play with a four-game series with Lehigh. The first doubleheader will be Friday beginning at 2:30 p.m. The teams will not play again until Sunday with action beginning at noon.
