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Utah Softball Trounces Ohio on Second Day of Tiger Classic
2/18/2023 7:13 PM | Softball
Utes end day with 2-1 loss to No. 18 LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Utah softball team went off for nine runs in the fourth inning and sailed to a 9-1 knockout of the Ohio Bobcats before ending the day with a 2-1 defeat to the No. 18 LSU Tigers on Saturday at Tiger Park on day two of the Tiger Classic.
With one win and one loss, the Utes now own an overall record of 6-3.
Game One: Utah vs. Ohio
Neither side gave an inch in the first three innings, as Utah's Sydney Sandez traded zeroes with Ohio's Skipp Miller. Sandez struck out a pair in the first inning, stranded two in the second and breezed through the next two frames to keep the score at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth.
In that half-inning, a lead-off single and an error triggered Utah's largest uprising since they also piled up nine runs in one frame on Feb. 18, 2021. With runners on first and second, Sophie Jacquez sent a screaming line drive off the left field wall and raced all the way to third with a two-run triple. Jacquez made it 3-0 one batter later when she dented home on a Kaylah Nelsen knock and a hit batter and an infield hit then loaded the bases for Aliya Belarde.
The junior second baseman slapped a single through the middle for her team's fifth tally and another error followed that plated two more. When Ellessa Bonstrom and Julia Jimenez followed with back-to-back sacrifice flies, the Utes had completed their largest single-inning outburst in two years. Sarah Ladd, pitching in relief in the fifth, recorded the final three outs to finish off Utah's first contest of the day.
Game Two: Utah vs. LSU
For the second straight day, the Utes and Tigers played a seven-inning nail-biter, but this time it was LSU that scored first. Their only offense of the game came in the second, when a lead-off walk and a single put two on with one out and a McKenzie Redoutey double brought in both runners to make the score 2-0.
Those two runs were the only blemish on Mariah Lopez's line all night, as she held the Tigers to just five hits and struck out seven. She also stranded runners in scoring position in three different innings and escaped a jam in the sixth with some help from her defense. With runners on second and third and one out, Ali Newland sent a fly ball to Haley Denning in left, who gloved it, then fired home to nail the runner for an inning-ending double play.
Meanwhile, LSU starter Raelin Chaffin stranded Utah runners in scoring position in the first and third before the Utes broke through in the fifth. Denning started things for Utah with a one-out hit, then proceeded to steal second. When Belarde followed by reaching on an error, Denning sprinted home to slice her team's deficit in half, making the score 2-1. Unfortunately for the visitors, that would prove to be their last scoring opportunity of the night, as the side was retired in order in the sixth and seventh.
Up Next
One more matchup in Baton Rouge remains for the Utes, and it will pit them against Ohio at 8 a.m. CT on Sunday.
Follow the Utes!
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @Utah_Softball |Instagram: @utahsoftball | Facebook: Facebook.com/Utessoftball).
With one win and one loss, the Utes now own an overall record of 6-3.
Game One: Utah vs. Ohio
Neither side gave an inch in the first three innings, as Utah's Sydney Sandez traded zeroes with Ohio's Skipp Miller. Sandez struck out a pair in the first inning, stranded two in the second and breezed through the next two frames to keep the score at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth.
In that half-inning, a lead-off single and an error triggered Utah's largest uprising since they also piled up nine runs in one frame on Feb. 18, 2021. With runners on first and second, Sophie Jacquez sent a screaming line drive off the left field wall and raced all the way to third with a two-run triple. Jacquez made it 3-0 one batter later when she dented home on a Kaylah Nelsen knock and a hit batter and an infield hit then loaded the bases for Aliya Belarde.
The junior second baseman slapped a single through the middle for her team's fifth tally and another error followed that plated two more. When Ellessa Bonstrom and Julia Jimenez followed with back-to-back sacrifice flies, the Utes had completed their largest single-inning outburst in two years. Sarah Ladd, pitching in relief in the fifth, recorded the final three outs to finish off Utah's first contest of the day.
Game Two: Utah vs. LSU
For the second straight day, the Utes and Tigers played a seven-inning nail-biter, but this time it was LSU that scored first. Their only offense of the game came in the second, when a lead-off walk and a single put two on with one out and a McKenzie Redoutey double brought in both runners to make the score 2-0.
Those two runs were the only blemish on Mariah Lopez's line all night, as she held the Tigers to just five hits and struck out seven. She also stranded runners in scoring position in three different innings and escaped a jam in the sixth with some help from her defense. With runners on second and third and one out, Ali Newland sent a fly ball to Haley Denning in left, who gloved it, then fired home to nail the runner for an inning-ending double play.
Meanwhile, LSU starter Raelin Chaffin stranded Utah runners in scoring position in the first and third before the Utes broke through in the fifth. Denning started things for Utah with a one-out hit, then proceeded to steal second. When Belarde followed by reaching on an error, Denning sprinted home to slice her team's deficit in half, making the score 2-1. Unfortunately for the visitors, that would prove to be their last scoring opportunity of the night, as the side was retired in order in the sixth and seventh.
Up Next
One more matchup in Baton Rouge remains for the Utes, and it will pit them against Ohio at 8 a.m. CT on Sunday.
Follow the Utes!
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @Utah_Softball |Instagram: @utahsoftball | Facebook: Facebook.com/Utessoftball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sandez, Sydney (3-0)
L: Miller, Skipp (1-2)
Batting:
RBI: Farme, Reagan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hummel, Bell 1
HBP: Logan, Yasmine 1
Batting:
3B: Jacquez, Sophie 1
RBI: Belarde, Aliya 1 ; Bonstrom, Ellessa 1 ; Jimenez, Julia 1 ; Davison, Karlie 1 ; Jacquez, Sophie 2 ; Nelsen, Kaylah 1
SF: Jimenez, Julia 1 ; Davison, Karlie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Denning, Haley 1 ; Belarde, Aliya 1 ; Bonstrom, Ellessa 1 ; White, Hailee 1 ; Davison, Karlie 1 ; Jacquez, Sophie 1 ; Gasper, Jordyn 1 ; Ortiz, Shelbi 1 ; Dayton, Abby 1
SB: Denning, Haley 1
HBP: Ortiz, Shelbi 1
Game Leaders
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