University at Buffalo
14-29
St. Bonaventure
9-38
Bulls Split Doubleheader At St. Bonaventure
4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM | Softball
OLEAN, NY - The University at Buffalo softball team concluded Big 4 play on Tuesday afternoon, splitting a doubleheader at St. Bonaventure and finishing the year with a 5-1 mark against Big 4 opponents. UB dropped the first game in walk-off fashion, 4-3, but came back to win the second game 3-2.
Both teams recorded two runs in the second inning of the opener, UB doing so without a hit, but did get several runners on base following St. Bonaventure errors. Groundouts from Alexis Curtiss and Dani Cowan scored the first two runs. The Bonnies then scored the next three runs, but UB tied it back up in the fourth on another unearned run as junior Holly Luciano singled up the middle, scoring pinch runner Kenzie Koch.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the seventh when St. Bonaventure put the first two runners on base and a two-out single scored the winning run. Despite pitching 5.0 solid innings in relief where she struck out six, Cowan picked up the loss.
The Bulls came back in the second game scoring two runs in the top of the first on the second home run of the season from freshman Anissa Pinedo, hitting a two run shot to center field. The Bonnies tied the game up in the fourth inning, but UB went back ahead in the top of the sixth.
Junior Holly Luciano hit a lead off single and stole second, advancing to third on an error from the catcher. She came in to score during the next at bat as Tori Pettine drove her in with a sacrifice fly. It was enough to hold up as relief pitcher Tori Speckman came in as pitched 3.1 innings of shutout ball for her ninth victory of the season. UB managed just four hits, but it was enough for their 15th win of the season.
The Bulls will conclude the regular season this weekend, heading to Ball State for a doubleheader on Friday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PRATT, Julia (2-14)
L: Cowan, Dani (0-8)
Batting:
RBI: Curtiss, Alexis 1 ; Cowan, Dani 1 ; Luciano, Holly 1
SH: Pinedo, Anissa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ryder, Heather 1 ; Koch, Kenzie 1 ; Pettine, Tori 1
SB: Pettine, Tori 1
CS: Nevez, Karly 1
Batting:
2B: WAITE, Laure 1
HR: SINCLAIR, Ka 1
RBI: ROONEY, Grac 1 ; SINCLAIR, Ka 2
Base Running:
RUNS: ANDUJAR, Jes 1 ; ROONEY, Grac 1 ; SINCLAIR, Ka 1 ; CABOOT, Kath 1
CS: SNIDER, Ashl 1
