California Baptist University
9-13
Southern Utah
1-12
Lancers Sweep Thunderbirds for Seventh Win in Last Nine
3/13/2019 7:54:00 PM | Softball
The Lancers ended game one with the Thunderbirds in six innings via the 9-0 run-rule victory, and then walked off for a wild 8-7, eight-inning win in the evening. CBU has now won seven of its last nine games to improve to 10-13, while Southern Utah drops to 1-13.
CBU plays four more games this weekend at the CSUN/Loyola Marymount Tournament. The Lancers play UC Santa Barbara for the third time in a week on Friday at 2:45 p.m. at LMU.
Reigning Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week, Kellye Springstead, continued to build on her impressive by earning both wins on Wednesday. She started with a six-inning shutout in the game where she was two hits away from perfection, striking out eight while facing just 20 batters.
Springstead threw the 1.1 innings of the finale to earn her ninth win of the year in the circle.
Caitlyn Lloyd, Halle Rosario, Anise Avalos and Alley Johnson all had two-hit games in the opener. Both of Johnson's hits went for triples, while Avalos hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the run rule in effect.
CBU broke a scoreless tie with a two-run third. Lloyd started things with a one-out single up the middle and Deanna Alarcon drew a walk to put two runners aboard. Rosario drove in the first run with a single up the middle and an error in the outfield put runners at the corners.
Halle Rosario singles up the middle to drive in the first run of the day! #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/Od0mK2FAJe
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
Another throwing error allowed an unearned run to score for a 2-0 Lancer lead.
Lancers take a 2⃣-0⃣ lead on a throwing error by Southern Utah!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/ldjXUlElg9
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
The Lancers really broke things open in the fourth inning. Johnson led it off with her second triple of the day, and a sacrifice squeeze bunt from Shelby Arbeiter scored her to make it 3-0.
Alley Johnson leads off the 4th with her second triple of the game!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/ZIBRlTGAVN
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
Make it 3⃣-0⃣ Lancers!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/yJxUXbrYEP
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
An error and hit by pitch loaded the bases without an out. Alarcon drove in two with a single, while an error and RBI single from Avalos scored another two runs in the inning to bring the score to 5-0.
Deanna Alarcon drives in two more runs!
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
Lancers lead 5⃣-0⃣#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/3PUKtmYM2F
Rosario drew a leadoff, full-count walk in the sixth and then Avalos hit her game-ending home run with two outs to cap the score at 9-0.
LANCERS WIN!
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 13, 2019
Anise Avalos hits a walk-off two-run HR in the bottom of the 6th to give CBU the 9⃣-0⃣ win over Southern Utah!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/EmchtGrGb6
Three home runs highlighted CBU's offense in Wednesday's finale, with Lloyd, Rosario and Budinger all leaving the stadium.
Rosario went 3-for-4 in the game, and gave CBU a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer in the third that scored Alarcon, who singled her way to first.
Halle Rosario with HR #⃣4⃣ of the season!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/uUfuQKT7jc
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 14, 2019
It was the start of five-straight runs for the Lancers, as they scored four more in the fifth. Lloyd led off the inning with a solo homer.
Caitlyn Lloyd crushes her first HR of the season! It's a solo shot to put the Lancers up 3⃣-1⃣ in the 5th against Southern Utah!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/tL6ZxWqEv1
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 14, 2019
Alarcon and Rosario walked and singled on base to set up a three-run homer from Budinger to make it 6-0.
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— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 14, 2019
Mackenzie Budinger hits a 3⃣-run 💣 to put the Lancers up 6-1 in the 5th against Southern Utah! #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/vBsD8uwcQP
Ashley McBay led off the sixth with a single and eventually came around to score on a fielder's choice grounder from Rosario. CBU's 7-1 lead was erased in the seventh, as the Thunderbirds scored six in the inning to force extras.
With the international tiebreaker rule in effect, Springstead stranded the runner at second and shut down SUU with a strikeout, fly ball to left and a grounder to third.
Johnson took second to start the eighth, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from Arbeiter and then came home on a grounder to short where the catcher couldn't field the ball cleanly.
LANCERS WIN!
— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 14, 2019
Alley Johnson scores the game-winning run in the 8th inning! CBU gets the doubleheader sweep against Southern Utah! #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/KEgfFMDwp4
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Springstead, Kellye (8-6)
L: WYNN, H (0-5)
Batting:
3B: Johnson, Alley 2
HR: Avalos, Anise 1
RBI: Alarcon, Deanna 2 ; Rosario, Halle 2 ; Argomaniz, Amanda 1 ; Avalos, Anise 3 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 1
SH: Alarcon, Deanna 1 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lloyd, Caitlyn 2 ; Rosario, Halle 2 ; Stram, Makenna 1 ; Avalos, Anise 1 ; Johnson, Alley 1 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 1 ; McBay, Ashley 1
SB: Stram, Makenna 1
CS: Rosario, Halle 1
HBP: Lloyd, Caitlyn 1 ; Budinger, Mackenzie 1
