Softball Splits With Thomas More on the Road

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Kentucky—Wittenberg softball improved to 12-4 in 2017 with a split at non-conference Thomas More on Saturday. Wittenberg saw Chelsea Zang improve to 8-1 overall on the year in the 6-1 win in game one, while the Tigers dropped a tough 3-1 battle in game two.  Zang and Abby Baker both recorded round-trippers in game one, while Wittenberg only managed to record three hits as a team in game two.

GAME ONE SCORING BREAKDOWN

Top 1^st

• The Tigers broke the ice in the top of the first inning, as Casey Hobbs came racing home to score on a passed ball.

Top 2^nd

• Katy Baumgartner laced a single back up the box for Wittenberg, plating freshman first basemen Wendy Hawk on the play.

Top 3^rd

• With Hobbs already in scoring position, Zang made sure that both her and her second basemen scored, as the junior sent a ball over the fence for a two-run home-run, giving the Tigers a  4-1 lead.

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• With a commanding lead already, Baker tacked on two insurance runs for the Tigers, sending a Thomas More offering over the fence for a two-run home-run, plating Savannah Taylor on the play.

GAME TWO SCORING BREAKDOWN

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• Wittenberg strung together competitive at-bats all afternoon, but could not scratch a run across until the top of the fifth inning when Abby Curnutte scored freshman Olivia Hopkins on an RBI single.

KEY STATS

• At the plate, Wittenberg walked eight times as a team, and struck out 11, while the Saints walked once and struck out four times as a team.
• Thomas More played 14 innings of error-free softball on Saturday, while the Tigers committed two errors in the double-header.
• Wittenberg ran at will on Saturday, stealing seven bases as Hopkins paced the Tigers with three stolen bases in the double-dip.