WARRENSBURG, Mo. – No. 21 Rogers State softball split with MIAA foe Central Missouri University on the road at the Jennies Softball Field Saturday afternoon.
GAME ONE
#21 Rogers State 4, Central Missouri 2
Records: Rogers State (18-9, 7-4) | Central Missouri (16-9, 5-4)
W: Andrea Morales (10-4) |
L: Gentry Wishard (3-1)
How It Happened
- Elexis Watson scored the first two runs of the game for the Hillcats after she hit a two-run homer to centerfield, scoring Jaylan Gibson, in the top of the second inning.
- In the third inning, the Hillcats extended their lead after Danelle Day hit a two-RBI double to centerfield, sending Tailee Reding and Sabrina Anguiano to open up a 4-0 lead.
- In the seventh, the Jennies were able to get on the board for the first time.
- The first run came off of an RBI double and the second came after a Hillcats fielder's choice allowed the runner on third to advance home.
- Andrea Morales was able to retire the Jennies with the tying run on first base to secure a game one victory.
Game Notes
- Watson led the Hillcats at the plate going 1-for-3 with two RBI's and a home run in game one.
- Day went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in game one for the Hillcats.
- Anguiano went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
- Morales picked up her 10th win. She had 9 strikeouts, with two runs and a walk allowed.
GAME TWO
#12 Rogers State 1, Lincoln 9
Records: Rogers State (18-10, 7-5) | Central Missouri (17-9, 6-4)
W: Paige Petefish (7-3) |
L: M'Kayla Hillman (6-3)
How It Happened
- The Jennies earned the first run of game two in the bottom of the second inning off of an RBI single to short.
- The second Central Missouri run came early in the third inning off of another RBI single, this time up the middle.
- The Jennies would widen the lead in the bottom of the third with a three-run homerun to right field, as Central Missouri took a 5-0 lead.
- Anguiano would score an unearned run in the fifth after Watson reached first on a throwing error to put the Hillcats on the board.
- The Jennies would score their next two runs off of RBI singles in the fifth and sixth innings.
- Central Missouri would force the run-rule victory after a Hillcat error led to a score, and an RBI single to left-center pushed the final run home in the sixth inning.
Game Notes
- Anguiano finished 1-for-4 from the plate with a run scored.
- Payton Sabolski was 1-for-2 at the plate with a walk. She was the only Hillcat to reach safely multiple times in the game.
- Watson earned the lone RBI for the Hillcats, but finished 0-for-3 on the day.
- Hillman picked up the loss, her third of the year. She had five strikeouts in the contest.
Up Next
Rogers State will travel to Pittsburg, Kansas to take on the Pitt State Gorillas in a conference doubleheader on Friday. Game one will start at 2 p.m. and will be followed by game two at 4 p.m.
