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Tulsa
USF
Softball Drops Doubleheader at USF
3/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Box Score
| Game 1 Box Score 
| Game 2 Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. - USF scored in the bottom of the seventh inning twice to eclipse Tulsa leads and claim both games of the doubleheader from the TU softball team, 8-7 (10 inn.) and 7-6, Saturday afternoon at the USF Softball Stadium.
The Golden Hurricane led 7-1 going to the seventh inning of Game 1, before the Bulls tied the score at 7-7, and won the game in the bottom of the 10th. Tulsa had a 6-1 lead after three innings of Game 2, but USF scored four runs in the fifth and two runs in the seventh inning. TU fell to 20-12 overall and 3-2 in American Athletic Conference play, while USF improved to 30-10 overall and 2-2 in league play.
Senior first baseman Julie Kernen homered and tallied three RBI, and sophomore center fielder Maddie Withee drove in two runs in the first game. Junior second baseman Kaitlin Allen had two RBI, while six different TU batters scored a run in Game 2.
The series finale is at 10 a.m. CT Sunday.
Tulsa scored three runs in the top of the first inning of Game 1. Junior catcher Catherine Horner hit a two-out single, before three straight walks drove in the first run. Withee then drove a two-run single into left field. The Hurricane extended its lead to 7-1 in the top of the sixth with an RBI double to left center by Horner and Kernen's three-run home run to left center, her 10th of the season.
USF made the score 3-1 in the fifth on an RBI single by D'Anna Devine. The Bulls began the seventh inning with four straight singles, cutting the lead to 7-2. A sacrifice fly made it 7-3, before a walk loaded the bases, and a grand slam by designated player Karla Claudio tied the game, 7-7. USF won the game on Devine's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning.
In Game 2, USF took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Claudio. The Hurricane immediately answered with two runs in the top of the second inning, and extended its lead to 6-1 with four runs in the third.
Sophomore designated player Brittany Walker led off the second with a walk, and junior left fielder Jodi Edmiston reached on a runners-safe fielder's choice. After a sacrifice bunt, Allen's sac fly scored Walker, and Edmiston crossed the plate on a passed ball to make the score, 2-1.
Sophomore third baseman Maggie Withee led off the third inning with a single to short, and scored on Senior right fielder Erica Sampson's triple to right center. Sampson scored when Horner reached on a fielder's choice, and with two out, Maddie Withee and Allen hit back-to-back RBI singles, making the score 6-1.
USF cut the lead to 6-5 with four runs in the fifth inning on an RBI single by designated player Le Ann Spivey and a three-run home run by Claudio. Claudio hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh gave the Bulls the win.
Junior Caitlin Sill (5-6) pitched the final 3.0 innings of the opener and took the loss. She entered in relief of senior Bailey Erwin and retired the final two batters of the seventh inning, and allowed just the run in the 10th inning. Erwin allowed seven runs on 11 hits in 6.1 innings. Sill also absorbed the loss in Game 2, allowing two unearned runs in the seventh inning. Freshman Emily Watson started and allowed five runs in 5.0 innings.
Susan Wysocki (7-0) earned the Game 1 win for USF, after pitching the final 2.2 innings. Erica Nunn (8-5) took the Game 2 win for the Bulls after striking out 10 batters in a 4.1 scoreless innings of relief.
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USF 8, Tulsa 7 (Mar 28, 2015 at Tampa, Fla.) (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulsa............... 300 004 000 0 - 7 11 1 (20-11, 3-1 American) USF................. 000 010 600 1 - 8 15 1 (29-10, 1-2 American) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Tulsa - Erwin, Bailey; SILL, Caitlin(7) and Horner, Catherine. USF - NUNN, E.; GREINER, S.(3); CLAUDIO, K.(7); WYSOCKI, S.(8) and SPIVEY, L.. Win-WYSOCKI, S.(7-0) Loss-SILL, Caitlin(5-5) T-2:55 A-0 HR TLS - Kernen, Julie (10). HR USF - CLAUDIO, K. (1). Weather: Sunny, 67 DegreesUSF 7, Tulsa 6 (Mar 28, 2015 at Tampa, Fla.) (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulsa............... 024 000 0 - 6 9 2 (20-12, 3-2 American) USF................. 100 040 2 - 7 7 3 (30-10, 2-2 American) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Tulsa - Watson, Emily; SILL, Caitlin(6) and Horner, Catherine. USF - GREINER, S.; NUNN, E.(3) and FUNG, M.; SPIVEY, L.. Win-NUNN, E.(8-5) Loss-SILL, Caitlin(5-6) T-2:10 A-767 HR USF - CLAUDIO, K. 2 (3). Weather: Sunny, 69 Degrees
