The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods softball team won its sixth and seventh straight games Friday, defeating River States Conference West Division leader IU Southeast by scores of 4-0 and 7-6 in 10 innings.
Freshman
Lanna Martinez (9-4) tossed a three-hit shutout in the opener and then tossed scoreless ninth and 10
th innings in the nightcap to earn a second win.
Freshman
Jaleigh Crawford led the offense in Game 1, going 3 for 3 with a triple and an RBI.
Lyric Krause was among the Pomeroys to come up with clutch hits in a comeback win in Game 2 to make it seven straight wins for the Pomeroys (22-13, 11-7 RSC).
"It feels like the Pomeroys are back. We're coming back, we're ready for this postseason, we're ready to make it there. We're exactly where we want to be," Krause said.Â
In game 2, the Pomeroys rallied from a 5-1 deficit after 4 ½ innings.
Tori Lee sparked a two-run sixth inning with a single to score
Camryn Scott. Krause added an RBI double and
Emily Singleton raced home on a wild pitch to cut the Pomeroys' deficit to 5-4.
The Pomeroys weren't finished.
After IU Southeast added an insurance run in the top of the seventh, Scott sparked a two-out rally with a single. Crawford doubled to put runners on second and third. Scott scored on a wild pitch and then Krause came through with an RBI single through the right side of the infield to plate Crawford and force extra innings.
Both teams were scoreless until the Pomeroys broke through in the 10
th. Kinzer started the inning with a walk advanced to second on a walk by
Mikayla Mills and then came home when Jasey Conn put down a bunt in which the Grenadiers misplayed with a wild throw to first base.
FRESH ARM
Martinez has become a reliable pitcher for the Pomeroys' staff. Her shutout comes against the RSC's third highest scoring team. The Grenadiers have hit .331 this season as a team.
"The gameplan was just get ahead (in the count) and have my defense support me and that's exactly what they did," Martinez said.Â
UP NEXT
SMWC plays host to Miami-Hamilton on Saturday at 1 p.m. The games will include a special recognition as Military Appreciation Day.
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