Friday, May 10
Long Beach, Calif.
1:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
25-27, 9-10
0
at
7
Long Beach State
24-24, 11-8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
CSUN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
Long Beach State
0
4
0
0
3
0
X
7
8
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: White, Kellie (11-11)
L: James, Jillian (18-12)
Batting:
2B: Crockett-Pope, Kiarra 1
SH: Swan, Aaliyah 1
Batting:
2B: Fry, Nichole 1
HR: Fry, Nichole 1
RBI: Fry, Nichole 3 ; Hernandez, Naomi 1 ; Hanson, Katelyn 1 ; Gonzalez, Alyssa 1 ; Ruffin, Maddy 1
SH: McCollum, Sydney 1
SF: Hernandez, Naomi 1 ; Hanson, Katelyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fry, Nichole 2 ; Wren, Jamie 1 ; Gonzalez, Alyssa 1 ; Salazar, Emily 1 ; Ruffin, Maddy 1 ; Wise, Breezy 1
HBP: Wise, Breezy 1
Game Leaders
lf/dp
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Shae Hammond
Long Beach State Sweeps CSUN
5/10/2019 6:57:00 PM | Softball
LONG BEACH, Calif.—Long Beach State swept CSUN in a Big West softball doubleheader Friday afternoon.
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GAME 1
GAME 2
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH TAIRIA FLOWERS
THE RECORDS
UP NEXTÂ
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GAME 1
- Long Beach State defeated CSUN 7-0 to begin the day.
- Kira Cauley and Mackenzie Babbitt opened the top of the first with back-to-back singles. Long Beach State starter Kellie White struck out Megan Stevens. Kiarra Crockett-Pope loaded the bases with a single up the middle.Â
- Haileigh Gonzalez's blooper to left was caught by shortstop Nichole Fry who threw down to second to complete a double play and get the Beach out of the inning.
- Jillian James walked the first two Long Beach State batters in the bottom of the second. Sydney McCollum successfully sacrificed both runners up a base. On a 0-2 James pitch, Maddy Ruffin singled up the middle to plate Alyssa Gonzalez.Â
- With two outs, Nichole Fry hit a three-run home run to make it 4-0 in favor of the Beach. Kenedee Jamerson relieved James and got the final out of the inning.
- With one out in the third, Cauley and Babbitt again reached on back-to-back singles. Stevens lined out to third. Crockett-Pope hit into a fielder's choice to end the frame.Â
- Gator Rascon opened the CSUN fifth with an infield single. Rascon moved to second on a successful Aaliyah Swan sacrifice where she saw White walk Cauley. Babbitt grounded out to second which allowed both runners to advance. Stevens grounded out to second to complete the inning.
- Naomi Hernandez and Katelyn Hanson both posted sac flies for runs batted in while Alyssa Gonzalez had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth which added to the Beach lead.
- Cauley (2-for-3 with a walk), Babbitt, and Crockett-Pope combined for six of the seven CSUN hits (two each). Fry was 2-for-3 with two runs scored in addition to her home run.Â
GAME 2
- Long Beach State defeated CSUN 8-3 to close Friday's action.
- A CSUN error led to two unearned runs as Long Beach State pushed across three in the bottom of the second.Â
- Jamerson led off the CSUN third with a double. Cauley advanced Jamerson to third with a successful bunt. Babbitt walked to give the Matadors runners on the corner. Stevens was hit by an Ashley Coleman pitch to load the bases. Crockett-Pope singled to right center to drive in Jamerson and Babbitt.
- With Haileigh Gonzalez at the plate, pinch-runner Sarah Duran stole second to give CSUN two runners in scoring position. Gonzalez's grounder to second was fielded by Hanson who threw home for the second out. Jaymi Steward struck out to get the Beach out of the inning.Â
- Lauren Lombardi's RBI single in the bottom of the third plated the Beach's fourth run of the game. Fry drove in her fourth run of the day with a single in the fourth. Long Beach State added three more in the fourth to make it 8-2.
- With one out in the seventh, Jamerson tripled. She came around to score on a Cauley single. Crockett-Pope's second hit of the game loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh. Haileigh Gonzalez grounded out to short to end the game.Â
- Crockett-Pope, Jamerson and Cauley each tallied two hits to lead the Matadors.
- Despite being outscored 15-3, the Matadors were only outhit by the Beach 18-16 in the two games.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH TAIRIA FLOWERS
- "Unfortunately, we didn't come with our a-game. Long Beach capitalized on that. They did a good job of putting the ball in play and putting pressure on our defense. We had some of our players step up towards the end, but we have to do a better job of getting hits at the right time to stay in the ball game."
THE RECORDS
- CSUN (25-28, 9-11 Big West)
- Long Beach State (25-24, 12-8 Big West)
UP NEXTÂ
- The regular season concludes Saturday when CSUN returns to Long Beach State for a 1 p.m. first pitch. Coverage is available on BigWest.tv
~www.GoMatadors.com~
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