Millersville, Pennsylvania - The Millersville softball team earned a PSAC East split with the East Stroudsburg Warriors Sunday. Millersville dominated game one 6-0 but fell in game two 2-0.
Cassidy Pinchorski threw all 14 innings striking out five batters on the afternoon while
Morgan Almodovar went 3-for-3 in the game one victory.
Game One
In the bottom of the first inning,
Heather Lutz continued to stay hot with a leadoff double as Rae Buskey and Brit Smith worked walks to load the bases.
Kaelyn Buskey rippled an RBI single to left field to put Millersville ahead 1-0. After the Marauders went up 1-0,
Megan McCurdy doubled to center field and cleared that bases to make the score 4-0.
In the fifth inning the Marauders resorted to small ball as a pair of sacrifices brought in Rae Buskey after a leadoff double. In the bottom of the fifth,
Rebecca Blatt doubled to center field, stole third and was brought in by a
Maggie Murphy sacrifice fly to make the score 6-0 Marauders.
Pinchorski would sit down the Warriors in order in the seventh picking up her ninth win of the season while striking out four batters and allowing no runs on five hits.
Game Two
East Stroudsburg wasted little time in the second game, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. Pinchorski would settle in and not allow a run the rest of the way, but Millersville managed just three hits.
The Marauders went down in order in the first three innings when
Raeann Buskey gave the offense some life with a single in the fourth.
Brittany Smith followed up with a single of her own as Millersville looked to cut into the lead. East Stroudsburg would get the lead runner out at third and
Kaelyn Buskey flied out as the Warriors escaped the jam.
In the bottom half of the sixth,
Brittany Smith registered a two-out single looking to keep the inning and game alive but East Stroudsburg would get the next out and end the inning. The Warriors did not add a run in the seventh, but retired the side and took the game 2-0.
