Turner and Crutcher lead Marauders to split against Wilmington

Friday, March 18

Millersville, PA

2:30 PM

Millersville University

8-11

Wilmington University (Del.)

4-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Wilmington (Del.)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	0
Millersville	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Wilmington (Del.)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0
Millersville	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	3	1

Turner and Crutcher lead Marauders to split against Wilmington

3/18/2022 9:06:00 PM | Softball

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By: Andrew Pawling, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville Marauders split their Friday doubleheader against Wilmington, dropping game one by a final of 4-3 before defeating the Wildcats in game two by a final of 3-2. In game two, Morgan Crutcher pitched her second complete game in as many days, shutting out Wilmington for the middle five innings of play while allowing a run in the first and seventh innings. Gabi Turner led the Marauder offense, hitting two home runs on the day. Her three-run home run in the first inning of game two proved to be all the offense Millersville would need to salvage the split.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: Wilmington 4 – Millersville 3

Wilmington jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, scoring a pair of unearned runs off of Alex Schaefer. The Wildcats would add another in the second, going ahead 3-0.
The Marauders got on the board in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by Mia Barone, plating Marli Schreiner.
Wilmington added a key insurance run in the fourth, going ahead 4-1.
The Marauders would close the gap in the late innings, as Turner came through twice. She crushed a home run off the scoreboard in left field in the fifth cutting the deficit to two. In the sixth Turner again delivered a key RBI, driving in Sam Fried on a single to center, making it a 4-3 game.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Wilmington outhit Millersville 11 to six.
Turner led the Marauders with two this and two RBIs while walking once.
Alexis Harkins, Fried, Barone, and Taylor Lenker had the other Marauder hits.

GAME TWO: Millersville 3 – Wilmington 2

The Wildcats again struck first, scoring one run on twice hits in the first inning off of Morgan Crutcher.
Turner again carried the Marauder offense, blasting a three-run home run in the bottom of the frame, brining Kendra Bumgardner and Hunter Little around to score after the duo singled and walked to start the frame.
Crutcher rebounded after a tough first inning as she would pitch her second complete game in as many days, allowing just two runs to score on four hits while picking up four strikeouts.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

After recording two hits in the first inning, the Marauders would get one hit the rest of the game as Lenker connected on a single.
Crutcher improved to 4-4 on the season with the win.
Turner now leads the team in home runs with five and RBIs with 18. She drove in five of the six Marauder runs throughout the doubleheader.

REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JEN PROBST:
On Turners day at the plate: "Gabi was struggling with her timing and taking her swing. She kept a positive mindset and broke through a few games ago with some solid contact and has only been improving with each at bat. Today I saw her swings which are tough to keep her in the ballpark."

On the back-to-back complete games from Crutcher: "Morgan really didn't change much, she just stuck with her process of hitting spots and mixing speeds. She has a ton of command out there right now."

UP NEXT
Millersville head on the road to take on Jefferson this Sunday in a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.