ORLANDO, Fla. – The Millersville Marauders brought the big bats for their Monday matchup against Chestnut Hill and Walsh, scoring 10-plus runs in both ends of the double header. The Marauders exploded for a dozen runs in the first inning against the Griffins and cruised to a 15-1 win. Game two was a battle, as the Marauders went ahead 10-2 against Walsh before the Cavaliers closed the gap and applied pressure throughout the late innings. Millersville held on to win 10-9, winning both ends of a double header for the first time this season. The team is now within one win of moving their record to .500 for the first time this year. The Marauders saw their largest margin of victory (14) and their smallest (one) in a day where the Marauder offense scored a combined 25 runs.
 
GAME ONE: MILLERSVILLE 15 – CHESTNUT HILL 1 (Five-Innings)
HOW IT HAPPENED         

• Millersville scored a dozen runs in the first inning, on 10 hits and four walks, sending 17 batters to the plate. Gabby D'Ottavio got the scoring started with an RBI single, scoring Kendra Bumgardner, who had led off the inning with a walk. Alexis Harkins adding on with an RBI single of her own, plating Hunter Little. After a bases loaded walk to Gabi Turner, Taylor Campagna blew the game open with a bases clearing double, scoring Alexis Harkins, Alyssa Stover and Turner, moving the Marauders ahead 6-0.
• Back to the top of the order, Bumgardner would blast her second homer of the season, bringing Campagna around to score and making it an 8-0 game. Little continued the offensive barrage with a two-run homer of her own, putting Millersville ahead 10-0. The Marauders would tack on two more runs on an RBI single by Harkins and a two-run single from Aleese Angelo as the Marauder onslaught ended after scoring a season high 12 runs (more than they had in any complete game) in just the first inning.
• Millersville scored 10 of the 12 runs with two outs. Bumgardner and Little scored twice in the frame.
• Millersville still had more left in the tank, as D'Ottavio drove in Sam Fried in the second, making it a 13-0 game. Taylor Lenker would add the final two Marauder runs as she doubled in the fourth, plating Gabby Vuocolo and Fried.
• Breanna Clayton earned her first win of the season, allowing one run over two innings of work. Morgan Crutcher and Angelina Saverase each had scoreless appearances in the circle.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Millersville tallied a new season high in runs and hits with 15 of each while committing just one error in the victory.
• D'Ottavio led the way with three hits and two RBI for the offense. Bumgardner, Little, Fried, Harkins, and Stover each collected two hits.
• Campagna drove in a season high three RBI, while Bumgardner, Little, D'Ottavio, Lenker, and Angelo all drove in two for the Marauders.
• The Marauders walked eight times, one off of their season high.

 
GAME TWO: MILLERSVILLE 10 – WALSH 9
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Millersville allowed a run in the top of the first with Alex Schaefer in the circle.
• The 'Ville offense would respond in their half of the first as Little homered to tie the game up at one.
• A five run second inning would put the Marauder up 6-1. Harkins homered to lead off the inning, and Stover followed shortly after as she blasted a two-run shot, plating Angelo. Millersville would record four straight hits to open the inning as Turner doubled to keep the offense hot. Bumgardner would add on as she brought Turner in on an RBI single. Little continued her hot day at the plate as she brought in Bumgardner on an RBI single.
• Stover slugged her second homer of the game as she hit a solo shot in the third, making it a 7-1 game.
• Walsh would get an unearned run across in the fourth, cutting the deficit to five.
• Millersville would put another crooked number on the board in the bottom of the fourth, plating another three Marauder runs. Harkins delivered the blow with a three-run home run, scoring Fried and Little and putting Millersville ahead 10-2.
• Schaefer would allow just one earned run, as the sophomore would scatter four hits over 4 and 1/3 innings of work, striking out three. She improved to 2-and-2 on the season with the win.
• The bullpen struggled for the Marauders, as Bumgardner and Crutcher gave up a combined seven runs, five of which were earned, over 3 2/3 innings of relief. Millersville was able to hold onto the lead, ending the game with the tying run on first base.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Millersville scored in four straight innings, outscoring Walsh 10-2 over the first four frames.
• Bumgardner, Little, Harkins, Stover, and Turner all had two hits in the win.
• Harkins led the way with four RBI as she hit a pair of home runs.
• Millersville roped seven extra-base hits. Turner hit two doubles while Harkins and Stover each crushed two homers.
• Millersville recorded a dozen hits, their second highest total of the year.

REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JEN PROBST:
On the 12-run first inning: "Our bats came alive. Hunter has been a quality at bat machine. Our pitchers were also able to get a bunch of k's. It was a great team effort all around."
On winning both ends of the DH: "We are always looking for quality at bats and they come in a lot of different ways. In that first inning everyone had at least one quality-AB which makes the runs pile up."
On holding to the lead against Walsh: "Walsh made a great push at the end and we stepped up to get the last out when we needed it."

UP NEXT
The Marauder will take a well-deserved rest on Tuesday after playing in five games over the past three days. Millersville continues its Florida road trip on Wednesday as the Marauders take on the College of Staten Island and Winona State, with first pitch set for 10 a.m.