KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Siena Heights softball team improved to 6-1 after wins over Bellevue and Bethel (Ind.) on day five of the Spring Break games.
Game One: Siena Heights def. Bellevue, 6-2
Sam Hill (3-for-4) led the way offensively for the Saints with her fourth multiple-hit game of the season. Courtnee Chappetta (2-for-4), Kelsey Uhl (2-for-4), and Lyndsey Pena (2-for-4) each tallied two hits for the Saints in game one. Pena totaled three RBIs to lead in that category, while Chappetta was the only SHU player to go for extra bases with her double. Jordan Green got the start pitching for the Saints. Green allowed five hits, two earned runs, and struck out three batters in three innings of work. Shyann Truax (W, 2-0) pitched four innings of relief. She earned the victory with one hit and three strikeouts in the circle.
Both teams were held scoreless through the first inning before Pena hit a single to center field with Lily Guerra in scoring position for the game's first run. A double in the bottom half of the inning brought a runner home to tie the game at one run.
The Bruins took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the 3rd-inning off an RBI double. Hill led off the fifth with a single and then stole second to have a runner in scoring position with no outs. Truax then singled to put runners in the corners, setting up Maddie Herrera to bring Hill home on a ground out to short that tied the score at two. Uhl singled to left field to bring Truax across the plate, and the Saints took the lead, 3-2. Pena then tallied her second and third RBIs with a single to left that scored Lauren Dioszegi and Chappetta to extend the advantage to 5-2.
Truax recorded the final RBI of the game with a sacrifice fly to left field that allowed Hill to reach home plate. The Siena Heights defense held the Bruins scoreless for the game's final four innings to seal the win in the opening game of the day.
Game Two: Siena Heights def. Bethel (Ind.), 10-6
Chappetta had the hot bat in game two as she was a perfect 4-for-4. Guerra finished with three hits in four plate appearances, while Uhl (2-for-4) and Abby Fisher (2-for-2) had two hits. Chappetta, Guerra, and Pena tallied two RBIs to lead in that category. Green (W, 3-0) earned the win with 5.2 innings in relief. She struck out eight batters and allowed only one hit.
The Pilots took a 1-0 lead with a two-out, RBI single in the opening inning. The Saints responded with five runs in the bottom half of the inning that started with a two-RBI single from Chappetta that scored Herrera and Julia Hogston. Uhl hit a single and advanced to second on an error that brought Chappetta home for the 3-1 lead. Pena doubled to score both Guerra and Uhl, extending the lead to 5-1.
An error by SHU allowed a run to score for Bethel (Ind.) before a grand slam gave the Pilots a 6-5 edge. However, the lead didn't last long, as Uhl brought Chappetta home with a single before Guerra blasted a two-run home run to retake the lead, 8-6 in the 2nd-inning.
Herrera hit an RBI single to score in the third and improve the margin to 9-6. The final score for SHU happened in the sixth inning with an error that scored Uhl for the 10th run by the Saints.
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The Saints finish their spring break trip with a game against St. Francis (Ind.) and Calumet on Friday, March 11 at 11:15 a.m. and 1:40 p.m.
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