ST. LOUIS, MO. – University of Missouri-St. Louis sophomore
Reagan Osborn delivered a two-run walk-off home run in game one of a GLVC softball doubleheader to help the Tritons to a 5-3 win in eight innings on Saturday. The visiting Bulldogs took the nightcap, 9-3.
UMSL is now 26-12 overall, including 8-6 in the GLVC, while Truman is 26-16, 9-7 in the league.
Game 1: UMSL 5, Truman 3 (8 inn.)
Game Highlights
- The Tritons rallied from a 3-1 deficit en route to the win, scoring four unanswered.
- Senior
Alex Stupek broke the scoreless game in the second with a solo home run – the 47
th of her career, three shy of equaling the program record.
- A pair of Triton errors coupled with two Bulldog hits in the third put Truman on top 3-1.
- UMSL loaded the bases in the fourth inning with no outs, but Truman got a strikeout and a double play to end the threat.
- A solo home run from senior
Erin Walker and an RBI double from Stupek in the fifth inning knotted the score at 3-3.
- Truman State loaded the bases in the seventh, but a groundout to pitcher
Carly Kingery ended the threat.
- Senior
Ryan Logan drew a lead-off walk in the eighth and after being sacrificed to second, also came home on Osborn's round tripper.
Statistically Speaking
- Stupek went 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk.
- Walker added two hits for UMSL, which outhit the Bulldogs, 10-7.
- Kingery (14-6) earned the win in the circle, striking out 10. She allowed just one earned run on seven hits and walked three.
Game 2: Truman 9, UMSL 3
Game Highlights
- Four errors hampered the Tritons with just four of Truman State's runs being earned.
- The Bulldogs scored four runs in the fourth on four hits to break open a 6-1 lead.
- UMSL first run came on Logan's solo home run in the third.
- Senior
Sara Kern singled in the fourth to drive in a run and make it 6-2, but a three-run fifth by Truman made it 9-2.
- Freshman
Annie Kroeger rounded out the scoring with a solo home run in the fifth.
Statistically Speaking
- Truman State tallied 14 hits to UMSL's 10.
- Logan led the offense with two hits.
- Freshman
Andee Tiffee (6-3) suffered the loss in three and two-thirds of an inning. She gave up six runs on seven hits, struck out two and walked one.
Up Next
UMSL travels to Quincy tomorrow for a Noon doubleheader.