Youngstown State University
Cleveland State
Ingalls' Clutch Hits, Cale's Strong Outing Lifts Softball to Split
4/20/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Canfield, Ohio -- Sophomore Jordan Ingalls' two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth gave the Penguins their first lead, and her single in the bottom of the sixth sparked a four-run inning to lift the Youngstown State softball team to a 6-3 victory over Cleveland State in game two of a doubleheader at McCune Park. The Penguins dropped game one, 13-3.
The Penguins improve to 13-26 overall and 6-8 in the Horizon League while Cleveland State falls to 32-11 overall and 12-2 in the league.
Senior Cheryl Cale provided another strong performance in the circle tossing a complete game with three strikeouts and scattering nine hits.
The Vikings plated a run in the top of the fourth and then two-time Horizon League Pitcher of the Year Amanda Macenko, who was working on a perfect game through 3.2 innings, gave up a two-out single up the middle to Kim Klonowski to break up the perfect game. Ingalls followed up with a two-run home run to left-center field to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.
Cleveland State regained the lead in the top of the fifth on Dara Toman's two-out, two-run triple gave the Vikings a 3-2 edge.
Sophomore Haley Thomas led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double to center, junior Kristina Rendle was hit by a pitch and Vicky Rumph's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners to second and third.
Klonowski reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases and Ingalls' single to left and an error by Cleveland State plated Thomas and Rendle to put the Penguins ahead, 4-3. Klonowski, who reached third on Ingalls' hit, scored with the Penguins' fifth run on a Macenko balk and Ingalls moved up to third. Af.
ter a strikeout, senior Autumn Grove singled down the right-field line to score Ingalls and increase the Guins' edge to 6-3.
In the first game, Rendle went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs.
The Penguins and Vikings conclude the series, Wednesday, at 6 p.m.
