Youngstown State University
22-16, 9-5
Green Bay
15-25, 6-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSU | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Green Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Brittney Moffatt's Six RBIs Leads Softball to 10-4 Win Over Green Bay
4/22/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Green Bay, Wis. -- Junior Brittney Moffatt went 3-for-3 with a home run and a career-high six runs batted in to lead the Youngstown State softball team to a 10-4 win over Horizon League foe Green Bay on Friday afternoon.
With the win, the Penguins improve to 22-16 overall and 9-5 in the Horizon League while Green Bay falls to 15-25 overall and 6-6 in the league.
Senior Miranda Castiglione went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs batted in and sophomore Hannah Lucas went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Juniors Maria Lacatena and Alexandria Gibson each had an RBI.
Freshman Paige Geanangel allowed just four hits and two earned runs in four innings pitched to collect her 11th win over the season. Junior Caitlyn Minney struck out three in three solid innings of relief.
The Penguins jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning when Moffatt blasted a three-run home run to right field and Gibson added a two-out run-scoring single. Senior Sarah Dowd was hit by a pitch to lead off the game and Cali Mikovich singled down the right-field line to put runners at first and second. After Castiglione reached on a fielder's choice, Moffatt laced an 0-1 pitch over the right-field fence.
Gibson's two-out single plated Lacatena, who walked, moved to second on Katie Smallcomb's single and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Green Bay got a run back in the bottom half of the first, but the Penguins answered with two in the second and three more in the third to extend their lead to 9-1.
In the second, Lucas scored on Castiglione's fielder's choice and Lacatena's bases-loaded walk plated Castiglione.
Lucas singled and stole second with one out in the third and scored on Castiglione's double down the right-field line. Moffatt followed with a two-run single to center that scored Dowd, who was hit by another pitch, and Castiglione.
Green Bay scored three runs, two of them earned, in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 9-4, but Castiglione doubled to left field to lead off the top of the sixth and scored on Moffatt's single down the right-field line.
The Penguins and Phoenix will play a doubleheader, Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. EDT
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Geanangel, Paige (11-8)
L: Smaney (8-8)
S: Minney, Caitlyn (1)
Batting:
2B: Castiglione, Miranda 2
HR: Moffatt, Brittney 1
RBI: Castiglione, Miranda 2 ; Moffatt, Brittney 6 ; Lacatena, Maria 1 ; Gibson, Alexandria 1
SH: Dowd, Sarah 1 ; Taylor, Stevie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowd, Sarah 1 ; Mikovich, Cali 1 ; Castiglione, Miranda 4 ; Moffatt, Brittney 1 ; Lacatena, Maria 1 ; Lucas, Hannah 2
SB: Lucas, Hannah 1
CS: Moffatt, Brittney 1 ; Gibson, Alexandria 1
HBP: Dowd, Sarah 2
Batting:
2B: Hutchinson 1 ; Tupa 1
RBI: Tupa 2 ; Taylor 1 ; Engel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brinkmeier 1 ; Hutchinson 2 ; Tupa 1
