QUINCY, IL -- The Miners split today's doubleheader against Quincy to end the weekend 3-1. After picking up 16 strikeouts yesterday,
Mia Miller (Waterloo, IL/) added another 14 to her weekend's total to make it 30 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched.
Game 1: Quincy 2, Missouri S&T 1
After 0 hits in the first two innings, the Miners capitalized on a pair of Hawks errors to bring
Kaylee LaChappell (Oswego, IL/) home on a fielder's choice play and take a 1-0 lead in the top of the 3rd. Miller only game up two hits in the first 5 innings, holding Quincy scoreless in that time and recording 11 strikeouts in that time.
Still up 1-0 in the bottom of the 6th, Miller would start off the inning with a fly out and a strikeout to get an out away from the final inning. Quincy's Kenzie Moss smashed a triple down the right field line in the next at bat, setting up the tying run on third base. A double by Allyson Maynard in the following at bat would bring Moss home and set the Hawks up with the leading run on second. Maynard would score on a single to center field in the next at bat to put the Hawks up 2-1 entering the final inning.
Jordyn Davis (Broken Arrow, OK/) picked up a hit in the final inning but was left stranded as S&T fell 2-1 in the first game of the day.
Game 2: Missouri S&T 15, Quincy 1
The Miners got their first run of the game early in game 2, getting a double and a single in the top of the 2nd to go up 1-0 before
Tori Thompson (Chandler, AZ/) stole home to make it 2-0. They doubled their run total in the top of the 3rd, getting four hits including an RBI double from
Sydney Anderson (Elkhart, IA/North Polk) and an RBI single from
Taylor Nelson (Jefferson City, MO/Phillips Exeter Academy).
Julia Kanoy (Hamilton, Mo./Penney) held the Hawks hitless for the first two innings before giving up a single in the bottom of the third that scored a run for the Hawks.
Leading 4-1, the Miners added another three runs in the top of the 4th, two of which came off a homerun by Anderson. The score would remain at 7-1 for the next three half innings, taking the game into the top of the 6th.
Keira Jones (Richmond Hill, GA/Richmond Hill) started the inning with a lead off single, starting an 8-run, 4-hit inning for the Miners that pushed their lead to 15-1. After 6 strong innings for Kanoy, Miller came in to close the game, putting three straight batters away and picking up her 14th strikeout of the day to end the game.
What's Next
S&T hosts their final home games of the season on Saturday and Sunday, with the latter doubleheader being the team's annual senior day.
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