Wednesday, April 3
East Lansing, Mich.
6:00 PM ET
Michigan State University
12-21, 0
11
vs
3
Oakland
8-19, 0
1
2
3
4
5
R
H
E
Oakland University
0
0
0
3
0
3
8
0
Michigan State
1
4
3
2
1
11
14
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walker, Alli (7-6)
L: Chelsea Wiggins (3-8)
Batting:
2B: Brittney Miller 1 ; Jackie Reitmeyer 1
3B: Jackie Reitmeyer 1
HR: Jamie Squires 1 ; Mikayela Marciniak 1
RBI: Jamie Squires 1 ; Mikayela Marciniak 1 ; Lauren Pletscher 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jamie Squires 1 ; Mikayela Marciniak 1 ; Jackie Reitmeyer 1
SB: Shannon Carr 1
HBP: Jessie Munson 1
Batting:
2B: Echols, Charla 1 ; Meech, Mackenzie 1 ; Echols, Ebonee 1 ; Ladd, Caitie 1
HR: Echols, Charla 1 ; Schreckengost, Shae 1
RBI: Echols, Charla 4 ; Meech, Mackenzie 1 ; Echols, Ebonee 2 ; Ladd, Caitie 1 ; Schreckengost, Shae 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Baccay, Melanie 1 ; Echols, Charla 2 ; Joseph, Abby 1 ; Meech, Mackenzie 1 ; Ladd, Caitie 1 ; Zackrison, Kelly 3 ; Schreckengost, Shae 1 ; Callahan, Courtney 1
SB: Baccay, Melanie 1 ; Echols, Ebonee 1 ; Eveland, Kaitlyn 1 ; Zackrison, Kelly 2
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
2
H
4
RBI
4
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
C/3B
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
1B
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballSS/UTL
/ Softball1B/UTL
/ Softball
C
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
Spartans Blitz Oakland, 11-3
4/3/2019 8:53:00 PM | Softball
Charla Echols goes 4-for-4 with a double, homer
SPARTAN SYNOPSIS
Michigan State's offense opened up in its first night game at Secchia Stadium, as the Spartans earned a 11-3 win (five innings) over intra-state rival Oakland.
The Spartans (12-21) got a 4-for-4 day from freshman Charla Echols, who had a double and a home run among her four hits and added four RBI. Caitie Ladd was 3-for-4 with a double, and both Ebonee Echols and MacKenzie Meech had two base hits.
MSU got on the board in every inning. It started with a Charla Echols solo homer in the first, a four-run second inning that featured back –to-back doubles from Meech and Ebonee Echols, and a three-run third with doubles by Caitie Ladd and Charla Echols. Redshirt sophomore Shae Schreckengost hit her first career home run In the fourth, and Ladd drove home the game-ending run in the fifth.
MSU went with a staff outing in the circle, with starter Alli Walker picking up the win after going two innings in the starting role. Both Jordan Watson and Leah Shipp pitched for MSU as well.
For Oakland, starter Chelsea Wiggins took the loss (3-8). Jackie Reitmeyer had a pair of base hits – a double and a triple – while Jamie Squires and Mikayela Marciniak each homered for the Golden Grizzlies (8-19).
Michigan State continues its four-game homestand with a Big Ten series against Maryland that begins on Friday at 6 pm.
QUOTABLE
"There was lots to be excited about today – I think we were all looking forward to the first night game, and to put on the offensive performance we did today was really good for us – 11 runs and 14 hits is hopefully enough to get our momentum going a bit going into the series with Maryland this weekend. It was so great to see Katelyn Hendershott - a kid who has really had to battle to come back from injury – get her first hit of the season, and that homer from Shae [Schreckengost] will hopefully boost her confidence a bit too. Both of the Echols sisters today were just so good offensively, and Ebonee made a couple of really, really nice defensive plays. All around, it was a good day for us and it hopefully leads us into the weekend on a great note."
Head Coach Jacquie Joseph
TOP PERFORMERS
STATS AND STORYLINES
Michigan State's offense opened up in its first night game at Secchia Stadium, as the Spartans earned a 11-3 win (five innings) over intra-state rival Oakland.
The Spartans (12-21) got a 4-for-4 day from freshman Charla Echols, who had a double and a home run among her four hits and added four RBI. Caitie Ladd was 3-for-4 with a double, and both Ebonee Echols and MacKenzie Meech had two base hits.
MSU got on the board in every inning. It started with a Charla Echols solo homer in the first, a four-run second inning that featured back –to-back doubles from Meech and Ebonee Echols, and a three-run third with doubles by Caitie Ladd and Charla Echols. Redshirt sophomore Shae Schreckengost hit her first career home run In the fourth, and Ladd drove home the game-ending run in the fifth.
MSU went with a staff outing in the circle, with starter Alli Walker picking up the win after going two innings in the starting role. Both Jordan Watson and Leah Shipp pitched for MSU as well.
For Oakland, starter Chelsea Wiggins took the loss (3-8). Jackie Reitmeyer had a pair of base hits – a double and a triple – while Jamie Squires and Mikayela Marciniak each homered for the Golden Grizzlies (8-19).
Michigan State continues its four-game homestand with a Big Ten series against Maryland that begins on Friday at 6 pm.
QUOTABLE
"There was lots to be excited about today – I think we were all looking forward to the first night game, and to put on the offensive performance we did today was really good for us – 11 runs and 14 hits is hopefully enough to get our momentum going a bit going into the series with Maryland this weekend. It was so great to see Katelyn Hendershott - a kid who has really had to battle to come back from injury – get her first hit of the season, and that homer from Shae [Schreckengost] will hopefully boost her confidence a bit too. Both of the Echols sisters today were just so good offensively, and Ebonee made a couple of really, really nice defensive plays. All around, it was a good day for us and it hopefully leads us into the weekend on a great note."
Head Coach Jacquie Joseph
TOP PERFORMERS
- Charla Echols went 4-for-4 with a double and a home run, adding four RBI.
- Ebonee Echols had a pair of base hits and two RBI.
- Caitie Ladd was 3-for-4 with a double
STATS AND STORYLINES
- Charla Echols homered in the bottom of the first inning, her third of the season.
- MSU manufactured four runs in the bottom of the second, with a single and two stolen bases for Kelly Zackrison and doubles from MacKenzie Meech and Ebonee Echols.
- The Spartans rallied again in the bottom of the third, as Charla Echols added a bases-loaded double to her stat line, plating two more runs for a 7-0 lead. After Meech walked to re-load the bases, Ebonee Echols legged out an RBI single to make it 8-0.
- Oakland generated some excitement with back-to-back solo homers in the top of the fourth, as Jamie Squires and Mikayela Maciniack went yard. Jackie Reitmeyer followed with a triple to deep center, and the Spartans went to Leah Shipp in the circle. Shipp was greeted with back-to-back singles by Lauren Griffith and Rachel Zerona, making it five consecutive base hits for the Golden Grizzlies and the deficit trimmed to 8-3. Shipp got herself out of the jam with a comebacker to the circle and a ground ball to end the inning.
- After a leadoff single by Caitie Ladd and Kelly Zackrison reaching on a fielder's choice, Shae Schreckengost homered far to deep center to make it 10-3. It was her first career homer and the second base hit of her career.
- MSU wrapped things up in the bottom of the fifth. Charla Echols ha her fourth hit of the day – a single up the middle – and Katelyn Hendershott followed with a single through the right side. Both runners advanced on a passed ball, and Ladd brought home the game-sealing run with a single up the middle to score pinch runner Abby Joseph from third for the 11th Spartan run and the eight-run margin that ended the game.
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