SCORES
Dordt def. Warner 9-3
Warner def. Dordt 7-4
GAME 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
Dordt slammed three homeruns and scored seven runs in the first five innings on the way to a 9-3 win over Warner in game one of their doubleheader played at Lake Wales, Florida.
Dordt's scoring started with a three-run homerun by
Lauren Steenstra that got
Aurora Tyson and
Chloe Kreuz in and Kruez figured into a run in the fourth inning when she singled in
Emma Groen.
The Defenders wasted no time in building the lead as Steenstra slugged her second homerun of the game and Groen followed with a two-run shot with
Brynn Torrenga on base. Warner got three across in the home half of sixth inning but Dordt had an answer with
Brooke Rule knocking Torrenga in with a double and Kruez had her third hit of the game while getting Rule in with a single.
THE NUMBERS
- Dordt had a 14-4 hits advantage.
- Dordt committed two errors and Warner had one.
- Kreuz was 3-5 with a run scored and two runs batted in.
- Steenstra was 2-4 with two runs scored and had four runs batted in with her two homeruns.
- Torrenga scored two runs and was 3-4 with a double and two singles.
- Bailey Sample was the winning pitcher with three runs allowed on four hits and she struck out three in five innings of work.
- Jadyn Faber worked two innings of relief and faced the minimum and got five groundouts and one flyout.
GAME 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
A scoreless pitchers' duel through four innings gave way to an 11 run eruption and Warner got a split of its doubleheader with Dordt in 7-4 win in game two of its doubleheader.
Dordt got on the board in the top of the fifth inning with Brooke Rul hitting a triple and she scored on an error as
Peyton Whipple and
Emma Brown scored in front of her. Warner's answer was swift as the hosts scored five runs on five hits and took advantage of two walks and scored four runs with two outs.
Leading 5-3, Warner was able to retire Dordt without incident in the sixth and came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-3. Dordt got a run in the seventh but no more as Brooke
Rule tripled in
Emma Groen but Dordt never got the tying run to the plate while stranding a runner.
THE NUMBERS
- Dordt had a 10-6 hits advantage and Warner committed two errors.
- Brooke Rule was 3-4 with a run scored and three runs batted in and she had two stolen bases. Rule had a pair of triples and a single.
- Lauren Steenstra was 2-3 with a pair of singles.
- Dordt didn't get a walk.
- Â Chloe Kreuz took the loss and was charged with three runs and three hits in four and a third innings.
- Jadyn Faber pitched in relief of Hailey Willken and went an inning and a third with one strikeout and she allowed two urns on three hits.
- Dordt is now 9-10 this season.
NEXT
Dordt is scheduled to face Judson and Spring Arbor on Thursday, March 7.
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