SOFTBALL GAME THREAD vs. WKU - SILKWOOD back in action today!!!!

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Alexis Silkwood will take the field today and pitch for the first time this season. I am so glad to see her recovered and ready to get going before SEC play. I decided to make a new thread for this game!!!

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C - Katie Anne Bailey

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2B - Emily Heimberger

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SS - Kayla Winkfield

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3B - Caroline Seitz

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DP - Mackenzie Toler

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RF - Sarai Niu

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1B - Morgan Bell

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LF - Loryn Nichols

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CF - Amanda Ivy

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Top of the 1st

Silkwood opens the season with a K

1 down, no score

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But hits the next batter

1 down, runner on 1B

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6-4 for out number 2 but throw for double play not in time

2 down, runner on 1B

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F-2 in foul territory ends the frame

Mid 1st, no score

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Bottom of 1st

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Bailey with her 6th double of the season to leadoff the Bulldogs

no outs, runner at 2B

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Heimberger is the team's leading hitter so far this season

Goes back to the pitcher 1-3 but moves Bailey to 3B

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Winkfield bunts for a hit

1 out, Ladies on corners

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Winkfield SB


1 out, runners at 2B and 3B

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Seitz HBP

1 out, bases juiced

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Toler, BB scores the first run

1 out, bases load, 1-0 Doggies lead

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Niu F-8, Winkfield tags and scores

2 outs, runners on 2B and 3B, State leads 2-0

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Bell BB, also happens to get away from catcher, scoring runner from 3rd

2 outs, runners at corners, good girls no ahead 3-0

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Nichols will face a new pitcher

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BB loads all bags


ETA: ^^^^This

was actually Olivia Golden who was subbed for Nichols in the bottom half of the 1st

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Ivy, HBP scores Toler

2 outs, bases juiced, State leads 4-0

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Bailey K but not before Bulldogs take a 4-0 lead into the 2nd inning

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Top of the 2nd

WKU leads of with a BB

no outs, runner at 1B

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Sac Bunt 5-3

1 out, runner at 2B

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K

2 outs, runner at 2B

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Grounder 6-3 ends the frame

Mid-2nd, Bulldogs ahead 4-0

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Bottom of the 2nd

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Heimberger grounds out 1-3

1 down

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Winkfield, same

2 down

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Seitz BB

2 out, runner at 1B

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Seitz caught stealing to end the inning with Bulldogs still ahead 4-0

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Top of the 3rd

3-2 count on leadoff batter, then backwards K

1 out

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Second batter of the inning leads WKU in getting struck out!

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And she does not disappoint, Backwards K for...


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Cassady Knudsen who has taken over for Silkwood

2 down

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3-2 count, looking for out #3, but BB puts runner on 1B

2 down, runner at 1B

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I'm not sure why they pulled Silkwood and I only recently noticed it as you see above. Maybe the feel the game is more or less in hand and are still being careful with her.

On that note, Knudsen gets another K, striking out the side to end the frame. Mid-3rd, Bulldogs lead 4-0

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Bottom of the 3rd

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Mackenzie Toler

F-8 warning track

1 out

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Sarai Niu

out at 1st on a bleeder a few feet in front of the plate

2 down

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Morgan Bell

F-4 ends the inning with State still leading 4-0

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Top of the 4th

Leadoff batter grounds out to Bell at 1B

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Batter HBP

1 down, runner at 1B

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4-6 gets the lead runner on a hard hit one hopper but throw to 1B not in time for a double play

2 down, runner at 1B

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2 wild pitches move runner to 3B

Winkfield then flashes some leather with a prostrate snag of a line drive, then tosses over to 3B to get the Bulldogs out of the fram

Halfway point, Bulldogs 4, Hilltoppers 0

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Bottom of the 4th

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Olivia Golden in for Loryn Nichols, BB

No outs, Bulldog on 1B

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Amanda Ivy

reaches on a fielders choice that gets lead runner

1 out, runner on 1B

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Katie Anne Bailey

Same as above, throw to 1B not in time

2 outs, Bailey on 1B

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Emily Heimberger

F-5, leaning over into the MSU dugout

After four innings played, Bulldogs lead WKU 4-0

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Top of the 5th

K, Knudsen's 4th of the day

1 gone

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F-7

2 outs

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Backwards K

Mid-5th, Bulldogs lead 4-0

Coming up for MSU:

Winkfield

Seitz

Toler

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Bottom of the 5th

New Pitcher for Hilltoppers

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Kayla Winkfield

Smacks one to the left field corner, a leadoff triple!!!

No outs, runner on 3B

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Caroline Seitz

HBP, that looked like it hurt

No outs, Doggies on the corners

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Kat Moore

will run for Seitz and promptly steals 2B

No outs, runners on 2B and 3B

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Well, I've lost my feed. Right at a critical moment!!!

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Toler apparently walked, loading the bases

Then a throwing error scored Winkfield

Kat Moore stole home

6-0 Dogs

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Olivia Golden with an RBI single makes it 7-0 and there appears to be runners on 1B and 2B

I still don't have the game. I'm just following the twitter feed.

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Apparently it's now the Bottom of the 6th

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Sabrina Turner in and up to bat, leading off I think

Score is MSU 7, WKU 0

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It's now Top of the 7th where WKU has ended the no hitter with a single

It's the second time this season a potential no hitter has been thwarted in the final inning

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It's gone final, even with two hits in the 7th for the Hilltoppers.

Mississippi State 7, Western Kentucky 0

The Bulldogs, now 16-3 on the campaign, head into the final week (including the upcoming weekend) of strictly non-conference play. We will take on Penn State (9-10), who lost two to Ole Miss this weekend, Tuesday night at Nusz Park at 6:00pm.