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Softball Enforces Run-Rule in Senior Weekend Sweep
5/7/2022 1:22:00 PM | Softball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Softball (13-33, 9-11) swept their first series of the season in their regular season finale against South Dakota (27-23, 11-10). The Roos used hot bats to score nine runs in four innings to run-rule the Coyotes, 9-0. The day was highlighted by the seniors with a Kloe Hilbrenner homerun, a 3-for-3 performance at the plate from Alexis D'Ambrosio and a diving catch in the outfield by Katie Slauson.
KEY MOMENTS
Kansas City will be the five-seed in the Summit League championship next week in Brookings, S.D. They will face the four-seed, South Dakota, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11 at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium. This will be the fourth time in five days that the Roos will face the Coyotes, as KC will look for the four-game season sweep.
KEY MOMENTS
- B1 / 3-0 | Hits by Hilbrenner, D'Ambrosio and Fenoglio in the first inning led to a three-run lead early.
- B2 / 4-0 | D'Ambrosio got her second hit of the game and brought in fellow senior Slauson.
- B4 / 9-0 | Kansas City enforced the potential run-rule scoring five runs in the bottom of the fourth, charged by Hilbrenner's homerun to leadoff the inning.
You're right, it wouldn't be a senior day without a Kloe Hilbrenner homerun ??#KCRoos | @HilbrennerKloe pic.twitter.com/WREJmTzP4b
— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) May 7, 2022
- T5 / 9-0 | Jenna Milan came into finish the final inning, retiring the Coyotes in a row.
- Kansas City exploded for 27 runs and 23 hits this weekend, the most in a weekend this season.
- All seniors in the batting lineup had at least had one hit, an RBI or a run scored; combining for six hits, five RBI and five runs scored.
- D'Ambrosio earned her seventh hit and eighth RBI of the weekend, finishing today 3-for-3.
- Smith had a season-high three RBI and scored a run.
- Hoveland got the start on senior day and pitched two innings, pitching once through the Coyote lineup. She allowed zero runs, three hits and struck out one, totaling 374 career strikeouts.
- Audrey Danielson relieved Hoveland, pitching two innings, only allowing one hit, while striking out one.
Kansas City will be the five-seed in the Summit League championship next week in Brookings, S.D. They will face the four-seed, South Dakota, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11 at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium. This will be the fourth time in five days that the Roos will face the Coyotes, as KC will look for the four-game season sweep.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Danielson, Audrey (1-0)
L: Clara Edwards (15-13)
Batting:
HR: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1
RBI: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1 ; D'Ambrosio, Alexis 2 ; Smith, Lexy 3 ; Thorne, Ashley 2 ; Reid, Sydney 1
SF: Smith, Lexy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hilbrenner, Kloe 2 ; D'Ambrosio, Alexis 2 ; Vonfeldt, Ally 2 ; Karnes, Marina 1 ; Smith, Lexy 1 ; Slauson, Katie 1
SB: Hilbrenner, Kloe 1 ; Slauson, Katie 1
Game Leaders
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