Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Valerie George, sophomore pitcher, throws a pitch in the second game on Tuesday's against UMKC. UMKC scored only two points during the double header after hitting a home run.
The Kansas softball team took advantage of a short home stand Tuesday, defeating UMKC 8-0 at Arrocha Ballpark.
The Jayhawks (17-7-1) have taken 10 straight from the Kangaroos since their last loss in the series in 2002.
Kansas extended its 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning to 5-0 thanks to sophomore shortstop Stevie Crisosto. Crisosto cracked a three-run home run off the center field scoreboard.
“Stevie’s really starting to swing the bat well,” coach Tracy Bunge said. “She’s got good bat swing; we know what she’s capable of doing.”
One shy of matching her freshman-year total in home runs already this season, Bunge said that though Crisosto was a line-drive hitter, she could elevate the ball enough to send it out of the park.
Sophomore center fielder Dougie McCaulley was 3-for-4 in the leadoff spot. She also hit her team-leading fifth double of the season.
The Jayhawks had a 5-0 lead heading into the fifth inning, until Kangaroo third baseman Jaclyn Schuyler took a sixth pitch, with help from the wind, out of the park for a two-run home run to score UMKC’s only runs of the day.
Sophomore Valerie George took to the mound for the Jayhawks. George (3-2) allowed two runs off five hits, but struck out a career-high eight batters.
“Valerie threw five really good innings, Didn’t look good in the sixth; her ball was starting elevate,” Bunge said.
George showed signs of fatigue in the fifth inning, allowing a runner to advance to third after a wild pitch with two outs in the inning. She got herself out of the jam by striking out the next batter.
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys, who didn’t start either game of the series, came to close out the seventh inning, notching her third save of the season.
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We didn’t use Humphreys because she’s going to be a work horse here for us for the second half of the year.
-coach Tracy Bunge
“We didn’t use Humphreys because she’s going to be a work horse here for us for the second half of the year,” coach Bunge said.
The Jayhawks play two games Friday at the Capital Classic in Sacramento, Calif. First pitch against Cal Poly is set for at noon; the Idaho State game starts at 5 p.m.
Game one
The Jayhawks defeated the Kangaroos by the run rule, scoring at least one run each inning in a 8-0 five-inning victory.
Kansas struck big in the third inning as sophomore shortstop Stevie Crisosto hit a lead-off single and then stole second. Crisosto went 2-for-3, with two runs scored.
Sophomore Elle Pottorf hit her fifth home run of the year to bring Crisosto in and put the Jayhawks up 4-0.
Pottorf went 3-for-3 with five RBI.
Freshman first baseman Amanda Jobe hit a single to right field and after advancing to second on a fielders choice. Jobe scored on a single by freshman Sara Ramirez. Ramirez was 2-for-3, scored one run and had an RBI.
Freshman pitcher Sarah Vertelka (3-3) threw all five innings giving up just one hit and striking out four of the 16 batters she faced.
“It was good to see pitching time for her,” Bunge said. “She did a solid job.”
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kafarakis can be contacted at ekafarakis@kansan.com.
— Edited by Ryan Schneider
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