University of Oregon
Arizona State
Softball Falls 2-1 To Arizona State In 17 Innings
04/30/05 | Softball
EUGENE ? Arizona State third baseman Ashley Werschky hit a solo home run in the top of the 17th inning to lift the visiting Sun Devils to a 2-1 victory over the University of Oregon softball team before 487 fans at Howe Field Saturday afternoon. With the win, Arizona State improves to 28-18 overall, 3-11 Pacific-10 Conference while the Ducks fall to 28-19, 4-10.
"It's disappointing to lose a game like this," Oregon head coach Kathy Arendsen said. "We had plenty of opportunities and we just didn't capitalize."
Oregon set school records in at bats (55), but came up with just eight hits led by freshman Lovena Chaput (2-for-7) and senior Erin Goodell (2-for-6). The Ducks stranded 13 runners while Arizona State left 10 on base.
Junior pitcher Amy Harris, who pitched a complete game shutout against Arizona on Friday, threw 14 innings on Saturday and did not allow an earned run. The Eugene native had nine strikeouts and just two walks to drop her season ERA to 1.21. Reliever Alicia Cook (Elmira) took the loss after relieving Harris in the 15th inning while Arizona State pitcher Desiree Serrano, who came in for starter Katie Burkhart in the 11th inning, improved to 11-6 with the win.
Sun Devil catcher Heide Knabe led all players, going 4-for-7 on the day and shortstop Rhiannon Baca was 3-for-6. Werschky was just 1-for-7 in the game, but her lone hit was the game winner.
Arizona State center fielder Bridgette Caron reached on a lead off error to start the game and then went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kim Zadrozny. Catcher Heide Knabe's RBI single scored Caron as the Sun Devils took an early 1-0 lead.
Oregon junior Beth Boskovich evened the score in the sixth inning with an RBI single to left center that scored freshman Lovena Chaput, who had singled earlier in the inning.
The two teams combined for nine hits over the next 10 innings before Arizona State was able to take the lead in the 17th. Serrano retired the side in the bottom of the 17th to secure the victory.
Oregon and Arizona State will face off again tomorrow at Howe Field at 1 p.m.
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Box score (NCAA)
The Automated ScoreBook
Arizona State at Oregon
Apr 30, 2005 at Eugene, Ore. (Howe Field)
Arizona State 2 (28-18,3-11 PAC-10)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Caron cf................. 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
Zadrozny dh.............. 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Sevilla lf............... 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0
Knabe c.................. 7 0 4 1 0 1 10 2 1
Werschky 3b.............. 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2
McCard 2b................ 4 0 1 0 2 0 7 4 2
Zaleski 1b............... 7 0 1 0 0 0 14 3 0
Hixson pr............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baca ss.................. 6 0 3 0 0 2 7 8 0
Smith rf................. 6 0 2 0 0 3 4 0 2
Crenshaw ph............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Burkhart p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Serrano p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 57 2 13 2 3 12 51 19 10
Oregon 1 (28-19,4-10 PAC-10)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chaput, Lovena lf........ 7 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 3
Sabol, Breanne ss........ 8 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 1
Boskovich, Beth 3b/1b.... 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 1
Leiter, Kristi 1b........ 6 0 1 0 1 1 14 2 2
Nyhus, Ani pr........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen, Kristi pr/3b. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Baird, Dani rf........... 6 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0
Goodell, Erin 2b......... 6 0 2 0 0 0 9 3 0
Topps, Ann Marie dh...... 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
Hudson, Kayleen pr/rf... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richards, Ashley c....... 5 0 0 0 2 1 12 4 2
Rascon, Lauren pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barnes, Suzie cf......... 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2
Eadus, T.J. ph.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Harris, Amy p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cook, Alicia p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 55 1 8 1 6 8 51 20 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Arizona State....... 100 000 000 000 000 01 - 2 13 2
Oregon.............. 000 001 000 000 000 00 - 1 8 1
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E - Knabe; Burkhart; Boskovich. DP - Sun Devils 1; Ducks 1.
LOB - Sun Devils 10; Ducks 13. 2B - Knabe; Sabol. HR - Werschky.
HBP - Chaput. SH - Zadrozny; McCard; Baca; Baird; Goodell; Topps.
SB - Hixson. CS - Caron; Knabe; Baca; Smith; Goodell.
Arizona State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Burkhart............ 10.0 5 1 1 5 6 34 40
Serrano............. 7.0 3 0 0 1 2 21 25
Oregon IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Harris, Amy......... 14.0 9 1 0 2 9 45 50
Cook, Alicia........ 3.0 4 1 1 1 3 12 13
Win - Serrano (11-6). Loss - Cook (8-6).
Save - None.
WP - Burkhart. HBP - by Burkhart (Chaput).
BK - Burkhart.
PB - Richards.
Umpires - HP: Gary Dalen 1B: Dennis Wren
3B: Mike Bartling
Start: 3 p.m. Time: 4:01 Attendance: 487
Game: ASU-ORE
