good job ladies !!!
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good job ladies !!!
Latest update: LU and Liberty are tied at 4 after 4-1/2 innings. LU is the home team and is coming up to bat. LU took the early lead scoring 1 run in the first and 3 in the 3rd. Liberty took a brief 2-1 lead after scoring 2 in the top of the 3rd with the Lady Cards coming back to retake the lead at 4-2 in the bottom of the frame. In the top of the 5th Liberty tied the game with 2 runs. Right now in the bottom of the 5th LU has runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.
Hawkins singles scoring runner from 2B. Baca thrown out at 3B. Hawkins advances to 2B on the play. Next two batters retired on fly ball outs. LU now leads Liberty 5-4 after 5.
My bad, it was Sable HANKINS not Hawkins.
Liberty did not score in the top of the 6th. Still LU up 5-4.
LU goes down 1-2-3 in their half of the 6th. Still leading 5-4 going into the 7th inning. Ciara Luna has pitched the whole game so far.
Liberty has something going in the 7th. Error by Hankins got the lead off runner on. Single and an error leaves runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out.
A fielders choice got the runner on 3rd out at home. Batter advanced to 2B on play. Liberty has runners at 2nd and 3rd w/ one out.
Liberty got 3 run HR to retake the lead 7-5. Still only 1 out.
Next batter walked on 4 pitches. Luna on the ropes. Probably a bit of shell shock after the HR. The homer was hit by Liberty cleanup hitter Alexia Taylor.
Next batter doubled. Runner on 1st scored on yet another error by LU. Luna is done for the day. Anissa Rodriguez in. She struck out first batter and the next batter lined out to 3B. After 6-1/2 Liberty leads LU 8-5. And doesn't that just suck. C'mon ladies, let's see a big rally!!!!!
Lu has the top of the order up in the bottom of the 7th. McDowell grounded out to ss. Brittany Rodriguez flew out to LF. Brynn Baca lined out to LF as LU goes down 1-2-3 in the 7th as they lose by the score of 8-5.
According to the bracket on womensnisc.com the deciding game will be played this afternoon. Tough break for LU and for Ciara Luna to lose in Liberty's last at-bat. Let's see a big rebound in the next game. This is a double elimination tournament and this is LU's first loss in the Chamionship tournament bracket.
Time to regroup and get them next game! #PeckEm
BTW, all games in this Championship Round will have been played in Lynchburg Virginia which happens to be Liberty University's home field. Pretty nice to win it all on the road in their opponents home stadium. Priceless. Go Lady Cards!!!!
Lu will need to tighten up on defense in game 2. Luna's stat line was 6.1 IP w/ 10 H, 2 BB and 1 K. The telling stat is she allowed 8 runs but only 3 were earned. The defense was charged with a whopping 5 errors. Need to do much better if they hope to win the next game.