ame Information
Game Scores: Keiser 11, Concordia Univ. (Mich.) 0, 5 Inn.| Keiser 6, Concordia Univ. (Mich.) 4, 8 Inn.
Records:Â Keiser (13-11), Concordia Univ. (Mich.) (8-6)
Series:Â 2-0, Keiser
Location:Â Alumni Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Game One
Score: Keiser 11, Concordia Univ. (Mich.) 0
Pitchers of Record: W: Green (9-3), L: Reichel (3-3)
Time of Game: 1:15
Weather: 78, Partly Cloudy
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Keiser Highlights
- The Seahawks connected on 11 hits in the opening game, led by Cheyenne Blumberg with a 3-for-3 performance including two home runs and a single.
- Janelle Dominguez and Ally Thompson were also a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate.
- Thompson and Blumberg each drove in three runs during the contest.
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Clutch Pitching
Autumn Green threw her second career no-hitter on an efficient 58 pitches with 41 of those as strikes. The senior struck out seven and carried a perfect game through 4.1 innings.
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How it Happened
- The Seahawks claimed stake to a 4-0 advantage in the first with all four runs coming with two-outs.
- Blumberg scored the first two with a first-pitch, two-run home run to left and Thompson capped the scoring with a two-run double to center.
- Blumberg went deep for a second-time in the game as she connected on a solo bomb to left as the margin grew to 5-0 in the third.
- In the same inning, Keiser added two runs on back-to-back bases loaded walks and an RBI fielder's choice made it 8-0.
- KU pushed across three more runs in the fourth on a two-run double to left by Dominguez and Thompson plated the final run of the game with a single to short.
- Green was perfect through 4.1 innings before hitting Alyssa Jabara on the wrist. However, she struck out the next two batters to complete the no-hitter as Keiser took game one, 11-0.
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Game Two
Score: Keiser 6, Concordia Univ. (Mich.) 3
Pitchers of Record: W: Green (10-3), L: Cieczka (1-3)
Time of Game: 2:20
Weather: 74, Mostly Cloudy
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Keiser Highlights
- The Seahawks had ten hits in the game with Northway, Test, and Thompson recording multiple hits each.
- Blumberg finished with three runs batted in, all coming on the walk-off.
- Green picked up her second win of the day and tenth of the season after tossing one solid inning with a strikeout.
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Walk it Off
The Seahawks trailed by a run in the bottom of the eighth with two-outs when Blumberg connected on a three-run home run as Keiser came out on top, 6-4.
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How it Happened
- Concordia took a 1-0 lead after they scored a run in the second on a throwing error by the second basemen following a run down between third and home.
- Keiser evened the game in the fourth as Avery Miller scored from first on a throwing error by the right fielder, following a bunt single to third by Ostrander. The Seahawks claimed their first lead of the day on a sacrifice fly to center by Dominguez.
- The Cardinals tied the game at 2-2 in the next inning on a one-out solo home run to left and jumped back ahead with a bases-loaded, hit-by-pitch.
- In the bottom half, a throwing error on the shortstop following a Test single, allowed Northway to score from the second as the game was knotted at 3-3.
- Thompson led off the seventh with a bunt to the pitcher and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Carver. Thompson then swiped third on the very next pitch but Lutz popped up into a double-play.
- With the international rule in affect, Concordia started with a runner on second, who then stole third on a strikeout. The Cardinals were able to score a run with a two-out single to center and nearly had a second, but Mueller threw out the runner at home as Concordia led 4-3.
- Mueller was placed on second to start the bottom half before Northway singled to short for runners on the corners with nobody-out. Mueller was then thrown out at home trying to score on a short fly to left.
- A wild pitch moved up runners to second and third before Blumberg won the game with a three-run home run to left as the Seahawks swept Concordia, 6-4.
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Up Next
The Seahawks travel to Lake Wales, Fla. on Wednesday, March 20, for a conference matchup against Warner University. First pitch at 4p.m.
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