8B
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF HARRY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007
SOFTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The layhawks 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 to 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 in to close out the seventh innning, notching her third save of the season.
"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 layhaws 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 Javhawks defeated the Kangaroo 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 Cristo hit a lead-off single and then stole second. Cristo went 2-for-3, with two runs scored.
Sophomore Elle Pottert hit her fifth home run of the year to bring Crisosto in and put the layhawks up 4-0.
Potterf went 3-for-3 with five RBL.
Freshman first baseman Amanda lobe 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.
Kansas 8-5, UMKC 0-2
**TIGER GAME**
UMKM 000 00 — 0 1 1
Kansas 113 21 — 8 12 0
First game
Second game
Slagle, Sotelo (3) and Eaton; Vertelka and Simington. W — Vertelka 3-3. L — Slagle 0-2. 2-B —UMKC:Wilson; KU: Potorf 2. HR —KU: Potorf.
UMKC 000 002 0 — 2 6 0
Kansas 014 000 x — 5 9 2
Hurst, Mead (3) and Kaylor, Eaton;
George, Humphreys (3) and Crane;
W. W — George 4-2.1 — Hurst
0-6.2B — UMKC; Brewer; KU: McCaulley, Chapple HI — UMKC;
Schuyler, KU: Crisosto
Records — UMKC 1-17, Kansas 17-7-1.
"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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