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Brittny Baynes had two hits in the opener, then added three RBI in the nightcap

King's Softball Splits Doubleheader with Oneonta

4/18/2011 8:42:49 PM

APRIL 18, 2011

KING'S SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH ONEONTA
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College softball team returned to non-conference action on Monday by splitting a doubleheader with Oneonta State University. King's won the first game 7-3 before Oneonta rallied to take the nightcap 7-5.

With the split, King's stands at 10-9 overall while Oneonta is 14-11.

In the opener, King's took a 1-0 lead when Amanda Cardone doubled and later scored form third on a wild pitch. The Lady Monarchs added two runs in the second inning when Rebecca Taylor doubled and scored on a double by Eric Beane. Jenn Harnischfeger followed with the third King's double of the inning to plate Beane for a 3-0 King's advantage.
After Oneonta scored a pair of runs in the top half of the third, the Lady Monarchs responded in the bottom half with three of their own. Brittny Baynes doubled and eventually scored when Taylor reached base on a throwing error. Rutkoski stroked an RBI double before Kaitlin Siegfried added a run-scoring single to give King's a 6-1 lead.

After Oneonta cut the lead to 6-2 in the sixth, the Lady Monarcha added a final run when Harsnischfeger singled, moved tio third on a Rachel Zinni bunt, and then scored on a single up the middle by Cardone.

Brittany Haight was the winning pitcher, scattering seven hits and striking out five batters. Cardone, Baynes, and Harnischfeger led King's with three hits each while Taylor scored two runs.

In the second game, King's took a 1-0 first-inning lead when Tina Seber walked and eventually scored from third on a sacrifice fly by Baynes. King's added a run in the fourth inning when Rutkoski drilled a solo home run over the left field fence. Annie Erndl ignited a three-run fifth inning with a leadoff solo home run and Baynes added a two-run single to give the Lady Monarchs a 5-1 lead.

King's, however, would close out the final two innings with poor defense, committing four errors. Oneonta used the miscues to rally, first scoring two unearned runs in the sixth inning to cut the score to 5-2. In the seventh, the Red Dragons used a leadoff home run to trim the King's lead to 5-4. Three more King's errors resulted in three more unearned runs for Oneonta as the Lady Monarchs fell 7-5.

Rutkoski had two hits and was the lone multiple hitter for King's. Baynes added three RBI to aid the Lady Monarch attack. Haight, who entered the game in relief of Erndl in the sixth inning, look the loss, allowing four runs, one which was earned. Erndl gave up three runs, one earned, on nine hits in five and one-third innings.
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