HAMPTON, Va. – The La Salle softball team (3-10) fell to the Omaha Mavericks (12-13) and the Hampton Pirates (8-12) on Saturday at the Lady Pirate Softball Complex.
Game 1: Omaha 5, La Salle 1
The Mavericks put up two runs in the top of the 3
rd against
Marlo Roadcap (L, 1-5) before
Taylor Rohrbaugh's RBI double in the home half of the 3
rd made it a one-run game.
Omaha got the run back in the 4
th inning with a Jessica Nelson RBI single and added two more runs in the 5
th inning. Roadcap was charged with five runs (four earned) over five frames, and matched her season-high with seven strikeouts.
Freshman
Morgan Orlowski kept Omaha off the board over the final two innings, and allowed just one base runner.
The Explorers had seven hits against Omaha starter Sydney Hampton (W, 8-4), but the righty stranded runners in scoring position in the 3
rd, 5
th and 6
th innings.
Game 2: Hampton 4, La Salle 3 (8 innings)
Hampton's Lorena Alvarez delivered the game-winning single with one out in the 8
th inning to lift the Pirates to the win.
Reilly Gearhart (L, 2-3) pitched the entire game for the Explorers, allowing three earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three.
The Explorers had tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the 7
th on a Rohrbaugh sacrifice fly to center.
Emma Schweigert hit her third homer of the season in the 1
st inning, a two-run blast that put the Explorers in front 2-0. La Salle held the two-run advantage until the Pirates took the lead with a three-run 6
th inning.