SANTA CLARA, Calif. ? The CSUB softball team scored 11 sixth?inning runs to power their way to a doubleheader sweep of Santa Clara University Tuesday at Marsalli Park. CSUB took game one 8?2 before rallying late to win the nightcap 7?5.
Senior rightfielder Bethany Snow led the CSUB (16?18 overall) offense with four hits and four RBI. She belted a career?high three doubles in the opener then added a single in the nightcap to extend her hitting streak to nine games.
Senior second baseman Cara Klein went 1-for-4 in the opener to run her hitting streak to 14 games. She went 0-for-4 in game two.
In the circle, freshman Brittany Johnson enjoyed a stellar day, pitching a complete?game, six?hitter in the opener to improve to 11?8 on the season. She then shut the door in the seventh inning of game to two earn her second save while preserving freshman Kristen Schlegel's first collegiate victory.
The Roadrunners scored two early runs in game one before exploding for five runs in the sixth inning to take 7?0 lead. Senior centerfielder Pikake Nutter?Gaudet's third home run of the season, a two?run shot, highlighted the outburst.
Trailing 5?1 in the sixth inning of game two, the Roadrunners rallied for six runs. Sophomore third baseman Kelli Bailey capped the explosion with a three?run homerun, her third of the season.
The sweep gives the Roadrunners a modest three?game winning streak heading into their final homestand of the season April 12?13 against fellow NCAA Division I Independent member Utah Valley University. CSUB won four consecutive games earlier this season for their longest win streak as an NCAA Division I member.
| TEAMS | 123
| 456
| 7
| --
| R
| H
| E
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CSU Bakersfield
| 100
| 015
| 1
| --
| 8
| 13
| 2
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Santa Clara
| 000
| 001
| 1
| --
| 2
| 6
| 3
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BATTERIES: Johnson and Taylor; Rauschnot, Morales (6) and Edmonson. WP ? Brittany Johnson (11-8). LP ? Kaitlyn Rauschnot (0-8).
2B ? Snow (B) 3, Lyman (B), Veitch (B). HR ? Nutter-Gaudet (B, #3).
| TEAMS (RECORDS) | 123
| 456
| 7
| --
| R
| H
| E
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CSU Bakersfield (16-18 overall)
| 000
| 106
| 0
| --
| 7
| 9
| 3
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Santa Clara (4-33 overall)
| 040
| 100
| 0
| --
| 5
| 6
| 4
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BATTERIES: Truan, Schlegel (4), Johnson (7) and Taylor; Morlaes and Edmonson. WP ? Kristen Schlegel (1-1). LP ? Jackie Morales (2-11). Sv ? Brittany Johnson (2).
2B ? Morales (SC). HR ? Bailey (B #3), Nicora (SC #1).
