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Zips Softball Falls in Rubber Match with BG, 5-3
April 24 | Softball
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AKRON, Ohio – Akron softball lost a two-run lead late in the game after a big sixth inning by the Falcons and failed to make a late game comeback as Bowling Green stole the rubber match of the three-game series, 5-3, Sunday afternoon at Lee Jackson Field.
The Zips fall to 26-20-1 after the loss and 8-7-1 in Mid-American Conference play. The Falcons improve to 18-28 and 6-11 in the MAC.
Akron totaled just three hits in the contest and left four runners on base including two in scoring position.
The Zips jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom half of the third inning. Freshman Gabrielle Fredericks and sophomore Kayla Schlosser (Erie, Pa.) drew back-to-back walks to lead. Junior Alyssa Nicholas (Cortland, Ohio) was then hit by a pitch with one out to load the bases and freshman Lilli Piper (Norton, Ohio) saw a six pitch walk to bring home the first run of the afternoon. With two outs and the bases still loaded, junior Carley Childress (Belknap, Ill.) ripped a double off the fence in left center field driving home Schlosser and Nicholas to give Akron a 3-0 advantage.
From there on out, the Falcons shut down the Akron offense only allowing one hit in the final four innings.
Bowling Green cut the deficit to two runs, 3-1, in the top of the fourth inning after a error kept the inning alive and allowed a runner from third to score.
The Falcons took over the lead in the top of the sixth inning with two big hits. BG cut the lead to 3-2 with an RBI single to right field. After loading the bases following a Akron error, Bowling Green's Morgan Evangilista hit a bases clearing double to right center field to claim a 5-3 lead.
In the circle, senior Erin Seiler (Bowling Green, Ohio) made her third start in two days for the Zips. The righty pitched seven innings, gave up five runs, three earned, on six hits while striking out five.
In the final two innings, the Zips went down 1-2-3 to end the game.
Akron returns to action next weekend, April 29-30, for its final three-game series at Lee Jackson Field against Miami (Ohio). The Zips and Redhawks sqaure-off on Friday, April 29 at 3 p.m. for one. On Saturday, April 30, the two teams are set for a double-header beginning at 1 p.m. The two games on saturday are the Zips strike out cancer game as well as senior day.
