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Gabbie Jonas
3
Drake DU 16-13
4
Winner Creighton CU 9-16
Drake DU
16-13
3
Final
4
Creighton CU
9-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drake DU 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 1
Creighton CU 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 4 11 2

W: CLARK, Bryana (5-6) L: Smith, Kailee (7-9) S: DELLINGER, Sam (2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Drake Athletic Communications

Creighton Edges Drake, 4-3

Drake returns to MVC play at Southern Illinois this weekend. The Bulldogs and the Salukis are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon before a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m. to close the series.

OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton edged the Drake University softball team by a score of 4-3 Wednesday night in a non-conference midweek game between the former Missouri Valley Conference rivals.
 
Drake (16-13) recorded 10 hits and stranded 14 baserunners, including leaving the bases loaded in the seventh inning and multiple runners in scoring position throughout the game.  in the seventh inning, freshman Mandi Roemmich (West Des Moines, Iowa) hit a sharp grounder but right at the Creighton (9-16) second baseman to end the game.  
 
Freshman Sarah Maddox (Henderson, Nev.), sophomore Taryn Pena (Columbia, Ill.) and junior Kelsey Wright (Olathe, Kan.) each tallied two hits to lead the Bulldogs' offense. Sophomore Gabbie Jonas (Omaha, Neb.) went 1-for-3 with one run batted in playing in her hometown.
 
Junior pitcher Kailee Smith (Murrieta, Calif.) pitched seven innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on 11 hits with six strikeouts and three walks. Smith dropped to 7-9 with the loss.
 
Maddox put Drake up 1-0 in the top of the first inning as the freshman drove in senior Megan Sowa (Gurnee, Ill.), who lined a two-out base hit up the middle, with a double to right field. Creighton tied the game at 1-1 with a RBI double in the bottom of the frame.
 
The Bluejays took the lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the third with a sacrifice fly, but had the bases loaded with one out as Smith limited the damage to just the single run.
 
Drake, which stranded eight runners in the first four innings, broke through in the top of the fifth as Pena drove a ball in the gap to bring in Maddox and tie the game at 3-3. Maddox led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on the play as the Bluejays shortstop threw the ball in the dugout.
 
Creighton took the lead back in the bottom of the fifth with a one-out RBI double to put the Bluejays up 4-3.
 
Drake returns to MVC play at Southern Illinois this weekend. The Bulldogs and the Salukis are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon before a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m. to close the series. All three games will be streamed on The Valley on ESPN3.
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