
Late Comeback Thwarted in Pair of Losses to No. 16 Indiana Wesleyan


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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 3 |
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McCreary Throws Out Runner At Home
UPLAND, Ind. – A late comeback was foiled in the opening game of a doubleheader against No. 16 Indiana Wesleyan (17-3, 8-0 CL) as Taylor dropped both games to the Wildcats.
Aleyah Rastetter rose the career rankings in the pair of games at Gudakunst field on Tuesday. The senior hit her 42nd double, which tied her for sixth in program history, and drew her 72nd walk, which took her into a tie for second, only four away from matching the 76 drawn by Alex Lovelace.
Madisyn Standridge had four hits in five at-bats and a stolen base in a solid day at the plate, while Jersey Tannehill knocked two doubles and three RBI in the twin-billing.
A five-run sixth-inning comeback was thwarted in the opener when Indiana Wesleyan scored 10 in the top of the seventh in a 13-6 loss to begin the day.
Taylor opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, with a ground-out RBI plating Rastetter, who drew a walk to begin the frame.
The Wildcats tied the game in the third and looked to have taken the lead in the fourth when a fly ball to right was caught by Delaynee McCreary, who fired home and nailed a runner at the plate to keep the game level at one apiece. IWU scored twice in the fifth to then take the lead.
Taylor came up in the bottom of the sixth trailing by two, when Tannehill started the frame with one of her four hits on the day. Hannah Pack had a key at-bat in the inning, drawing a 14-pitch walk to load the bases with one out. Standridgedrew a walk on eight pitches to drive in a run. Rastetter had a sacrifice fly to knot the game at three before Livie Lehmann stepped to the plate. Lehmann launched a three-run home run to take a three-run lead into the final frame.
IWU subsequently scored six runs without recording an out or seeing a ball leave the infield, giving the Wildcats the lead, which ballooned by four more on a grand slam with one out to 13-6.
The offense of IWU was on full display in the seventh and continued in the nightcap when they scored 12 runs to beat the Trojans 12-5.
Taylor (11-11, 3-5 CL) trailed by two in the bottom of the third and scored a run on an error before tying it up on a double to left-center field by Tannehill.
The Wildcats scored eight runs in the next two innings to take control of the game.
Taylor hits the road for the rest of the month in Crossroads League action, beginning with a matchup against Huntington (11-9, 3-3 CL) on Friday, March 22, with the opener set to start at 3:00 pm.