SOMERS, Wis. -- Pinch-hitter
Adrien Hall hit a one-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to score
Carly Dundee with the winning run lifting Wisconsin-Parkside to a 3-2 victory over Drury in game two of a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader to complete a sweep of the Panthers on Friday at the Case Softball Complex.
The Rangers, who won their third straight game, won the opener 3-1 behind home runs from Dundee and
Allison Hausl.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Dundee drew a four-pitch walk to begin the game-winning rally.
Rachel Seefeldt followed with a walk, which advanced Dundee to second base with the winning run. Hall then roped a single to right to bring home Dundee to give Wisconsin-Parkside the victory.
Wisconsin-Parkside, which improved to 18-28 overall and 12-14 in conference play, kept its postseason dreams alive with the sweep of the Panthers. The Rangers would need a sweep of Missouri S&T on Saturday and would need help from Truman State, Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Indiana in order to secure the final spot in the GLVC Tournament.
The Rangers, who improved their home record to 11-6, had to rally for the win in game two as Drury jumped out to an early lead.
Drury, which dropped to 19-34 overall and 6-22 in the GLVC, scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning of game two as the Panthers pushed across a run on a wild pitch and Hannah Hearst hit an RBI double.
The Rangers cut the lead in half with a run in the third inning. Hausl led off the frame with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by
Jessica Shields. Hausl moved up to third on a groundout and came home to score when Dundee hit a two-out single up the middle to trim the lead to 2-1.
Wisconsin-Parkside tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Jessica Crull was hit by a pitch to start the inning and
Madison Manders followed with a walk, which pushed pinch-runner
Emilee Nelson to second base.
Cassie Walek reached on a Panther throwing error, which allowed Nelson to come around to score to knot the game at 2-2.
Hausl started in the circle for the Rangers and worked 6.0 innings and allowed just the two runs, while Dundee came on in relief and worked three scoreless innings to pick up her 13th win of the season.
Dundee also went 2-for-2 and drove in a run, while Walek finished the game 2-for-3. The Rangers also got base hits from Hall, Manders and Hausl.
The Rangers won the opener 3-1 behind the pitching and hitting of Dundee. She worked 7.0 innings in the circle and allowed just one run while striking out four to pick up the win and also blasted her team-leading 11th home run of the season.
Dundee staked the Rangers to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when she homered to right centerfield.
The Rangers upped the lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning when Hausl hammered a long home run to left centerfield for her first career homer.
Drury cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning, but the Rangers tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the inning when
Danielle Crockett tripled to right to score Hall to bump the lead to 3-1.
Shields, Dundee, Crockett and Hausl picked up base hits for the Rangers in game one of the doubleheader.
Wisconsin-Parkside will conclude the regular season on Saturday (April 29) as it hosts Missouri S&T in a GLVC doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. at the Case Softball Complex.
