CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the second straight game IUPUI found itself in extra innings. And for the second straight game
Ali Mosier delivered with a clutch hit, this time in a 7-6 victory over Georgetown.
Mosier was the hero with the go ahead groundout in the top of the 11th and caught the final out in the bottom of the inning against Indiana State the last time the Jags played. This time the senior from Simi Valley, Calif., scored a big hit with a two-run double in the 10
th and fielded the last out to lift the Jags to the win.
"I think I am getting grey hairs," said Mosier. "I don't think it should have got to that point but I think we like to make things exciting."
Mosier went 2-3 on the day including the go ahead hit and also had three walks.
Roni Patterson and
Maggie Good each added two-run doubles for the Jags as well.
IUPUI (4-6) got solid pitching from senior
Brooke Boetjer again, who went all ten innings, only giving up one earned run on nine hits and finished with three strikeouts. The win is Boetjer's fourth straight and moves her record to 4-2 on the season.
Boetjer kept the Jags in the game on a day when IUPUI left 13 runners on base and finished with four errors leading to four other Georgetown runs.
"I am mad that we got to the ten innings for [Brooke] because she was pitching well that whole game," Mosier said. "We should have been behind her defensively ... but she did awesome and I know she can handle it."
The Jags looked like they were going to get started early as Mosier and Schlobohm ended up on second and third with no outs but Patterson popped out,
Taylor Chitwood lined out and Good grounded out to end the inning and keep IUPUI off the board.
Georgetown (1-8) took the momentum from the defensive stop in the first and took advantage in its half of the inning. With a runner on second, Samantha Giovaniello hit a single through the right side. The throw home beat the runner but the ball came out of Patterson's glove on the tag to give the Hoyas the first run of the game.
The next batter, Sarah Bennett drove a deep shot to the center field wall to score Giovaniello and two batters later Grace Appelbe's single to center gave Georgetown a 3-0 lead.
In the top of the second the Jags loaded the bases with two outs but Schlobohm grounded out to end the inning, keeping the Jags scoreless.
IUPUI finally broke through in the top of the third. Patterson started the inning with a single to right center field and Chitwood followed with a single of her own. Good moved the runners to second and third with a groundout and Boetjer was brought in to pinch hit. Boetjer popped up to second but hesitation by the fielder allowed Patterson to score and put the Jags on the board.
From there Boetjer, kept the Jags in the game as the offense continued to sputter. Over the next three innings, Georgetown did not record a hit as Boetjer kept the Hoya batters off balance.
The Hoyas finally broke through on Boetjer in the bottom of the sixth adding two insurance runs on sacrifice flies before Boetjer stuck out the last batter of the frame.
With an offense that could not get runners across the plate, the Jags were in need of a big inning to try to keep the game going. Down four, with three outs left,
Delilah Wright led off the inning with a single. Wright moved in to scoring position after Mosier singled to left field.
A Schlobohm sacrifice bunt put both runners in scoring position with one out and brought Patterson to the plate. Patterson's shot in to left field scored Wright and Mosier to cut the deficit in half.
Chitwood took the first pitch she saw to center field and advanced to second on the throw home that kept Patterson on third. With the tying run in scoring position, Good picked a great time for her first hit of the game doubling down the line on a ball that landed on the foul line and tied the game at five.
Boetjer singled to move Good to third but two straight groundouts ended the threat for the Jags. Boetjer forced a three-up, three-down inning in the bottom half to send the Jags to extra innings for the second straight game.
The international tie breaker was again used in extras meaning each team started their inning with a runner on second. The Jags threatened, putting a runner on third with no outs, but a line out by Mosier, followed by a failed squeeze play that resulted in an out at home stalled the inning and the Jags were held scoreless.
Needing to hold Georgetown scoreless, Boetjer gave up a single to start the inning to put runners on the corners. A pop out on a bunt, plus bad base running by the Hoyas led to a double play and Boetjer got a strikeout to end the inning and send the game to the ninth.
The Jags against moved the runner to third, this time with one out, but two groundouts kept IUPUI off the scoreboard.
Georgetown fared no better in their chance to win the game as the Hoyas went in order in the inning.
In the tenth, after a ground out by Wright put runners on the corners with two outs, Mosier stepped to the plate looking for a chance to break the tie. With a 2-1 count Mosier took the pitch right back up the middle and two runs came in to score giving the Jags the 7-5 lead.
"I was just trying to say stay small and make sure something happens because the at bat before I hit it off the end the bat," Mosier said. "I was just trying to do anything with it and hit it hard up the middle."
The Hoyas needed two runs to continue the game and after a sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly, Georgetown got one run back. With two outs, Georgetown's best hitter, Bennett stepped to the plate. On a 1-1 count, Boetjer got Bennett to ground out to Mosier to end the game and give the Jags the 7-6 win.
The Jags are back in action with two games tomorrow. A second game with Georgetown kicks off the day for the Jags at 1:00 p.m. and IUPUI takes on host North Carolina immediately after.