GREEN BAY – The IU Indianapolis softball team split its Saturday doubleheader on the road at Green Bay, taking the opener 6-4 in extra innings before falling 10-4 in game two. The Jaguars used timely hitting and late-inning resilience to win game one, but couldn't contain a late offensive surge by the Phoenix in the second matchup.
Molly Kable starred at the plate across both contests, going a combined 6-for-9 with six RBI and four runs scored.
IU Indy opened its Saturday doubleheader with a dramatic 6-4 extra-inning victory over Green Bay.
The Jaguars got on the board early, capitalizing on a Green Bay miscue in the first inning.
Morgan Gilbert scored on a double steal attempt, giving IU Indy a 1-0 lead. In the third, Kable came through with her first RBI of the day, driving in
Kendal Calvert to make it 2-0.
Green Bay responded in the bottom half of the third inning, scoring three runs behind a two-run double and an RBI single to take a 3-2 lead.
Trailing by one in the seventh, the Jaguars clawed back. Calvert tied the game after singling and eventually scoring on a throwing error. Moments later,
Kennedy Cowan drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder's choice, putting IU Indy ahead 4-3.
Green Bay answered once again in the bottom of the seventh, tying the game at 4-4 and sending it to extras.
In the top of the eighth, IU Indy sealed the win behind Kable's bat. The junior delivered a two-run single to right field, plating Calvert and
Paige McPhearson.
Kable finished the game with three hits and three RBIs, leading the charge offensively. The Jaguars' defense held strong in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win.
Callie Dickerson took the win for the Jags after relieving
Clara Phariss. Dickerson threw a scoreless 1.2 innings, giving up just one hit with one strikeout.
After a thrilling extra-inning win in game one, IU Indy couldn't hold off a late offensive surge from Green Bay in game two, falling 10-4 in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader.
The Phoenix struck first in the second inning with an RBI double, but the Jaguars quickly answered.
Alexa Holman's RBI single up the middle in the third tied things up at 1-1. IU Indy grabbed the lead an inning later when Kable continued her strong day at the plate with a two-run single, scoring Gilbert and McPhearson to make it 3-1.
However, Green Bay responded in the fifth, pushing across three runs. The Phoenix broke the game open in the sixth with a six-run outburst. They racked up six hits in the frame, stretching the lead to 10-3.
IU Indy managed to scratch across one more run in the seventh inning, again off the bat of Kable, who doubled in her third RBI of the game and sixth of the day, scoring Gilbert for the final 10-4 margin.
Kable continued to shine offensively, going 2-for-4 with three RBI while Gilbert added two runs scored in the losing effort.
Lily Roush took the loss in game two, giving up three runs on five hits in 4.1 innings.
With the split, IU Indy moves to 12-21 overall with a 6-6 mark in Horizon League play. The Jags will next travel to Northern Kentucky for a three-game series on Tuesday, April 8.
