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Cushing, Mackey Lift Furman To Extra-Inning Victory Over St. Bonaventure, 2-1
March 10, 2007
Rock Hill, S.C. - Stephanie Cushing went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and Lana Mackey fanned eight batters to lift Furman to a thriller 2-1 extra innings victory over St. Bonaventure Saturday evening at the Winthrop/adidas Invitational. Akron downed Furman 6-1 in Saturday's first game.
Tied at 1-1 in the top of the eight, Abby Robertson put down a sacrifice bunt to advance designated runner Amber Kiser to third. Cushing followed with a line drive through the right side to plate the eventual game-winning run.
After Mackey struck out the first batter in the bottom of the eighth, the freshman got leadoff hitter Katie Pazda to ground into a 6-3-5 double play to end the game.
St. Bonaventure took a 1-0 lead in the second when Caitlin Grattan singled and scored on a Lady Paladin error. Furman (9-11-1) answered to tie the game in the top of the third. Kiser laced a ground-rule double down the left field line and moved to third on Robertson's first of two sacrifice bunts. Cushing followed with a squeeze bunt down the first base line to reach safely and score Kiser.
Mackey improved to 5-4 in the circle tossing a two-hit, complete game. The Perry, Ga., native allowed no earned runs while issuing just one base on balls in eight innings. Sherri Thompson suffered the loss for the Bonnies allowing two runs on five hits in eight innings.
In game one, Katrina Moffett blasted a first-inning grand slam to lead the Zips to a 6-1 win over Furman.
Akron starter Lindsay Bodeker made the lead stand up holding Furman to just one hit while fanning four in five innings of work.
Megan Jaudon belted a solo homer, her third of the season, in the seventh inning to break up the shutout bid. Blake Murray (4-7) allowed four runs on five hits in one inning to take the loss. Vanessa Williams pitched five innings of relief surrendering just one earned run for the Lady Paladins.
Furman returns to action when it visits the Charlotte 49ers for a doubleheader on March 17.
