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Paige Pitch
Molli Kaptein
5
Simpson RED_HAWK 16-18
6
Winner Biola BU-SB 28-8
Simpson RED_HAWK
16-18
5
Final
6
Biola BU-SB
28-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Simpson RED_HAWK 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 1
Biola BU-SB 0 0 0 5 0 1 X 6 9 1

W: Austin, Paige (12-2) L: D. Kranz (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Better Late Than Never

Eagles score six times in final three innings to come from behind for sweep.

LA MIRADA, Calif. --- It certainly looked and felt absolutely nothing like Biola's dominant 7-0 game one victory, but Biola Softball managed to once again get the job done in game two to secure a sweep over Simpson University with a 6-5 victory in the nightcap.

The Eagles surrendered five runs to the Redhawks within the first three innings, thanks to a pair of SU homeruns and patient plate appearances by Simpson leading to some walks while BU pitchers attempted to figure out the home plate umpire's strike zone.

The Eagles eventually figured out that zone both out on defense and when they found themselves in the batter's box and managed to turn the 5-0 deficit into a victory with six runs of their own in the final three innings of the contest.

The big inning for Biola came in the bottom of the fourth as the Eagles managed to tie the game with five runs on five hits. It began with a barrage of aggressive appearances to start the frame, led by Areana Ramos' thunderous leadoff triple. After Ramos reached, the next five batters would reach base to get everything churning.

The plate appearance that broke the streak of five consecutive reaching was actually a functional out too as it was a ground ball that advanced base runners to second and third base to set the table for Jay Perez. Perez came up with two outs in the inning and Biola still trailing by two and roped a double into left-center to bring Karen Lieng and Andi Hormel home and knot the game up.

Biola batted around that inning with Ramos making the final out to strand two runners on base.

Those runners left on came into clear focus over the course of the next two offensive innings for Simpson. The Redhawks got the bases loaded with two outs in the fifth and threatened to take the lead from Paige Austin, who was in the game for her second relief appearance of the day.

Austin managed to induce a weak groundball to Selina Sherlin to end the threat in that inning, but was right back out there quickly for the sixth as Biola's heart of the order went down 1-2-3 in the fifth.

Simpson got the first two runners on base in the sixth and managed to have them both advance to second and third with nobody out after a wild pitch and passed ball. Austin was locked in after that though and the freshman battled through some really lengthy counts to hold those runners right where they were by getting a strikeout, pop up and another strikeout to end the frame and keep the game tied.

Then Biola's offense went out and immediately found a way to get the job done. Hormel led off the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second thanks to a great bunt by Lieng. She moved to third on a passed ball and the freshman Noel Balderston hit the single that would push her across home plate with what would turn out to be the game-winning run.

Austin hit two batters in the top of the seventh just to make things interesting, but got her sixth strikeout of the game to end things in Biola's favor for the Eagles' fourth win in a row.

Biola improves to 28-8 with today's results and the Simpson ballclub drops to 16-18. The Eagles have their toughest test yet scheduled for this Saturday as the team travels to St. George, Utah for a PacWest Conference battle with the nationally-ranked and second-place conference team, No. 6 Dixie State (22-2, 8-2 PWC).
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