ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – After a 13-inning marathon game one ended in Cal State East Bay's 2-1 win, Sonoma State came back in game two with a four-run fifth to take the final game of the series 4-2. With a hit in game one,
Karly Macadangdang extended her hitting and on-base streaks to 14- and 24-games respectively before seeing each end in game two.
Game 1
In game one,
Brigid Ruiz and Bailee Glover each went 13 grueling innings, throwing over a 150 pitches each. The difference proved to be a single off the bat Maddie Ramirez in the top of the 13th. Bailee Aguigui led off the 13th with a single to short before moving to third on a fielding error at second. Two batters later, Ramirez connected on a 2-1 pitch to drive in the winning run.
East Bay drove in the game's first run in the top of the second on a single to second by Jocelyn Baldon. Sarah Fukushima made her way aboard via hit-by-pitch before advancing to second on a fielding error. With a single to second Fukushima advanced to third before deciding to come all the way home on the play.
The Seawolves tied up the game in the fifth thanks to their batting leader
Karly Macadangdang. With
Alex Flores at third, Macadangdang rocketed a ball to third off the glove of Jocelyn Baldon. Unable to recover in time, the Seawolves' first baseman reached on an infield hit, while Flores came in to score.
The game remained scoreless over the following seven innings before the Pioneers came up with the game's winning run.
Game 2
The Seawolves flipped the script in game two, beating the Pioneers thanks to a four-run fifth inning.
After four scoreless innings, Lindsey Calcany-Blair and
Alee Balanon helped break the scoreless tie. With two on and one out, Calcany-Blair reached on a fielding error by the Pioneers third baseman. With gutsy baserunning, Amaral came all the way in from second on the play to put Sonoma State up 1-0. However, Balanon decided to put more space in between her squad and their opponents. Ripping a ball to right, Balanon cleared the fence, and the bases, clobbering a three-run home run.
The next half inning proved a bit dicey for Sonoma State as East Bay connected for a pair of hits to start the inning and drive in a run. Another came across to score on a sac fly, but the Pioneers proved limited to just the two runs.
Brielle Vidmar locked down the top of the seventh and the Seawolves held on, splitting the doubleheader and the series.
With the series split, Sonoma State moves to 23-12 and 15-7 in conference play. They return to action this Friday as they travel to Turlock to take on the Stanislaus State Warriors at 4 pm.