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Beach
bats catch fire in Sacramento
Staff reports
Long Beach State
needed just 10 innings to pound out 22 runs and 23 hits in
beating Sacramento State, 13-3 and 9-0, in a Big West Conference
softball doubleheader Saturday in Sacramento.
Both games were shortened to five innings after the eight-run
mercy rule was put into effect.
Carrie Hamilton was three for three with three runs scored
and four RBIs, Arleigh Thorp went four for four with
three runs scored and Jamie Farnworth had three RBIs as the
49ers exploded for 10 runs in the final two innings of the
first game.
The Beach led, 3-0, after the first inning on a two-run double
from Farnworth and a RBI single from Hamilton, and blew the
game open by scoring six times in the fourth to make it 9-0.
Hamilton's three-run home run, her second of the season, highlighted
the inning.
The Hornets cut the lead to 9-3 in the bottom of the inning,
but the 49ers scored four times in the fifth to take a 10-run
lead. Beach starter Meredith Cervenka ended the contest with
a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth.
Cervenka went five innings, allowing seven hits and two earned
runs to improve to 20-4 this season.
In the second game, LBSU led, 1-0, after three innings before
scoring eight times in the fourth to turn the game into a
rout.
Hamilton again was key for The Beach, getting two hits in
the fourth, including a two-run single. Cassie Preece also
had a two-run single in the inning. Natalie Walker had two
run-scoring singles in the eighth and finished the game with
three hits, and freshman Lauren Johnson scored twice and had
and RBI.
Game two starter Lindsey Knoff (13-12) was the benefactor
of the offense explosion in the nightcap. Knoff gave up three
hits and struck out three for The Beach, which was 34-17 overall
and 12-5 in the Big West after the sweep. Sac State fell to
15-24, 4-10.
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