Lady Jackets Upset Bakersfield at Leadoff (2/16/07)
Box Score

PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana State-Billings softball team knocked off Cal State-Bakersfield 2-1 in eight innings on Friday to close out pool play at the Schutt Sports DII Leadoff Classic.  Lisa Moore (Bakersfield, CA) and Mandy Schaapveld (Puyallup, WA) each scored in the top of the eighth inning to give the Jackets their second win of the season and snap a six-game losing streak.  CSU-Bakersfield dropped to 4-3.

Moore also went the distance in the circle for her first victory of the season.  She scattered six hits over eight innings, striking out three and walking four.  Using the international tiebreaker, Moore was placed on second base to start the eighth inning after grounding out to end the seventh.  She was moved over to third on a sac bunt by Steph Gosselin (Victoria, BC).

Schaapveld was hit-by-pitch on the next at bat, giving the Jackets runners on the corners with one out.  Megan Moeller (Ontario, OR) reached on an error to score Moore from third and move Schaapveld from first to third.  Two batters later, Lorel Palmer (Ogden, UT) slapped a single to leftfield to drive in Schaapveld. 

In Bakersfield’s half of the eighth, the Roadrunners started with a runner on second and their cleanup hitter at the plate. After a leadoff double scored a run and cut the lead to 2-1, Moore induced the Runners into two groundouts and a fly out to end the game.

The Runners’ Shawna Truan held the Yellowjackets to singles from Terina Stacks (Washougal, WA), Palmer, and Jessica Frank (Great Falls, MT).  She struck out seven and walked one, but Bakersfield was able to produce just one run with its six hits.

The Yellowjackets will begin bracket play Friday night.  They face Western Oregon at 7:00 p.m.  If they win, they will play the 9:00 p.m. game.  If they lose, they play Saturday. Bracket play wraps up on Saturday.