Drury game one boxscore in PDF
Drury game two boxscore in PDF
Maryville and Drury played a pair of seesaw softball contests that saw a late rally by each team as the Saints and Panthers split a doubleheader Sunday in St. Louis. Maryville one the first game 3-1, and Drury narrowly took game two 7-5.
Drury pitcher Maria Villarreal was outstanding for the Panthers and held the Saints to just one hit. However, the one Maryville hit was a big one as it proved to be the game winner for the Saints. Drury pushed across a run in the top of the second with a triple and wild pitch. The Saints put two runners on over the first three innings via a walk by
Shelby Steinkamp in the first and when
Molli Updegraff was hit by a pitch in the third.
In the decisive fourth inning, Steinkamp drew a leadoff walk, and
Sarah Graham put down a sac bunt. Steinkamp sprinted all the way to third on the play. Her hustle paid off when Kelsey Katpizke drove her in on a fielder’s choice for a 1-1 tie.
Jennifer Maynez then launched a towering two-run home run for the eventual game winner as the Saints surged ahead 3-1. Saints starter
Julie Jouglard kept the Panthers off the scoreboard and escaped potential trouble in the seventh inning as the Saints held on for the victory.
In a back-and-forth battle in game two, the Panthers took a 4-0 after the top of the third inning, only to see the Saints score five unanswered runs to jump in front. In the bottom of the third,
Karlie Twisselman singled up the middle and took second on a Drury error. Steinkamp reached on another Drury miscue to put runners on the corners. Graham drove in Maryville’s first run, and Kapitzke’s RBI single drew the Saints to within 4-2. Celci Mulller’s infield grounder plated Maryville’s third run.
In the home half of the fourth, the Saints took the lead with two runs. Steinkamp worked a bases-loaded walk to tie the game, and Graham’s grounder pushed in the go-ahead run as Maryville took a 5-4 edge. The Saints threatened to add insurance runs in the sixth when Updegraff walked and Twisselman doubled to put the first two runners in scoring position. However, the Panthers wriggled out of trouble to keep the Saints’ lead at just one. Drury used three hits to score three runs in the top of the seventh to retake a 7-5 lead. The Saints were unable to bring the tying run to the plate as they narrowly fell short in sweeping a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader.
The Saints are now 9-25 overall, 4-16 in the conference. Drury stands at 22-13 overall, 11-9 in the GLVC. Maryville returns to play Tuesday, April 3, when crosstown rival University of Missouri-St. Louis comes to West County.
