DETROIT, Mich. –
Kelsie Swanson,
Shannon Carr and
Jackie Reitmeyer all recorded two hits each in game one against the Titans as Oakland held on to secure a 7-6 win.
Mikayela Marciniak kicked off the third inning with a single to third base, eventually getting pushed to second as
Brittney Miller drew a walk.
Shannon Carr then put the ball in play, resulting in a throwing error by the Titan defense, allowing Marciniak to score.
Jamie Squires followed up with a groundout to second, allowing Miller to score and Reitmeyer hit a one-out single up the middle to knock in the Golden Grizzlies third run of the inning.
Detroit took advantage of errors themselves as they scored two unearned runs as a result of fielding errors.
Oakland scored once more in the fourth inning as
Kelsie Swanson singled, moved to second on a sac bunt from
Jessie Munson and eventually moved up to third base on a wild pitch.
Brittney Miller then reached on another fielding error and Swanson scored.
The game was swaying toward Detroit in the bottom of the sixth inning as they took a 5-4 lead but it was ultimately silenced by
Shannon Carr who hit her first home run of the season to tie the game at five.
Moving into extra innings, Oakland tallied two more runs thanks to a Munson single and more errors from Detroit. The Titans would cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the eight but Wiggins and her defense would hold on to secure the win.
In game two, pitcher
Lauryn Debono held the Titans scoreless through four innings before allowing her first hit of the day in the fifth inning. Debono allowed only three hits, three walks and recorded four strikeouts before
Chelsea Wiggins came in for relief.
The Oakland offense jumped on the board first as they scored two in the top of the fourth inning as
Brittney Miller drew a walk and
Shannon Carr was hit by a pitch.
Jamie Squires singled through the left side loading the bases, before Sydney Rayba picked up an RBI as she grounded out to second, allowing a run to score. Reitmeyer would also ground out to the infield but pick up an RBI as it was deep enough to bring in a run. The Golden Grizzlies would tally their third and final run of the day off of the hot bat of Carr as she singled to score Swanson in the fifth.
Detroit would tie the game in the bottom of the sixth and keep it tied through nine innings before the Titans would hit a walk-off homer to win game two and take the series.
The Golden Grizzlies will return to competition Friday, Mar. 29 at Northern Kentucky as the originally scheduled home games were moved to Highland Heights due to weather and field conditions in Rochester.
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