Friday, April 1
Cedar City, Utah
1 PM
Montana
14-16, 2-2
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Southern Utah
3-24, 0-4
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Southern Utah
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Griz win two wild ones
4/1/2022 7:55:00 PM | Softball
The Montana softball team put up 37 runs and opened its three-game series at Southern Utah with a doubleheader sweep of the Thunderbirds on Friday afternoon at Kathryn Berg Field in Cedar City.
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The Grizzlies (15-16, 3-2 BSC) scored a program-record 23 runs in taking Game 1 by a score of 23-7.
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In Game 2, Montana rallied from a six-run deficit entering the 7th inning to win 14-11 in eight innings, the third-largest comeback in program history.
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The two-game sweep gives Montana a three-game winning streak entering Saturday's series finale.
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The Grizzlies batted .486 in the two games. Eight players had multiple hits in the doubleheader, nine drove in a run.
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The Grizzlies, with an assist from Southern Utah's pitchers, wasted no time jumping on the Thunderbirds in the opener, scoring eight runs in the top of the first.
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After Jaxie Klucewich, who went 7 for 11 on Friday with six runs scored, opened the game reaching on an error, SUU walked the next five batters. Montana led 4-0 before an out was recorded.
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The Grizzlies put up four runs in the 2nd, one in the 3rd, then exploded for 10 in the 4th to match a program record for runs in an inning.
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Allie Brock threw a five-inning complete game, two Southern Utah pitchers walked 16 batters.
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Montana's 23 runs surpassed the previous program record set last season in a 19-15 road win at Idaho State.
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Klucewich had four hits, Cami Sellers drove in five, the most for a Grizzly since 2019, and Julie Phelps scored four runs, the most for a Montana player since 2018.
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After scoring at will in Game 1, the Grizzlies were mostly kept quiet through the first five innings in Game 2 by Southern Utah starter Payton Goodrich.
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Montana had just five hits through five innings, its only run coming on an RBI single by Sellers in the top of the 3rd.
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The Grizzlies took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 6th with two runs on two hits and a two-out Southern Utah error, but the lead would be short-lived.
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The Thunderbirds got to starter Dana Butterfield and Brock in relief for seven runs in the bottom of the 6th, including a grand slam that had Southern Utah (3-25, 0-5 BSC) poised to win its fourth game of the season.
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Her team trailing 9-3, Presley Jantzi led off the top of the 7th with a single up the middle to get the rally started and she would come up again with two outs and Montana trailing 9-8 with two runners on base.
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Her first career home run on a 1-0 pitch gave Montana an 11-9 lead.
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The Grizzlies had six hits in the inning, four hits, a walk, an error and a sacrifice fly sandwiched between Jantzi's leadoff single and go-ahead home run.
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Southern Utah would send it to extra innings with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the 7th, but that just set the stage for Montana to shut the door for good.
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Klucewich, Maygen McGrath and Jantzi all had two-out RBI singles as Montana built a 14-11 lead.
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Brock pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to pick up win No. 9 on the season. Her next victory will make her just the fifth pitcher in program history with 10 wins in a season.
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Klucewich, McGrath and Jantzi all had three hits in Game 2. Jantzi had four RBIs, Klucewich scored three times.
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Sellers and Elise Ontiveros both had seven RBIs in the doubleheader, Sellers and Julie Phelps both scored five runs, and Klucewich made a dozen plate appearances in the leadoff spot.
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Phelps hit her second career home run in the 3rd in Game 1.
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The teams will wrap up their series with a game at noon on Saturday.
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The Grizzlies (15-16, 3-2 BSC) scored a program-record 23 runs in taking Game 1 by a score of 23-7.
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In Game 2, Montana rallied from a six-run deficit entering the 7th inning to win 14-11 in eight innings, the third-largest comeback in program history.
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The two-game sweep gives Montana a three-game winning streak entering Saturday's series finale.
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The Grizzlies batted .486 in the two games. Eight players had multiple hits in the doubleheader, nine drove in a run.
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The Grizzlies, with an assist from Southern Utah's pitchers, wasted no time jumping on the Thunderbirds in the opener, scoring eight runs in the top of the first.
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After Jaxie Klucewich, who went 7 for 11 on Friday with six runs scored, opened the game reaching on an error, SUU walked the next five batters. Montana led 4-0 before an out was recorded.
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The Grizzlies put up four runs in the 2nd, one in the 3rd, then exploded for 10 in the 4th to match a program record for runs in an inning.
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Allie Brock threw a five-inning complete game, two Southern Utah pitchers walked 16 batters.
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Montana's 23 runs surpassed the previous program record set last season in a 19-15 road win at Idaho State.
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Klucewich had four hits, Cami Sellers drove in five, the most for a Grizzly since 2019, and Julie Phelps scored four runs, the most for a Montana player since 2018.
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After scoring at will in Game 1, the Grizzlies were mostly kept quiet through the first five innings in Game 2 by Southern Utah starter Payton Goodrich.
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Montana had just five hits through five innings, its only run coming on an RBI single by Sellers in the top of the 3rd.
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The Grizzlies took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 6th with two runs on two hits and a two-out Southern Utah error, but the lead would be short-lived.
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The Thunderbirds got to starter Dana Butterfield and Brock in relief for seven runs in the bottom of the 6th, including a grand slam that had Southern Utah (3-25, 0-5 BSC) poised to win its fourth game of the season.
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Her team trailing 9-3, Presley Jantzi led off the top of the 7th with a single up the middle to get the rally started and she would come up again with two outs and Montana trailing 9-8 with two runners on base.
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Her first career home run on a 1-0 pitch gave Montana an 11-9 lead.
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The Grizzlies had six hits in the inning, four hits, a walk, an error and a sacrifice fly sandwiched between Jantzi's leadoff single and go-ahead home run.
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Southern Utah would send it to extra innings with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the 7th, but that just set the stage for Montana to shut the door for good.
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Klucewich, Maygen McGrath and Jantzi all had two-out RBI singles as Montana built a 14-11 lead.
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Brock pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to pick up win No. 9 on the season. Her next victory will make her just the fifth pitcher in program history with 10 wins in a season.
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Klucewich, McGrath and Jantzi all had three hits in Game 2. Jantzi had four RBIs, Klucewich scored three times.
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Sellers and Elise Ontiveros both had seven RBIs in the doubleheader, Sellers and Julie Phelps both scored five runs, and Klucewich made a dozen plate appearances in the leadoff spot.
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Phelps hit her second career home run in the 3rd in Game 1.
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The teams will wrap up their series with a game at noon on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brock, Allie (8-9)
L: WINSTON, K (1-17)
Batting:
2B: Ontiveros, Elise 1
HR: Sellers, Cami 1 ; McGrath, Maygen 1 ; Phelps, Julie 1
RBI: Sellers, Cami 5 ; McGrath, Maygen 3 ; Jantzi, Presley 2 ; Becker, Kylie 2 ; Phelps, Julie 3 ; Tjaden, McKenna 2 ; Ontiveros, Elise 4 ; Weisgram, Brooklyn 1
SF: Sellers, Cami 2 ; Ontiveros, Elise 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Klucewich, Jaxie 3 ; Sellers, Cami 3 ; McGrath, Maygen 3 ; Jantzi, Presley 2 ; Becker, Kylie 2 ; Phelps, Julie 4 ; Tjaden, McKenna 2 ; Ontiveros, Elise 2 ; Weisgram, Brooklyn 2
SB: Klucewich, Jaxie 1
HBP: Weisgram, Brooklyn 1
Batting:
2B: WILLIAMS, R 2 ; WEAVER, D 1
3B: CALDERON, M 1
HR: FRANZEN, C 1 ; BOOSTEDT, A 1
RBI: WILLIAMS, R 1 ; FRANZEN, C 1 ; CALDERON, M 1 ; BOOSTEDT, A 3 ; MASUT, S 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SEPULVEDA, J 1 ; WILLIAMS, R 1 ; WEAVER, D 1 ; FRANZEN, C 2 ; CALDERON, M 1 ; BOOSTEDT, A 1
SB: CALDERON, M 1
HBP: WHETTEN, M 1
Game Leaders
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4
RBI
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4
R
3
H
3
RBI
3
AB
2
R
4
H
2
RBI
3
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
2
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