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Photo by: Matt Woolverton
Strong Pitching, Amodio's Perfect Day Highlight DH Sweep over Holy Cross
April 23, 2021 | Softball
BOSTON – Boosted by junior Nicole Amodio's 5-for-5 performance at the plate and a combined 18 strikeouts from the pitching staff, the Boston University softball team earned a home doubleheader sweep over Holy Cross on Friday afternoon.
The Terriers (26-2, 15-1 PL) broke a 3-3 deadlock with eight runs in the sixth inning for the game-one run-rule victory and then posted a 12-2 advantage in hits in the second for a 7-0 game-two victory against the Crusaders (6-12, 2-8 {PL).
Junior Emily Gant (4-2) claimed her second consecutive shutout at home with a season-high 11 strikeouts after senior Ali DuBois (18-0) posted seven in her matchup. Amodio contributed two of BU's five extra-base hits on the day with a pair of doubles and was one of five to contribute at least two RBIs.
Senior Marina Sylvestri tallied a team-high four RBIs, while freshman Alex-Rose Molinar recorded three of her own. Sophomore Caitlin Coker went 4-for-8 and tied Gant at three runs scored with senior Jen Horita contributing two RBIs and two runs after batting 3-for-5.
GAME 1: BU 11, Holy Cross 3 (6 inn.)
THE TURNING POINT
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Terriers (26-2, 15-1 PL) broke a 3-3 deadlock with eight runs in the sixth inning for the game-one run-rule victory and then posted a 12-2 advantage in hits in the second for a 7-0 game-two victory against the Crusaders (6-12, 2-8 {PL).
Junior Emily Gant (4-2) claimed her second consecutive shutout at home with a season-high 11 strikeouts after senior Ali DuBois (18-0) posted seven in her matchup. Amodio contributed two of BU's five extra-base hits on the day with a pair of doubles and was one of five to contribute at least two RBIs.
Senior Marina Sylvestri tallied a team-high four RBIs, while freshman Alex-Rose Molinar recorded three of her own. Sophomore Caitlin Coker went 4-for-8 and tied Gant at three runs scored with senior Jen Horita contributing two RBIs and two runs after batting 3-for-5.
GAME 1: BU 11, Holy Cross 3 (6 inn.)
THE TURNING POINT
- After Holy Cross tied the game in the top of the sixth, the Terriers had their second largest offensive explosion of the season with eight runs off four hits.
- Collecting a pair of hits in the decisive inning, Molinar followed junior Aliyah Huerta-Leipner's well-earned walk and Horita's mishandled sac bunt by crushing an 0-1 pitch to center for the two-RBI double.
- Amodio followed with a hard-hit double of her own to extend the lead to 6-3.
- The Terriers kept the pressure on with four walks, Huerta-Leipner's RBI sac fly and back-to-back RBI singles from Horita and Molinar for the win.
- Coker led off the first with a double and took third on freshman Lauren Keleher's grounder before scoring on Sylvestri's RBI sac fly.
- In a sign of things to come, Erin Bengston doubled to right in the fourth for Holy Cross but was tagged out trying to reach third on a grounder to short.
- BU came back in the bottom half with freshman Lauren Nett walking to first, taking second on Huerta-Leipner's sac bunt and scoring on Horita's RBI single up the middle.
- Amodio delivered a two-out RBI single to extend the lead to 3-0.
- After the Crusaders placed two on base with the help of a fielding error and single in the top of the sixth, Bengston homered to left to tie the game, 3-3.
- Holy Cross had a second runner reach base via error and had her in scoring position following a wild pitch, but DuBois kept the game tied with a swinging strikeout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Like the first game, BU struck first in the first inning, as Sylvestri singled to right to plate Coker from second and then drew a rundown to help Gant score the second run.
- Huerta-Leipner extended the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single.
- BU added another run in the fourth with Molinar earning a walk, taking second on Amodio's sac bunt, grabbing third on Coker's infield single and scoring on a throwing error toward second as Coker earned the stolen base.
- Gant pitched 4.1 no-hit innings before Jessica Mott hit a slow dribbler down the first base line for an infield single.
- Gant then allowed a walk but maintained the shutout with a ground out and swinging strikeout.
- Amodio ignited a three-run sixth with a lead-off double that was followed by Coker's RBI single.
- Sylvestri and junior Julia Handfield both plated a run to put the lead at 7-0.
- Gant added two more strikeouts in the seventh to overcome a hit-by-pitch and Mott's second single for the win.
- Gant earned her second solo shutout and BU's 11th overall of the season following her 8-0(5) win over Army back on April 10.
- Amodio became the fifth Terrier to earn three hits in a game this season before Coker became the first to accomplish the feat a second time in the second contest.
- With her two RBI hits in the sixth inning of game one, Molinar became the fourth Terrier to collect three RBIs in a game this season.
- DuBois is now just five strikeouts away from becoming the fourth in PL history to reach 600 total.
- Keleher earned her second triple of the season and the Terriers' seventh overall in the second game.
- BU's 18 combined runs tied the most in a DH this season after the Terriers won at Providence, 10-0 and 8-3, on March 8.
- The Terriers are now on a 14-game win streak against Holy Cross with a 41-8 all-time lead in the series.
- The Terriers will visit the Crusaders for a doubleheader on Saturday (April 24) with the ESPN+ broadcast set to begin at 12 p.m.
- BU is 21-7 all-time at Holy Cross with three-game sweeps in 2016 and 2018.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DuBois, Ali (18-0)
L: Kelly Nelson (4-4)
Batting:
2B: Erin Bengston 1
HR: Erin Bengston 1
RBI: Erin Bengston 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bailey Bates 1 ; Jessie Nagel 1 ; Erin Bengston 1
Batting:
2B: Coker, Caitlin 1 ; Molinar, Alex-Rose 1 ; Amodio, Nicole 1
RBI: Sylvestri, Marina 2 ; Sellers, Audrey 1 ; Huerta-Leipner, Aliyah 1 ; Horita, Jen 2 ; Molinar, Alex-Rose 3 ; Amodio, Nicole 2
SH: Huerta-Leipner, Aliyah 1 ; Horita, Jen 1
SF: Sylvestri, Marina 1 ; Huerta-Leipner, Aliyah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Coker, Caitlin 1 ; Keleher, Lauren 1 ; Gant, Emily 1 ; Nett, Lauren 1 ; Sellers, Audrey 1 ; Huerta-Leipner, Aliyah 1 ; Horita, Jen 2 ; Molinar, Alex-Rose 1 ; Amodio, Nicole 1 ; Dun, Patricia 1
SB: Horita, Jen 1
Game Leaders
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