BOX SCORES
Game one: Green Bay 11, Detroit 2
Game two: Green Bay 3, Detroit 2

DETROIT--  Green Bay withstood a late Detroit rally in completing an 11-2, 3-2 sweep Friday afternoon in Horizon League play at Buysse Ballpark.  The Phoenix scored five runs in the final inning to take game one and had to fight off a Titan charge in the second game.

GAME ONE
Green Bay (12-12, 2-3 HL) got the scoring underway with a solo shot from the leadoff batter of the second inning.  But, Detroit (7-26, 0-8) had the immediate answer in the home half of the inning.  Vanessa Garcia ripped a screamer back through the box and Shelby Long drove her home by smoking a ball down the leftfield line for a 1-1 score.

The Phoenix tacked-on three in the third to take a 4-1 lead.  UDM would grab another run in the bottom of that frame when Kat Hoffman led off with an infield single and came around on Rachel Copple's RBI double to right-center field. 

Despite registering 11 hits, it would be all that the Titans could cash in, stranding nine runners in the opening game loss.  The bottom two spots in the lineup produced four of those hits with Dani Holmes and Hannah Klenk each chalking-up a pair of base knocks in the game.

Copple went 3 for 4 with an RBI and Hoffman was 2 for 4 with a run.

GAME TWO
Detroit was able to grab the early advantage in this one when Hoffman coaxed a walk and stole second, advancing to third on an error.  She crossed the plate two batters later on a second Phoenix miscue for an unearned run and a first-inning lead.

GB equalized it in the next inning with a pair of doubles and the score remained 1-1 until the fourth.  The visitors posted runs in the fourth and fifth innings for a 3-1 advantage.  It would be the next inning that became the key.

Alyssa Schaub started the rally with a double to left field and Hoffman had another infield single followed by a Copple single to load the bases with just one down.  Garcia got one run in with a grounder to the right side but two nice defensive plays thwarted the comeback.  Long hit a hard grounder to third and Alli Rivera made an off-balance snag and throw to the plate to get Hoffman for the second out.  The inning closed on a sinking liner to right off the bat of Renee Zaccagni that Amanda Pozolinski secured against her body as she dove forward to end inning.

The Phoenix made it hold up, giving Ashley Nannemann her second win of the day.

Schaub, Hoffman, Copple and Zaccagni all recorded hits in game two. Karyn McCarty threw the first four innings, striking out three while allowing two earned runs.  Julia Maksym got the final nine outs in the circle, squandering just a single run on two hits with a pair of punchouts.

The teams conclude the three-game series Saturday morning with a single game starting at 11:00 a.m. at Buysse Ballpark.