DETROIT (3/30/2022) - Graduate student
Leena Mortensen went 2-for-3 with a double, while graduate student
Liz Murphy posted her second solid outing in consecutive days in the circle, but the University of Detroit Mercy softball team couldn't hold a 1-0 advantage over Western Michigan who scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning to come away with a 2-1 win on Wednesday at Buysse Ballpark.
Murphy tossed six shutout innings before WMU got two in the seventh as she scattered seven hits and struck out two.
Senior
Taylor Gauthier went 1-for-3 for the second consecutive game.
Recap:
• Mortensen doubled to left field in the fourth inning. Sophomore
Kara Erickson pinch ran for Mortensen and later scored from second base as senior
Piper Roth reached on a throwing error by the WMU third baseman giving Detroit Mercy a 1-0 lead
• WMU used three straight pinch hitters to mount a rally capped off with a two run double to take a 2-1 lead
• Freshman
Jaiden Lara drew a pinch-hit walk but the Titans were unable to get the game-tying run across
Detroit Mercy resumes #HLSB play with a series against Green Bay beginning on Friday, April 1 at 3:00 p.m.
