Friday, March 6
Carbondale, Ill.
4:45 p.m. CT
DePaul University
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DePaul Takes Down IUPUI in Saluki Invitational
3/6/2020 6:58:00 PM | SOFTBALL
CHICAGO - DePaul softball claimed victory in their second game of the day on Friday over IUPUI, 5-3, in the Saluki Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. This moves the Blue Demons to 7-10 on the season with three games remaining this weekend.Â
Sophomore transfer Erin Hocker (1-2) got the nod in the circle and earned her first win of her Blue Demon career. Junior pitcher Natalie Halvorson would come on in relief in the top of the seventh to pick up her first save of the season.Â
DePaul got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when sophomore utliity Gabby O'Riley launched a solo home run to mark her fourth blast of the season. Junior shortstop Maranda Gutierrez hit her first triple of the season to score senior Erin Andris and give DePaul a 2-0 lead going into the second.Â
IUPUI would tack on a run in the second inning but DePaul would counter with two more in the third. Kate Polucha doubled to score Angela Scalzitti and add a RBI to her repertoire and a Gutierrez SAC BUNT allowed Polucha to score and give DePaul a 4-1 advantage.Â
In the fifth, Polucha would score again off a O'Riley single and increase DePaul's lead to 5-1. The Jaguars would have a late two-run rally but it would fall short.Â
UP NEXT
DePaul has two more games tomorrow against host-Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois.Â
SCOUTING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (4-10, 0-0 Summit League | Picked T-5th in SL)
SCOUTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS (5-10, 0-0 MAC | Picked 7th in MAC)
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Sophomore transfer Erin Hocker (1-2) got the nod in the circle and earned her first win of her Blue Demon career. Junior pitcher Natalie Halvorson would come on in relief in the top of the seventh to pick up her first save of the season.Â
DePaul got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when sophomore utliity Gabby O'Riley launched a solo home run to mark her fourth blast of the season. Junior shortstop Maranda Gutierrez hit her first triple of the season to score senior Erin Andris and give DePaul a 2-0 lead going into the second.Â
IUPUI would tack on a run in the second inning but DePaul would counter with two more in the third. Kate Polucha doubled to score Angela Scalzitti and add a RBI to her repertoire and a Gutierrez SAC BUNT allowed Polucha to score and give DePaul a 4-1 advantage.Â
In the fifth, Polucha would score again off a O'Riley single and increase DePaul's lead to 5-1. The Jaguars would have a late two-run rally but it would fall short.Â
UP NEXT
DePaul has two more games tomorrow against host-Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois.Â
SCOUTING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (4-10, 0-0 Summit League | Picked T-5th in SL)
- Won five straight games; 11 of their last 12 games.
- Susie Baranski is batting a team-high .408 with 20 hits and four RBI.Â
- Kyleigh Decker leads the squad with 19 RBI and a .723 slugging percentage. She sits behind Baranski with a .362 batting average.Â
- Sarah Harness (7-4) is posting a 2.31 ERA and has struck out 65 batters through 60.2 innings pitched.Â
- This is the first matchup between the two since 2017 when DePaul earned a 2-1 win in nine innings.Â
- Blue Demons are on a three game winning streak. Â
SCOUTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS (5-10, 0-0 MAC | Picked 7th in MAC)
- Danielle Williams has a squad-highest batting average with .417.
- Katie Keller leads the team with 11 runs, 20 hits, two home runs and seven RBI. She has a team-high slugging percentage (.627).Â
- Amber Bumbalough is throwing a 5.63 ERA through 11 appearances in 32.1 innings pitched.Â
- Delaney Ostrowski has earned a save and 16 strikeouts.Â
- First matchup since 2018. DePaul won that game 4-2.Â
- Blue Demons own a 36-15 advantage and is on a 15 game winning streak.Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hocker, Erin (1-2)
L: DIEDERICH (2-5)
S: Halvorson, Natalie (1)
Batting:
HR: BARNES 1 ; DIEDERICH 1
RBI: BARNES 1 ; TURNER 1 ; DIEDERICH 1
SF: TURNER 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GREGORY 1 ; BARNES 1 ; DIEDERICH 1
Batting:
2B: Polucha, Kate 1 ; Jimenez, Cara 1
3B: Gutierrez, Maranda 1
HR: O'Riley, Gabby 1
RBI: Polucha, Kate 1 ; O'Riley, Gabby 2 ; Gutierrez, Maranda 2
SH: Gutierrez, Maranda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Scalzitti, Angela 1 ; Polucha, Kate 2 ; O'Riley, Gabby 1 ; Andris, Erin 1
SB: Andris, Erin 2
HBP: Andris, Erin 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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AB
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R
2
H
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RBI
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AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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