(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) GREEN BAY – Sidney Lamotte collected four RBIs, but the Green Bay Phoenix fell to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 10-7 on Saturday in their regular season finale.
Jasmyn Trigueros (5-10) came out of the bullpen for Green Bay (14-29, 8-10) and took the loss. Morgan Kostecka was a bright spot for the Phoenix, coming out of the bullpen as well and throwing four innings, giving up one run on four hits, with three walks and four strikeouts.
LaMotte went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run in addition to her four RBIs for the Phoenix. Bella Herman put together a standout performance at the dish as well, going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Sara Ebner also chipped in for Green Bay, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Phoenix was trailing 4-0, before immediately responding with four runs of their own in the bottom of the first, highlighted by LaMotte’s two-tun double.
The Golden Grizzlies then scored five runs over the next two innings to retake their advantage, when the Phoenix responded by getting back on the scoreboard themselves in the bottom half of the third. Green Bay picked up a run on LaMotte’s leadoff home run off of Kenna Bommarito, which tightened the Golden Grizzlies lead to 9-5.
Green Bay held the Golden Grizzlies off the board before narrowing the gap to 9-6 in the fourth after another RBI hit from LaMotte that scored Paige Guse.
Green Bay held the Golden Grizzlies off the board before narrowing the gap once again in the fifth thanks to RBI single from Bella Herman to make it 9-7. However, the Phoenix was unable to get any closer, as Oakland added one run to their tally on the way to a 10-7 final.
GAME NOTES
» Five Green Bay hitters had multiple base knocks in the ballgame.
» The Phoenix out-hit the Golden Grizzlies at a 14-13 clip.
» Green Bay went 7-for-16 (.438) with runners in scoring position.
» Green Bay pitchers faced 42 Oakland hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and nine fly balls while striking out four.
» Oakland was led offensively by Addison Caldwell, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs.
» Bommarito led the Golden Grizzlies pitching staff, throwing seven innings and securing the win.
ON THE HORIZON
Green Bay will await results around the league to clinch a spot in the Horizon League Championships on May 6-9.
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