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Spenser Strandgard
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Illinois State ILS 3-3
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Winner Kentucky UK 17-0
Illinois State ILS
3-3
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Final
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Kentucky UK
17-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois State ILS 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 2
Kentucky UK 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 11 0

W: Autumn Humes (7-0) L: Day, Morgan (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball | | Shelby Hild

No. 10/11 Kentucky Rallies Late for 5-4 Win over Redbirds

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Illinois State softball team (3-3) dropped a heartbreaker to nationally-ranked Kentucky (17-0) on Friday, falling 5-4 in the final frame against the Wildcats.

BIRD BITS

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BY THE NUMBERS / KEY INNINGS

  • Kentucky immediate made a pitching change, following a lead-off double from Mack Leonard in the opening frame. A two-out single to left field by Dayna Kennedy pushed Leonard across home plate for an early one-run advantage for ISU.
  • Despite a pair of early strikeouts from Morgan Day, the Wildcats leveled the score at the bottom of the inning, capitalizing on a Redbird fielding error.
  • Rebecca Moffett knocked her second career double down the left field line to kickstart a big fifth inning by ISU. A single to shallow right field and stolen base by Madi Bylak moved the Redbird runners into scoring position, before a single to centerfield by Leonard helped Illinois State jump out to a 3-1 lead.
  • The Wildcats rallied in the sixth inning, scoring a trio of runs, including a two-RBI homer, to take a one-run advantage.
  • A lead-off long ball over the left field wall by Spenser Strandgard knotted the score at four-all in the top of the seventh.
  • A pair of singles by the Wildcats to start the home half of the inning brought Leonard into the circle in relief of Day, as the junior struck out the first batter she faced, before a fielding error by the Redbirds sent a runner home for a 5-4 walk-off win for Kentucky.

ON DECK

Illinois State returns to the field this afternoon to take on FIU, before continuing play at the FAU Parents' Weekend tournament on Saturday and Sunday. To view ISU's full schedule, visit GoRedbirds.com. Game times, dates, opponents and locations are subject to change.

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