Polar Bears Rally to Stun Leopards 6-5
Jackson 6, Louisville 5
Jackson rallied from a 4-1 deficit before Autumn Heaton delivered a walk-off double in the seventh inning to give the Polar Bears a 6-5 victory over the visiting Leopards. With the loss, Louisville falls to 6-4 on the season.
Heaton cracked a 2-run homer in the sixth inning to give Jackson their only lead of the contest at 5-4. However, Katie Cozy led off the top half of the seventh with a triple and Annie Woolf batted her home to knot the game at 5-5.
Each of the Polar Bears first two batters reached base in the last of the seventh before Heaton batted in Kayla Marburger for the winning run. Annie Denke also hit a 2-run home run in the fifth inning to get Jackson within a run. Kelsey Putnam also drove in Marburger earlier for the only other Polar Bears run.
Woolf led the Lady Leopards by going 2 for 3 with 2 runs batted in. Emily Cantley also drove in 2 runs and Cozy had the only other RBI on a Sac Fly in the third. Cozy & Grace Jackson each smacked triples and scored 2 runs a piece. Jackson and Amy Hoover also had multi-hit games.
With the loss, Louisville has now dropped 3 of the last 4 games against Jackson. The Polar Bears now lead the all-time series 27-11.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Marlington to take on the Dukes on Tuesday, April 22 at 4:30 PM.
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BOX SCORE
POLAR BEARS 6, LEOPARDS 5
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 101-020-1–5-10-2
Jackson 000-122-1–6-14-2
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BATTING
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amy Hoover | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grace Jackson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Katie Cozy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Annie Woolf | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kylie Zifer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Emily Cantley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Keri Hupp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lexi Givens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Casey Corrigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mehgan Leasure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Savannah Miner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS PITCHING
Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirsten Wharmby | 6.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Totals | 6.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
RECORDS: Louisville 6-4