MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – A walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh from Robert Morris stopped the Green Bay softball team from sweeping their Horizon League opening series. The Colonials took the game by a final score of 7-6.
The Phoenix got on the board immediately, starting with a bases-loaded walk from Samantha Saloun to take a 1-0 lead. Lauren Porter then singled home a run before Karissa Laabs brought home two more to take a 4-0 lead before the top of the first inning came to an end. RMU cut into that lead in the bottom of the frame with an RBI double from Avery Winchell.
GB kept the offense going in the top of the second, with Paige Hanson and Porter getting RBIs to go up 6-1. Unfortunately, the Phoenix offense didn't score the rest of the game and the Colonials slowly cut into the lead. The Colonials scored one in the fourth, and four more in the fifth to tie the game at six. RMU then walked it off in the seventh with a Charlotte Grover RBI single.
Three different Phoenix pitched on Friday, with Kelley Greene getting the start and pitching three innings of one-run ball.
Saloun led the way offensively for the Phoenix, going 1-for-3 in the ballgame with a double, a walk, and an RBI. Porter and Laabs also put together a standout performances as well, going 1-for-3 with two RBI each.
GAME NOTES
» Green Bay went 3-for-9 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» The Phoenix got three hits in seven at-bats with the bases loaded.
» RMU outhit GB 10-7.
» The Phoenix drew four walks from Robert Morris pitching.
» Robert Morris was led offensively by Catalina Saxen, who went 1-for-2 with a double and three RBI.
UP NEXT
Green Bay will host its home opener next weekend when they host Northern Kentucky. The series will start with a doubleheader on Friday at 1 & 3:30 p.m., before a single game on Saturday at 12 p.m.
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