ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Phoenix split a two-game doubleheader against St. Louis on Monday, with game two being decided by a game-winning grand slam in the top of the seventh inning by Sara Ebner. GB was down 3-0 heading into the frame before Ebner gave the Phoenix the lead.

GAME 1 | SAINT LOUIS 7, GREEN BAY 3
Green Bay took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of game one after Ebner singled to left to score Kendall Herschbach and Paige Hanson blasted a double to then score Ebner. The Billikens tied the game in the bottom of the first before a three-run third gave St. Louis a lead they would not give up. Sidney LaMotte singled to right to bring Ebner home for the second time in the fourth inning before SLU tacked on runs in the fifth and sixth and secured the 7-3 win.

Hanson had a nice day at the plate with her second 2-for-3 game in a row, and Ebner finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Megan Weiss started the game in the circle for GB and took the loss.

GAME NOTES
» SLU outhit GB 10-6.
» Green Bay pitchers walked five Billiken batters to just St. Louis' three walks
» St. Louis was led by Natalie Sullivan, who went 3-of-4 at the plate and scored home twice.

GAME 2 | GREEN BAY 4, SAINT LOUIS 3
In game two, the Phoenix trailed the Billikens 2-0 after a two-RBI single by Chloe Rhine off of GB's Paeton Kringel in the third inning. SLU added an insurance run in the fifth from a Jane Kaniecki RBI single to make the score 3-0 after five, a score that would hold until the start of the final inning.

GB entered the seventh inning down 3-0. Following a single from Kendal Herschbach, a single from Bella Herman, and a walk from pinch-hitter Claire Coushman, the bases were loaded for the shortstop Sara Ebner. The redshirt freshman out of Yorkville, Illinois blasted her first career home run that gave GB a 4-3 lead and ended up being the decider.
The Saint Louis offense was silenced by Kringel in the seventh, who earned the win and pitched all seven innings, allowing just six hits and one earned run. Kringel is now 1-1 on the year.

Six different Phoenix got a hit - all singles until Ebner's game-winning grand slam. The offensive leader for the Phoenix was Kendal Herschbach, who set a new career-high in hits in a single game, going a perfect 4-for-4 at the dish.

GAME NOTES
» The Phoenix outhit the Billikens at a 13-6 clip.
» GB stranded ten runners on base to STL's six in the win.                                                      
» St. Louis was led by Chloe Rhine, who went 2-of-3 and scored an RBI double in the third.

UP NEXT
The Phoenix will play five games this next weekend, starting with a pair of games on Friday, facing off against Valparaiso at noon, and Lindenwood at 2 p.m. GB will square off against Lindenwood again on Saturday at 10 a.m. before facing Western Illinois at 2 p.m. The weekend will end when Green Bay takes on Western Illinois on Sunday at 10 a.m.

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