March 23, 2011
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
LONG BEACH, Ca.-The Long Beach State softball team swept visiting Ohio in a doubleheader at the 49er Softball Complex Wednesday.
The 49ers picked up wins by scores of 3-0 and 6-4, with the second game shortened to five and a half innings due to rain.
At day's end, Long Beach improved to 20-10, while Ohio dropped to 10-11.
Ohio right fielder/pitcher Melissa Bonner collected three hits on the day and designated hitter Chelsea Hortman added two doubles.
LBSU designated hitter Hannah De Gaetano went 3-for-6 with two runs, while third baseman Liz Javier and first baseman Christina Schallig also scored twice. Catcher Karli Sandoval drove in a pair of runs as well.
The 49ers did all of their scoring in the first game after a run in the second and two in the third. De Gaetano lined a single to center for the second-inning tally and Sandoval roped a two-run double to left in the third.
LBSU's Erin Jones-Wesley (10-3) went the distance in the circle in the shutout win, allowing just four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
Ohio's Emily Wethington (8-4) suffered the loss after she allowed two earned runs on five hits with one strikeout and five walks.
The 49ers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the second game before Ohio got a solo homer to center by first baseman Raven King in the fourth.
LBSU got two in the bottom of the inning, but Ohio countered with two in the top of the fifth with back-to-back RBI doubles by Hortman and third baseman Sara Clark.
After the 49ers scored one in the bottom of the fifth, Ohio scored itself in the top of the sixth with a run-scoring single to left by left fielder Paige Kemezis. Following Ohio's at bat, the game was called due to rain.
LBSU starter Brooke Turner (7-3) got the win, yielding three runs on six hits with one strikeout and one walk. Jones-Wesley nailed down her first save by getting the sixth inning's last two outs.
Ohio starter Caitlin Colvin (1-6) suffered the loss, after allowing three runs on just one hit with five walks in one inning of work.
The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET against UCLA.
