Kansas City Softball Sweeps Day One against St. Thomas

Saturday, April 2

Kansas City, Mo.

12:00 PM

Kansas City

7-21, 0

St. Thomas

6-22, 0

St. Thomas

Kansas City Roos

Kansas City Softball Sweeps Day One against St. Thomas

4/2/2022 5:02:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Final Box- Game 1 Final Box- Game 2

Thorne hit a walk-off homerun in the game two victory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Softball (8-21, 4-1) swept the first day of the series against St. Thomas (6-23, 2-3) to remain atop the Summit standings. Kloe Hilbrenner and Katelyn Garcia combined for four hits and five RBI in game one to lift the Roos over the Tommies, 6-4. In game two, Ashley Thorne hit a walk-off homerun to secure the 4-3 nine inning victory.

GAME 1 KEY MOMENTS

Bottom 1 / 0-1 | A leadoff homerun by Hilbrenner over the rightfield fence gave KC the early momentum.

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Love a good HOMERUN "announcers jinx"

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— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) April 2, 2022

Bottom 2 / 0-2 | Marina Karnes started the inning with a single and Garcia drove one to the opposite field fence to tack on another run.
Top 4 / 1-2 | The Tommies' leading hitter drove one deep over the fence to cut the Roos' lead in half.
Bottom 4 / 1-5 | A perfect squeeze play executed by Garcia brought in Lexy Smith. Then Hilbrenner followed with a single up the middle that brought in Garcia and Ashley Thorne.
Bottom 5 / 1-6 | Delainey Fenoglio stepped into a pitch and drove it straight over the centerfield fence for an insurance run.

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— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) April 2, 2022

Top 7 / 4-6 | After an error in the top of the frame, St. Thomas scored three unearned runs on a homerun to left-center but Hoveland finished off the inning for the victory.

GAME 1 STATS TO NOTE

Hilbrenner finished the game with two hits and three RBI, while now leading the team in homeruns with five on the season.
Karnes and Garcia both earned two hits in the game while combining for three of Kansas City's runs.
Thorne swiped two bases and continues to be a perfect 6-for-6 on the season.
Hoveland threw a complete game, striking out eight Tommies and only allowing one earned run.

GAME 2 KEY MOMENTS

Top 2 / 0-1 | The Tommies brought in the first run of game two on a double-steal play.
Top 3 / 0-2 | St. Thomas brought in another run with a deep sac fly to centerfield.
Bottom 4 / 2-3 | Fenoglio blasted a ball over the fence for the second time of the day to get the Roos back in the ball game.

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We see that fist pump and stomp on home plate @Deefenoglio

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— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) April 2, 2022

Bottom 6 / 3-3 | Kansas City tied up the game with a deep sac fly by Nichols to score Vonfeldt.
Top 8 / 3-3 | The Roos' third baseman Smith started a 5-4-3 double play to end the Tommies' threat.
Bottom 9 / 3-4 | Ashley Thorne stepped up to the plate with two outs and blasted her second homerun of the season to walk-off the game.

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— Kansas City Softball (@kcroossb) April 2, 2022

GAME 2 STATS TO NOTE

Fenoglio tallied her fifth homerun of the season, adding two RBI in the game.
Thorne went 2-for-3 at the plate, including the game winning hit. Vonfeldt was the only other Roo with two hits in the game.
Camryn Stickel started the game, pitching four innings. Casey Stout came into the game in the fifth inning, earning the win, while only allowing one hit and adding four strikeouts.

UP NEXT
Kansas City will look to sweep the series with the first pitch scheduled for 11 a.m. tomorrow.