🥎 Kansas Shuts Out Kansas City, 6-0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas softball (18-12) took care of enterprise posting a 6-0 shutout at Kansas Metropolis (5-25) Tuesday evening at City Youth Academy in Kansas Metropolis.

“We would have liked this sport tonight, to sort of get issues going once more,” Kansas head coach Jennifer McFalls stated. “Having the weekend off was actually good for us, to catch our breath and clear our minds slightly bit. We nonetheless have work to do, and now it’s all about Baylor. We’ve to get again to work tomorrow, work on some issues offensively that we didn’t get carried out tonight. Total, I used to be actually happy with our compete issue and am trying ahead to getting work carried out earlier than heading to Waco.”

Junior right-hander Addison Purvis received one other high quality begin within the circle for Kansas, pitching 4.0 scoreless innings and choosing up the win. Purvis allowed only one hit with two strikeouts as she improved to 6-2 for the season.

After two scoreless innings, the Jayhawks received on the board within the prime of the third. Freshman outfielder Presley Limbaugh reached first because of a Kansas Metropolis error. After stealing third, Limbaugh superior house thanks to a different throwing error by the Roos, giving KU a 1-0 lead.

Within the prime of the fourth, Kansas added 4 runs off of two hits and one Kansas Metropolis error. After junior catcher Lyric Moore reached first on a fielding error, freshman outfielder Aynslee Linduff took a stroll, placing runners on first and second. Within the subsequent at-bat, each Moore and Linduff stole a base, placing each in scoring place. Junior utility participant/pitcher Savanna DesRochers hit her first single of the evening over the second baseman’s head, scoring two runs and giving the Jayhawks a 3-0 lead.

Later within the fourth, senior middle fielder Shayna Espy doubled to left middle scoring two runs and increasing the Jayhawk’s result in 5-0.

DesRochers got here in for aid within the backside of the fifth. She threw three scoreless innings, permitting one hit and one stroll.

Kansas was held scoreless till the highest of the seventh. After a Limbaugh triple, sophomore Olivia Bruno hit a line drive single by the left facet, sufficient to attain Limbaugh and increasing the Jayhawk’s result in 6-0.

Espy, Limbaugh and DesRochers posted a number of hits for the competition.

NOTES

• The Jayhawks improved to 11-0 after they rating at the least six runs this season.
• Olivia Bruno extends her hitting streak to a team-high seven video games with a single within the seventh inning.
• Presley Limbaugh recorded her fifth multi-hit sport of the season, recording a single and a triple.

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