University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
6-3, 6-3
Rutgers
2-7, 2-7
Gophers Earn 6-3 Win Over Rutgers
3/12/2021 1:40:00 PM | Softball
Natalie DenHartog went 3-4 with an RBI, while MaKenna Partain was 2-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Emily Hansen was also 2-3 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Amber Fiser picked up her third win of the season and is now 3-2 overall. Autumn Pease added her second save of the year.
The Gophers play Michigan State tomorrow in a doubleheader, which is slated to begin at 3:15 p.m. CT.
Scoring Recap
Rutgers got on the board when the Scarlet Knights scored a run off a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth.
Minnesota responded with three runs in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Sydney Strelow added a leadoff triple, while Partain added another triple to score Strelow. Ellee Jensen added a sac fly to score Partain for a 2-1 lead. Hansen added her second double of the day when she plated Kemmetmueller after she walked.
Rutgers cut the Gopher lead to one when it scored off a groundout, however, Minnesota scored another three runs in the seventh. Sara Kinch doubled to start the seventh, while Partain was intentionally walked and Jensen reached on a fielding error. Kemmetmueller added a single to score Kinch, while a sacrifice fly by Hansen scores Partain. DenHartog doubled down the left field line and scored Jensen, which gave the Gophers a 6-2 lead.
Rutgers attempted a comeback and plated two in the bottom of the seventh. The Scarlet Knights added back-to-back singles before it knocked in a run with a another single to left field. Autumn Pease came in the game in relief as the Gophers got two quick outs. Rutgers, however, scored another run off a bases loaded walk. The Gophers, however, closed the game out with a fly out to right to end the Rutgers threat.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fiser, Amber (3-2)
L: I. Berouty (2-5)
S: Pease, Autumn (2)
Batting:
2B: Hansen, Emily 2 ; DenHartog, Natalie 1 ; Kinch, Sara 1
3B: Partain, MaKenna 1 ; Strelow, Sydney 1
RBI: Partain, MaKenna 1 ; Jensen, Ellee 1 ; Kemmetmueller, Katelyn 1 ; Hansen, Emily 2 ; DenHartog, Natalie 1
SF: Jensen, Ellee 1 ; Hansen, Emily 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Partain, MaKenna 2 ; Jensen, Ellee 1 ; Kemmetmueller, Katelyn 1 ; Strelow, Sydney 1 ; Kinch, Sara 1
CS: Jensen, Ellee 1
HBP: Ehlke, Maddy 1
Batting:
3B: L. Chavez 1
RBI: Withstandley 1 ; Iliopoulos 1 ; M. Herka 2
Base Running:
RUNS: P. Lincavage 1 ; M. Mancini 1 ; Withstandley 1 ; T. Lane 1
HBP: P. Lincavage 1 ; Withstandley 1
