Saturday, April 6
Madison, WI
1 PM
Wisconsin Badgers
29-5, 0
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Photo by: Madeline Schachte
Grand salami: Johnson leads Badgers to 9-1 beatdown
April 06, 2019 | Softball
Hestekin records career-high nine strikeouts in win over Iowa
MADISON, Wis. – The No. 25 Wisconsin softball team out-powered Iowa Saturday afternoon, run-ruling the Hawkeyes for the second day in a row, 9-1. Wisconsin (29-5 overall, 6-2 B1G) improved to 2-0 in the series against Iowa (15-17, 1-7) and will go for its second conference sweep of the season tomorrow.
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What happens when you try to pitch around Kayla Konwent? Taylor Johnson happens. With Badgers on second and third, Konwent drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases in the bottom of the fourth inning. Johnson made the Hawkeyes pay with her first career grand slam, a blast to center that ricocheted off the scoreboard.
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Wisconsin notched another run in the fourth when Tyra Turner scored on a Caroline Hedgcock groundout. That gave UW a 7-1 lead after four.
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Stephanie Lombardo also made a statement with a home run in the first inning. Lombardo scored two with a blast to right center that put the Badgers on the board.
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The Badgers' eighth run came in the fifth inning. Freshman Jolie Fish got things going with a double to right field and was able to reach third base on a wild pitch. Kelly Welsh sent her home with a sacrifice fly to put UW one run away from the run-rule win.
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That one run came in the next inning via another Fish hit. Junior Jordan Little got on base with a walk and moved into scoring position with another Iowa wild pitch. Fish sent her home with a single up the middle for the second win of the series.
Sophomore Haley Hestekin pitched a gem of a game, recording a career-high nine strikeouts. She only allowed one run while holding the Hawkeyes to zero walks.Â
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What happens when you try to pitch around Kayla Konwent? Taylor Johnson happens. With Badgers on second and third, Konwent drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases in the bottom of the fourth inning. Johnson made the Hawkeyes pay with her first career grand slam, a blast to center that ricocheted off the scoreboard.
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Wisconsin notched another run in the fourth when Tyra Turner scored on a Caroline Hedgcock groundout. That gave UW a 7-1 lead after four.
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Stephanie Lombardo also made a statement with a home run in the first inning. Lombardo scored two with a blast to right center that put the Badgers on the board.
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The Badgers' eighth run came in the fifth inning. Freshman Jolie Fish got things going with a double to right field and was able to reach third base on a wild pitch. Kelly Welsh sent her home with a sacrifice fly to put UW one run away from the run-rule win.
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That one run came in the next inning via another Fish hit. Junior Jordan Little got on base with a walk and moved into scoring position with another Iowa wild pitch. Fish sent her home with a single up the middle for the second win of the series.
Sophomore Haley Hestekin pitched a gem of a game, recording a career-high nine strikeouts. She only allowed one run while holding the Hawkeyes to zero walks.Â
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Batting clean-up: Four notes to know
- Johnson's grand slam marks the second Wisconsin grand slam of the season and the first of her career.
- The Badgers tallied their 29th win of the season today to tie last season's total wins.
- Fish and Konwent both batted 1.000 in today's game. Fish was 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI while Konwent tallied one hit and one run with three walks.
- UW outhit the Hawkeyes 8-3.
On deck
Tomorrow Wisconsin and Iowa will conclude the weekend series at Goodman Diamond. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. and the game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hestekin, Haley (13-3)
L: D. MAYHEW (0-7)
Batting:
2B: D. MAYHEW 1
3B: M. KILIAN 1
RBI: M. KILIAN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: H. KETCHAM 1
Batting:
2B: Fish, Jolie 2
HR: Johnson, Taylor 1 ; Lombardo, Stephanie 1
RBI: Johnson, Taylor 4 ; Lombardo, Stephanie 1 ; Hedgcock, Caroline 1 ; Fish, Jolie 1 ; Welsh, Kelly 1
SF: Welsh, Kelly 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Konwent, Kayla 1 ; Scherle, Gabby 1 ; Johnson, Taylor 1 ; Lombardo, Stephanie 1 ; Turner, Tyra 1 ; Little, Jordan 1 ; Fish, Jolie 1 ; Welsh, Kelly 1 ; Miklesh, Ally 1
SB: Scherle, Gabby 1 ; Turner, Tyra 1
HBP: Miklesh, Ally 1
Game Leaders
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