Sanchez, Roth Home Runs Lift No. 11 Mizzou to 10-9 Victory Over UNI

Wednesday, April 29

Columbia, Mo.

6:00PM

University of Missouri

37-11

Northern Iowa

20-26

Northern Iowa

Missouri

Sanchez, Roth Home Runs Lift No. 11 Mizzou to 10-9 Victory Over UNI

4/29/2015 3:38:00 PM | Softball

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Amanda Sanchez belted her second career grand slam to help the Tigers complete a comeback win

COLUMBIA, Mo. - A six-run sixth inning fueled by a grand slam from freshman 3B Amanda Sanchez (West Covina, Calif.) and a game-winning solo shot from 1B Kelsea Roth (Yorba Linda, Calif.) propelled Mizzou to a 10-9 comeback win in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

Mizzou trailed by a 9-4 score entering the sixth, but quickly loaded the bases on a single by freshman LF Morgan Walters (Buford, Ga.), who turned in her first career multi-hit game.

Senior SS Corrin Genovese (East Amherst, N.Y.) followed with a walk, and then Taylor Gadbois (Troy, Mo.) reached with an infield single to load the bases with no outs. After a flyout, junior C/2B Sami Fagan (Dunnellon, Fla.) singled to right to score Walters and cut the deficit to 9-5.

Sanchez promptly deposited a 1-0 pitch just to the left of the center field scoreboard (her second grand slam of the season) to tie the game at 9-9. After a groundout, Roth worked a full count and then turned on a 3-2 pitch and hammered it deep over the left field fence to plate what would be the game-winning run.

The Tigers started the game by taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Sanchez grounded out to the right side to score Gadbois.

Northern Iowa scored three runs in the top of the second to jump ahead 3-1, but Mizzou fired back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame to retake the lead 4-3.

Genovese started the Tigers off with a hard hit to the Panther 1B, causing an error and allowing sophomore 2B Natalie Fleming (Silex, Mo.) to score. A high infield chopper by Gadbois scored Walters from third base. The final run of the inning for the Tigers came on a sacrifice fly from Emily Crane (Troy, Mo.) that plated Genovese. The Tigers ran wild on the base paths, stealing four bases in the inning.

The Panthers swung the momentum their way with a three-run home run in the third inning, making the score 6-4 in their favor. Northern Iowa followed that up with three more runs in the fourth, including a two-run home run, to push their lead to 9-4.

After the dramatic sixth-inning rally, freshman LHP Paige Lowary (Dallas Center, Iowa) came out of the bullpen in the seventh and pitched a 1-2-3 inning to pick up her third save of the season. The rally made a winner out of sophomore RHP Cheyenne Baxter, who worked 6.0 innings and improved to 2-1 on the season.

The win improved Mizzou to 37-11 on the season. The Tigers' next game is against No. 1 Florida this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Taylor Stadium.