Syracuse hits 3 homers in doubleheader split with Fordham
Syracuse (13-18, 0-6 Atlantic Coast) split a doubleheader Wednesday, defeating Fordham (16-14, 3-2 Atlantic 10), 4-2, before losing 7-3 in the second game to the Rams.
The Orange began the scoring in the first game when Sydney O’Hara hit a three-run home run in the third inning. Maddi Doane hit a solo homerun in the following inning to cap off the team’s scoring.
Fordham rallied for one run in the fourth inning and one run in the sixth, but Jocelyn Cater finished the game strong, pitching her eleventh complete game of the season. She allowed only one earned run on five hits, surrendering two walks and striking out six.
SU kicked off the scoring in the second game in the top of the first with a two-run home run from Corinne Ozanne. Fordham answered back in the bottom half of the second when Lindsey Larkin gave up three runs and the lead on three hits, including a two-run home run.
Syracuse recorded its third and final run of the second game on an RBI single to right field from Rachel Burkhardt.
Larkin lasted four innings, giving up four runs on five hits, before AnnaMarie Gatti came on in relief to pitch the final two innings. Gatti gave up two runs on four hits, recording a strikeout and walking two in her first action of the season.
SU was unable to muster more than three hits the entire game and fell 7-3. Syracuse will next play North Carolina (24-9, 9-2 ACC) in a Saturday doubleheader at SU Softball Stadium, SU’s first home games of the year, starting at 1 p.m.
Published on April 1, 2015 at 8:01 pm
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