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April 25, 2010 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Foresters Sweep Grinnell to Finish 12-1 in Conference Play
After tossing the first perfect game in team history the day before, feshman pitcher Jordan Ratliff (Petersburg, Mich./Summerfield) threw her third shutout of the season in Sunday's opener. She allowed five base hits and struck out five batters without walking any in the contest. Ratliff is now 11-4 with a 1.42 earned run average this year. Lake Forest's first three batters of the game came around to score. Freshman second baseman Megan Harkins (Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) led off the bottom of the first inning with a bunt single and immediately stole her team-high 17th base of the season. Sophomore right fielder Danielle Gore (Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey) drove her in with a triple down the right field line and senior shortstop Tracy Rainey (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park) followed with her fourth home run of the season. After four scoreless frames, the Foresters closed out the game with five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Senior third baseman Mallory Norton (Chicago, Ill./Resurrection) led off with a base hit and freshman designated player Nikki Miller (Starkville, Miss./Starkville Academy) followed with a single of her own. Senior left fielder Jeanette Andresen (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) then tripled down the right field line and scored on a base hit by senior first baseman Shelby Neill (Manitou Beach, Mich./Lenawee Christian). After a pair of walks and the first out of the inning, Gore singled down the right field line to score the game-ending runs. Gore was 3-for-3 and Norton and Andresen each had two of the Foresters' 12 base hits in the contest. Sophomore pitcher Cami Daun (Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan North) started game two for the second day in a row. She allowed a run in the top of the first inning but held the Pioneers scoreless the rest of the way, scattering nine hits and a walk, to raise her record on the year to 2-0. Grinnell's lead did not last long as the Foresters scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Miller singled with one out and Daun ran for her. Rainey then singled Daun to third and stole second. Daun then scored and Rainey went to third when a pick-off attempt got away from the third baseman. Norton singled in Rainey and a two-out double to the left field corner by freshman Aubrey Pendegraft (Creston, Iowa/Creston) plated another run. Neill singled up the middle to drive in Pendegraft with the final run of the inning. A six-run second inning extended the home team's lead to 10-0. A pair of errors and a sacrifice bunt by Daun put runners on second and third with one out. Rainey followed with an RBI-single and a second run scored on a wild pitch. Norton doubled in Rainey and scored on a base hit by Pendegraft. Neill singled up the middle and scored behind Pendegraft on a triple by sophomore outfielder Leslie Harshey (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein). Gore led off the third inning with an infield single and later scored on a groundout by Rainey. Freshman outfielder Mary Glowacz (Chicago, Ill./William H. Taft) also singled and two batters reached on errors in the frame. Pendegraft made the score 15-0 with her second three-run homer in as many days. Gore and Rainey doubled, Norton tripled, and Glowacz singled in one of the team's three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Norton was a home run shy of the cycle and Pendegraft was missing the triple in game two. Rainey also had three of the team's 17 hits and, along with Norton, Pendegraft, and Gore, scored three times. Pendegraft drove in five runs while Rainey and Norton added three RBI apiece. Lake Forest will close out the regular season with a doubleheader against visiting North Central College Tuesday (April 27) at 3:00 p.m. Live Stats will be available on the Lake Forest College Athletics Web site. The Foresters will also host the 2010 MWC Championship Tournament May 7-8. Box Scores: Game 1 | Game 2
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