ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Golden Grizzlies battled fiercely but fell short to the University of Michigan, 6-5, in a nail-biter at Hutchins Stadium. Oakland jumped out with a 3-0 lead right in the first inning, but the Wolverines clawed back with three runs in the sixth to clinch the win.<\/p>\n
The Golden Grizzlies kicked things off in style, dominating the top of the first. Maggie Murphy<\/a> smacked a single to left center, followed by Kayla Turmell<\/a> drawing a walk. Autumn Liebhauser<\/a> then roped a double down the left field line to drive in Murphy. Kenna Bommarito<\/a> kept the momentum going with a single up the middle, bringing in two more and setting her season-high with 2 RBIs. By the inning’s end, Oakland was up 3\u20132.<\/p>\n In the third, Oakland widened their lead by two more. Liebhauser walked, advanced to third on a fielder’s choice, and a single from Brooklyn Wyczalek<\/a>. Alexa Kownacki<\/a> then laid down a perfect bunt, bringing Liebhauser home, and Addison Caldwell’s<\/a> fielder’s choice tacked on another run, making it 5\u20133 for the Golden Grizzlies.<\/p>\n The sixth inning shifted the tide as the Wolverines launched a three-run homer to right center, courtesy of Lauren Putz, swinging the momentum and putting Michigan ahead 6\u20135, where it stayed until the final out.<\/p>\n Kenna Bommarito<\/a> delivered a gutsy complete game with six strikeouts. She threw a season-high 124 pitches, with 76 finding the strike zone.<\/p>\n Autumn Liebhauser<\/a> made her mark with two hits, including a double, two runs scored, and an RBI. Bommarito chipped in with two hits and two RBIs while handling pitching duties. Addison Caldwell<\/a> added to the mix with a hit, a double, an RBI, and a stolen base. Taylor Carraway<\/a> joined the party with a hit, scored a run, and an RBI.<\/p>\n Next up, the Golden Grizzlies will host Rochester Christian University on Tuesday, April 7, at 3 and 5 p.m., right at the Oakland Softball Field in Rochester, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Golden Grizzlies battled fiercely but fell short to the University of Michigan, 6-5,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-247597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}