{"id":285929,"date":"2026-04-25T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285929\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:30:12","slug":"caldwell-grand-slam-helps-oakland-avoid-series-sweep-at-green-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285929\/","title":{"rendered":"Caldwell Grand Slam Helps Oakland Avoid Series Sweep at Green Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bowling_Green_200x200_Logo.png\" alt=\"Bowling Green\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Bowling Green<\/p>\n<p>4\/28\/2026 | 2 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 28 (Tue) \/ 2 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bowling_Green_200x200_Logo.png\" alt=\"Bowling Green\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Bowling Green&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/bowling-green\/87\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    GREEN BAY, Wis. &#8211;\u00a0Oakland powered their way to a 10-7 victory over Green Bay on Saturday. Oakland&#8217;s offense was highlighted by 13 hits, including a home run, while they drew six walks in the win.<\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, Oakland&#8217;s offense was active with <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brooklyn-plitz\/12679\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12679\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Plitz<\/a> scoring on a single by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maggie-murphy\/12676\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12676\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Murphy<\/a>. Plitz achieved a season-high total of 5 putouts, showcasing her defensive prowess as well. Additional runs came from <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/taylor-carraway\/12672\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12672\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Carraway<\/a> and Kam Troyer, contributing to a total of four runs. Green Bay matched Oakland with four runs of its own, closing the inning with the score tied at four apiece.<\/p>\n<p>In the second inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/autumn-liebhauser\/12688\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12688\" target=\"_blank\">Autumn Liebhauser<\/a> singled to bring in Plitz for another run, putting the Golden Grizzlies ahead 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland expanded its lead in the third inning when <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/addison-caldwell\/12689\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12689\" target=\"_blank\">Addison Caldwell<\/a> hit a grand slam to left center, marking a season-high total of 4 runs batted in for Caldwell. The inning concluded with Oakland leading 9-5 after Green Bay added a run with a home run by Sidney Lamotte.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix chipped away at the lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, narrowing the gap to 9-7, but Oakland responded in the final inning to hold off Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kayla-turmell\/12684\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12684\" target=\"_blank\">Kayla Turmell&#8217;s<\/a> single drove in Caldwell, increasing Oakland&#8217;s lead to 10-7, where Oakland would hold the score for the win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kenna-bommarito\/12671\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12671\" target=\"_blank\">Kenna Bommarito<\/a> pitched a complete game of 7 innings. She allowed three earned runs on eight hits while striking out five batters. Bommarito&#8217;s performance included just one walk as she securied her 11th win of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brooklyn-plitz\/12679\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12679\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Plitz<\/a> scored three runs and collected three hits in the game. Caldwell recorded four RBIs, including a home run, and added two runs. Bommarito pitched 7 innings, allowing three earned runs while striking out five batters. Turmell contributed with one RBI and drew three walks in her appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the Golden Grizzlies will face Bowling Green on Tuesday, April 28 at 2 p.m. ET in Bowling Green, Ohio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Bowling Green 4\/28\/2026 | 2 PM &#13; Apr. 28 (Tue) \/ 2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-285929","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\/285929","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=285929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}