GAME DETAILS
Game 1 – Saint Louis 5, Western Illinois 4
Game 2 – Saint Louis 6, Kansas City 4
Rock Chalk Challenge
Friday, March 16, 2018
Lawrence, Kansas
THE BASICS
• Sadie Wise drove in seven runs to lead Saint Louis to two victories Friday at the Rock Chalk Challenge, 5-4 over Western Illinois and 6-4 over Kansas City.
• The Billikens, who have won three straight and eight of their last nine games, improved to 12-9.
• Wise was 5-for-8 on the day with two home runs and two doubles.
GAME 1 – HOW IT HAPPENED
• With two outs in the top of the first inning, Saint Louis scored twice on Allie Macfarlane’s RBI double and Alyssa Tarquinio’s RBI single.
• The Billikens made it 4-0 in the third on Wise’s two-run home run.
• Western Illinois answered with four runs in its half of the third.
• Wise’s RBI single in the fifth delivered what proved to be the game-winning run. The hit scored Lauren Lomax, who led off with a double.
• Kaylea Chappelle, who entered the circle in the third, stranded two Western Illinois runners in the fifth and two more in the seventh to pick up the victory.
GAME 1 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Wise added a double for her team-leading third 3-hit game of the season.
• Lomax also had a single.
• Kat Lane singled twice.
• Chappelle (4-3) pitched the final 4 2/3 innings. She allowed three hits, walked one and struck out two.
GAME 2 – HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Billikens took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a three-run blast by Wise, her team-leading seventh homer of the season.
• Wise made it 4-0 with a two-out RBI double in the second.
• Kansas City pulled even with three runs in the third and one in the fourth.
• Mackenzie Lawson put SLU back on top in the fifth, driving in a run with a rare bunt double.
• Tarquinio’s two-out RBI single in the sixth gave Saint Louis an insurance tally.
GAME 2 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Wise’s seven home runs are just one shy of the Saint Louis single-season record for a freshman, set by Allie Macfarlane in 2015.
• Chappelle collected two doubles.
• Alyssa Chavez produced a double and a single.
• Lane registered two singles.
• Lomax recorded a single.
• Maddie Baalman (7-5) went the distance in the circle, striking out five.
UP NEXT
The Billikens play one game in the Rock Chalk Challenge on Saturday, facing host team Kansas at 4:30 p.m.
