Official Site of the Broncos · Apr 25, 2021
Pitching Leads to Split for Softball at Saint Mary's
MORAGA, Calif. – Santa Clara softball earned a split in a pair of pitcher's duels at Saint Mary's on Saturday.
The Broncos (6-16, 3-6 WCC) took the first game of the day 3-2 but fell in the second to the Gaels (11-20, 2-4 WCC) by the same score.
GAME 1
The arm of Zoe Straughn and the bat of Emma Bickford led the Broncos to victory in the first game of the day.
Straughn (2-1) tossed the first complete game of her career, allowing two runs on just four hits. She struck out one and walked four. She allowed just one hit through the first 6 1/3 innings.
Bickford knocked in all three Santa Clara runs with a solo home run in the sixth and a two-out, two-run single in the seventh.