Stars Win Game One Of Women’s National Training Camp Series, 9-2

ST. PAUL, Minn – The Women’s National Team Training Camp opened its Stars vs. Stripes series on Friday,

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with the Stars taking game one of the series 9-2 Despite the Stripes striking first, the Stars managed to score eight unanswered runs across

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across the first three innings to take a commanding 8-1 lead. The Stripes tacked on its second run of the game in the fifth, but the Stars answered with an

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inside the park home run by Jamie Baum, who went 3-for-4 with four runs batted in, in the sixth to take its seven-run lead back.

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HOW IT HAPPENED Anna Kimbrell drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to put the Stars on the board in the first inning Ashton Lansdell knotted the score at 1-1

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in the bottom half of the first on a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Alana Martinez from third after she led off the side with an outfield

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single, moved to second on a wild pitch, then advanced to third on Jamie Baum’s outfield single The Stars tacked on four more runs in the second inning, taking a 5-1 lead,

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thanks to an RBI single from Nadia Diaz and bases-clearing three-run double by Jamie Baum with one out Alexia Jorge extended the Stars’ lead to 8-1 with a bases-clearing

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double to left center after an infield single and pair of walks loaded the bases. Kate Blunt cut into the Stripes’ deficit in the fifth when she laced

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a double to right center, scoring Olivia Bricker after she started the frame with a single to right field and moved to third on a pair of wild pitches.

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Jamie Baum capped off the scoring in the sixth when she hit an inside the park home run to center field to make it 9-2 in favor of the Stars. OF NOTE

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Stars’ Jamie Baum had a strong day at the plate, leading all hitters with a 3-for-4 outing and four runs batted in Additionally, Kylee

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Lahners and Alexia Jorge from the Stars each tallied two hits apiece, while Jorge had three RBIs in the contest. In total, the Stars recorded 11 hits

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in the game as four other players had a hit apiece. The Stars rotation of Jillian Albayati, Niki Eckert, Alana Martinez, and Ashton Lansdell combined

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