WOODSTOCK, Ga. – Alex Emeterio hit a grand slam with two out in the top of the seventh inning as UNC Greensboro rallied for a 4-1 win over Bowling Green at the Buzz Classic on Saturday.
After a two-out error by pitcher Melissa Bott prolonged the top of the seventh and loaded the bases, Emeterio made Bott pay, sending her 2-2 pitch out to right center for her first career grand slam.
It was the third home run of the season for the Murrieta, Calif., sophomore, matching her total from all of last year.
The hit made a winner of Cory Mattson (3-4), who turned in her second straight quality start. After tossing a three-hit shutout over Howard on Friday, Mattson allowed just one run on four hits and four walks against the Falcons (4-7) on Saturday.
UNCG improved to 6-10 on the season with the win.
Senior Amber Harrell came on in the seventh and earned her first career save, but it was not without excitement. The Falcons loaded the bases with one out on a hit and two walks, but Harrell got a strikeout and a groundout to end the game.
The Falcons also loaded the bases in the first without the benefit of a hit, taking advantage of two walks and a UNCG error. Mattson recovered with a strikeout and a lineout to end the inning and keep the game scoreless to that point.
BGSU got its lone run in the bottom the third inning when Paige Berger led off the frame with a home run to center.
Mattson finished with six strikeouts in 6 innings and struck out the side in the second.
Emeterio went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Jordan Jewett finished 0-for-3 but was on base three times, drawing a walk in the first and reaching on errors in the fourth and seventh. It was Jewett that prolonged the game in the seventh after walks to pinch-hitter Katie Stripling and Kristen Gabel.
Bott (2-3) took the loss, allowing four runs - none earned - on five hits and five walks in 6 2/3 innings pitched. An Eileen Horsmon double and subsequent wild pitch knocked Bott from the game after Emeterio's homer, but Zada Lines got Brittany Ausley to line out to stop the bleeding.
The Spartans return to action at the Buzz Classic on Sunday, when they will take on Jacksonville State at 11 a.m. and Tennessee Tech at 1 p.m.
AGATE
UNC Greensboro 4, Bowling Green 1 (Mar 06, 2010 at Woodstock, Ga.)
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UNC Greensboro...... 000 000 4 - 4 5 1 (6-10)
Bowling Green....... 000 100 0 - 1 4 2 (4-7)
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Pitchers: UNC Greensboro - Cory Mattson; Amber Harrell(7) and Whitney Sirois. Bowling Green -
Melissa Bott; Zada Lines(7) and Adrienne Dick; Courtney Cox.
Win-Cory Mattson(3-4) Save-Amber Harrell(1) Loss-Melissa Bott(2-3) T-1:56 A-64
HR UNCG - Alex Emeterio.
HR BGSU - Paige Berger.
Weather: 55 degrees, sunny
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