Capital Offense

John Parker

Bad blood with the town of Davis is nothing new to Jamie Schloredt.

The freshman catcher on Sacramento State’s softball team grew up in Woodland and played softball at Woodland High, which has a long-standing rivalry with Davis Senior High in Davis. So when it came time for Schloredt’s current squad to face UC Davis with Causeway Cup points on the line she didn’t need to look for any more motivation.

“Woodland doesn’t like Davis,” Schloredt said. “I just don’t like ’em.”

Schloredt combined to go 2-for-4 with a three-run homerun and three walks in leading Sac State to a double-header sweep of the Aggies on Saturday at Shea Stadium by scores of 5-1 and 14-4, respectively.

After Hilary Johnson and Rachel Miles singled in the bottom of the first inning of game one, Schloredt lit into a Stacey Benzing pitch and sent high over the wall in left-center field for the second homerun of her young career.

“I wasn’t sure if it was out ?” I hit it pretty high,” Schloredt said. “But then I looked up after I rounded first base and slowed down. – It’s always nice to get into that trot.”

The Hornets added runs in the third and fourth innings as Nikki Cinque allowed just one un-earned run on three hits in seven innings of work. Cinque’s improved her record to 3-5 with an earned run average of 1.78. Cinque has been on the short end of several close games this season losing by scores of 3-2, 2-1, 1-0 and 5-3.

“It was good to see Nikki smile today,” Hornets coach Kathy Strahan said.

The Hornets made quick work of UCD in the nightcap, putting up 14 runs in support of starter Michele Bochenski en route to a 14-4 eight-run rule victory.

Amy Jo McKenzie hit a three-run homer to cap a 10-run third for the Hornets.

“Today showed how well our team can hit,” McKenzie said. “It felt good having the whole team hit like that.”

Freshman third baseman Rachel Miles went 2-for-4 in the nightcap with a double and five RBIs.

Short hops: Johnson combined to hit .500 (which raises her season average to a team-leading .362), 3-for-6 with a walk, two stolen bases and three runs – Gloria Toledo went 3-for-6 with two runs – Lindy Winkler was 3-for-7 with three runs, two stolen bases and an RBI – Miles combined to go 3-for-7 with two runs, a double and five RBIs – Teri Ann Caoagan was 2-for-5 with an RBI – McKenzie slugged .857 with four RBIs over two games.