Oregon State Softball got their season started Friday afternoon with a double header in the Mustang Classic. The spring showcase, hosted in San Luis Obispo, California by Cal Poly, also features the Ball State Cardinals, and the Beavers will be seeing plenty of both teams over the weekend. In their first day of competition, the Beavers split their results, falling to the Cardinals 1-4 while defeating the Mustangs 4-1.
In the Beavers first game of the day, against Ball State, both teams carried a scoreless game into the fifth inning. Ball State starting pitcher Ella Whitney got the Cardinals through the inning without problem, but Oregon State starter Logan Hulon ran into trouble. After a pair of walks, Ball State’s McKayla Timmons hit a home run over the left center wall, giving the Cardinals a 3-0 lead.
Oregon State got a run back in the top of the sixth, with a single from Nicole Donahue scoring Jaeya Butler, but Ball State answered in the bottom of the inning, when a Kara Gunter single scored Hayley Urban. The Beavers managed to get a couple of runners on base in the top of the seventh, but a pair of fly outs from Jaeya Butler and Lici Campbell ended the game…