McBeain stars for No. 4 KCC softball
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Angie McBeain starred for the fourth-ranked Kirkwood softball team Saturday night as a hitter and pitcher.
McBeain hit a two-run walk-off homer in the botton of the seventh inning to snap a 2-2 tie and give the Eagles a 4-2 victory over South Suburban in the first game of the N4C Dome Jamboree.
McBeain then pitched a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts as Kirkwood belted Moraine Valley Community College, 16-0.
Kirkwood trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh against South Suburban. Taylor Nearad led off with a double and Lexi Ferrari beat out a bunt single to get things started.
Nearad scored on an infield grounder by Maddie Hansen, then McBeain delivered her two-run homer to win the game. Nearad and Hansen, a pair of 2016 All-Americans, had two hits for Kirkwood against South Suburban.
Kirkwood pitcher Lexi Kinnaird struck out 15 batters and allowed only one hit against South Suburban. Both of South Suburban's runs were unearned.
DoniRay Mayhew belted two home runs for the Eagles against Moraine Valley and Nearad hit her first homer of the season. Morgan Frost, another 2016 All-American, went 4-for-4, scored four times and drove in two runs.
Mayhew was 3-for-4 with her two homers and six RBIs. Nearad was 3-for-3 and scored three times. Hansen had three hits. Ferrari and Audra Bridenstine had two hits. McBeain and Monika Bevans had two RBIs.
Kirkwood (8-0) is scheduled for a doubleheader Sunday against McHenry.
GAME 1
South Suburban 000 200 0 - 2 1 2
Kirkwood 001 000 3 - 4 9 2
W - Kinnaird.
GAME 2
Kirkwood 540 25 - 16 18 1
Moraine Valley 000 00 - 0 1 1
W - McBeain.
