KU softball gives up lead, falls 10-9

By Staff Reports     Apr 22, 2012

John Young
A ball drops between Mariah Montgomery (23) and Maggie Hull during their game against Iowa State Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Arrocha Ballpark.

Kansas lost to Iowa State, 10-9, Saturday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark, despite Jayhawk freshman Maddie Stein’s career day.

Stein hit the first two home runs of her college career to help KU to an 8-3 lead by the fourth inning, but Iowa State scored seven runs in the last two innings to win by one.

A single, an error and a walk loaded the bases in the top of the fifth inning for Iowa State’s Erica Miller, who hit a two-run double to cut the Jayhawk lead to three, 8-5. Freshman pitcher Alicia Pille entered the game and gave up back-to-back singles, cutting the lead to one, 8-7.

ISU (14-29, 2-12) led off the sixth inning with back-to-back singles, and a sacrifice fly tied the game, 8-8. In the seventh, Dalyn Varela hit a two-run home run for the Cyclones to go up 10-8.

Pille took the loss after entering the game in a save situation with Kansas ahead 8-5 in the fifth inning.

Kansas (27-16, 4-13) and Iowa State decide the series today at noon.

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