WARREN, Mich. – The pitching was stellar and the bats were dialed in as Macomb Softball swept the visiting Oakland Community College Raiders on Saturday (April 20) with a pair of five inning, run rule victories. One day after run-ruling the SC4 Skippers twice, the Monarchs cruised to an 8-0 win in game one and a 10-0 triumph in game two. The pair of five inning wins lifted the Monarchs to 18-11 overall and 14-5 in the MCCAA Eastern Conference, two-and-a-half games back of first place Mott.
 
The Monarchs will be off from game action Sunday before hitting the road for Marysville City Park to make up a single 7-inning contest against SC4 on Monday (April 22) at 5 p.m.
 
GAME ONE: Macomb 8, OCC 0 (5 Inn.)
Katelyn Thomas got the scoring started with a first inning sacrifice fly and capped game one off with a three-run blast in the fourth that bounced off the top of the wall in the power alley of left center in the Monarchs' 8-0 win in five innings.
 
Brynn Beyer connected on a two-run shot in the third and Carleigh Bilpo drove in a run to complete the scoring in the opener.
 
Savanna Clark posted a game-high two hits (2-3, R) while Thomas went 1-for-2 with four RBIs and Beyer was 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Bilpo drove in a run as part of a 1-for-3 effort while Grace Dzikowski dazzled in the circle to earn her 10^th win of the campaign.
 
Dzikowski had the Raiders off balance throughout the five inning affair on her way to tossing a one-hitter while striking out six batters.
 
GAME TWO: Macomb 10, OCC 0 (5 Inn.)
Brynn Beyer continued her impressive homestand by helping put an exclamation point on the game two win with a fourth inning solo shot that brought the score to its final, 10-0. A few batters earlier, Ally Prasnjak connected on her sixth home run of the season, also a solo shot, on a no-doubter over the center field wall.
 
The home runs by Beyer and Prasnjak capped off perfect game two efforts for both as Beyer went 3-for-3 and Prasnjak was 2-for-2.
 
Chloe Cantin was responsible for the lone other extra-base hit of game two, a first inning RBI double that made the score 5-0 after the opening frame.
 
Allison Vogt earned win No. 5 on the season after striking out five to culminate a pair of shutouts for the Monarchs.