Quirin New Career Wins Leader at McKendree
April 23, 2008
(SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - April 19) - McKendree University junior pitcher Amy Quirin (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) passed Mindy Jameson in the McKendree University record books Saturday afternoon, winning her 51st career game in a 4-1 win over the University of Saint Francis (Ill.) at the University of Illinois-Springfield tournament. She also became career leader in complete games pitched at McKendree earlier in the week.
McKendree, 22-14 overall, defeated Saint Mary of the
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, senior outfielder Molly Reed (
In game two, McKendree scored three runs in the top of the first inning, one on a single by junior catcher Angie Maue (Trenton, Ill./Wesclin) and two on a double by senior shortstop Courtney Aldridge (Dupo, Ill./Dupo). Neither team scored again until the sixth inning, when Aldridge hit a homerun to left-centerfield to give McKendree a 4-0 lead. St. Francis threatened in the bottom of the sixth inning, drawing a bases loaded walk with only one out to make the score 4-1. Quirin got out of the jam with a strikeout and a groundout to end the inning and ended the game an inning later with two strikeouts and another groundout to get the career milestone victory.
Quirin, now 8-7 overall, struck out six and held the Lady Saints to only four hits in the win and junior outfielder Kayla White (Buncombe, Ill./Vienna) led McKendree at the plate going 3-4, while Aldridge was 2-3 with three RBI and a run scored.