Cowgirls Push Streak To Eight With Sweep of Sul Ross State
By: Chad Grubbs
Updated: March 16, 2012
ALPINE, Texas -- Hardin-Simmons'
softball team extended its winning streak to eight games with a
doubleheader sweep of Sul Ross State, 2-0 and 12-2, in American
Southwest Conference action at Lady Lobo Field in Alpine.
In
the first game, Blair Wallace tossed a three-hit shutout to improve to
6-2 on the year. She struck out six batters in the game.
The
Cowgirls had eight hits in the game and scored single runs in the first
and third innings. Mac Clay led off the game with a single and moved to
second on an illegal
pitch, stole third and scored on a Julia Bradley RBI single.
In the third inning, Bradley had an RBI single to score Brittany Acosta, who had doubled with two outs.
Bradley and Clay each had two hits for the Cowgirls in the game.
In
game two, Sul Ross State led 2-0 in the fourth inning when the Cowgirls
exploded for eight runs. HSU had seven hits in the inning. Acosta and
Lanie Strickland had
back-to-back singles and Bailey Watkins walked to load the bases with no
outs. Shelby McIntyre had an RBI fielder's choice and Amy Meyer
followed with an RBI single. Kelsey Evans then had an RBI double and
Wallace had a two-run single. Acosta added an RBI single
and Strickland had a two-run triple.
Meyer
had an RBI triple, Clay had a sacrifice fly and Taylor Namey had a
two-run home run in a four-run fifth inning. It was the 30th
home run of her career, which is two shy of tying Sadye Hill's school record of 32.
Sarah
Shurbet improved to 5-3 on the year as she scattered five hits and two
runs in the run-rule shortened game. She struck out three batters.
Strickland had three hits and Namey, Meyer, Acosta and Wallace added two each for HSU.
The
Cowgirls are now 11-5 on the year and 6-0 in ASC play. Sul Ross State
fell to 3-13 overall and to 0-2 in ASC action. The teams will conclude
the series with a
doubleheader on Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m.
