Bearkats edge Creighton 5-4 in 11 innings Sunday

Sunday, February 22

Huntsville

1:00 PM

4-0

Creighton

0-4

Creighton

Sam Houston State

Baseball rallies for 18-16 victory over UH

Bearkats edge Creighton 5-4 in 11 innings Sunday

2/22/2009 1:00:00 AM | Baseball

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By: GoBearkats.com

HUNTSVILLE ? Tyler Knight singled with two out and runners on second and third to give Sam Houston State an 11-inning 5-4 victory over Creighton Sunday afternoon as the Bearkats completed a four-game weekend sweep of the Bluejays at Don Sanders Stadium.

Catcher Mark Wyatt went 3-for-4 at the plate including a solo home run in the first inning to account for each of Sam Houston's first three runs.

Nick Becker forced extra innings with a run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning. Darin Ruf gave the Bluejays a brief 4-3 lead in the top of the 11^th with a sacrifice fly to score Robbie Knight who had led off the inning with a double.

Seth Hammock started the bottom of the 11^th with a single. He advanced to second on a single by Nick Zaleski and the pair moved up a base on an error.

Matt Shelton (1-0) was the winning pitcher in relief, throwing two and a third innings. T. J. Roemmich (0-1) was the loser.

Sam Houston State returns to action Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. against Prairie View A&M.

Line Score:

Sam Houston St 5, Creighton 4 (Feb 22, 2009 at Huntsville, TX)

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Creighton........... 010 010 001 01 - 4 11 3 (0-4)

Sam Houston St...... 101 010 000 02 - 5 8 2 (4-0)

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Pitchers: Creighton - Hellhake, Greg; Patterson, Matt(5); VanLeur, Jack(7); Clark, Kirk(8);

Roemmich, T.J.(10); Lackovic, Bob(11). Sam Houston St - Powers, Brent; Skelton, Will(6);

Shelton, Matt(9).

Win-Shelton, Matt(1-0) Loss-Roemmich, T.J.(0-1) T-3:27 A-227