6-12, 3-6
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
4-15, 0-4
Kats kick off series with run-rule win over Islanders
3/26/2021 10:08:00 PM | Baseball
Colton Cowser homered twice for the second straight game and had five RBI to lead an offensive breakout that saw eight players pick up an RBI and all nine hitters register at least one base hit.
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— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) March 27, 2021
Cowser goes deep for the 2nd time tonight and the 4th time in his last 2 games to push the Bearkat lead to 8-2 in the 4th. #EatEmUpKats pic.twitter.com/e6HNrHvnvC
Tyler Davis was the benefactor on the mound scattering seven hits over 7.0 innings for the complete-game win, moving his record to 3-1 on the season.
Davis gets his first 2 Ks of the night to bookend the 6th.
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) March 27, 2021
Kats in control as we go to B6 with MacKenzie to lead things off. #EatEmUpKats
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In all, five Bearkats finished with multi-hit games, including Bryce Holmes who had a pair of doubles and two runs scored. Trent Touchet also had three hits and an RBI, with Gavin Johnson picking up two RBI on a pair of hits.
Holmes drives home another with a 2-out double then Touchet brings him around with this RBI single.
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) March 27, 2021
Kats put up 2 more and lead 6-2 after 2. #EatEmUpKats
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The Islanders were able to stake themselves to an early 1-0 lead with a run in the first inning, but Sam Houston surged ahead just three batters into the bottom of the first when Cowser connected on a 3-run homer off of AMCC starter Leo Perez. Holmes and Touchet followed with hits, with Clayton Chadwick picking up an RBI on a grounder to give the Kats a 4-1 lead after an inning.
TAMUCC was able to get a run back in the top of the second, but from there it would be all Sam Houston. RBI hits from Holmes and Touchet in the bottom half of the inning pushed the lead back to 6-2 and two innings later Cowser struck again, this time with a 2-run homer to plate Jack Rogers and up the advantage to 8-2.
That counted for the first two scores of a 5-run inning as the Kats tacked on three more on RBI form Johnson, Mason Schulz and Rogers for a commanding 11-2 inning.
While Davis was cruising on the mound, Sam Houston push the lead into double digits on an RBI single by Johnson in the fifth and got one more in the sixth when Easton Loyd blasted an RBI triple off the right-center field fence to score Anthony MacKenzie from second.
Easton Loyd just misses the RF lawn, but ends up on 3B with an RBI triple.
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) March 27, 2021
That makes every Bearkat in the lineup with at least 1 hit and 1 RBI.
Kats up 13-2 in the bottom of the 6th. #EatEmUpKats pic.twitter.com/E8vwXfgUaj
The Kats will now play a pair of games against the Islanders beginning with a scheduled 7-inning affair in Game 1 at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The game can be heard on KSAM 101.7 FM.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Davis, Tyler (3-1)
L: Perez, Leo (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Taylor, Justin 1
RBI: Caraway, Josh 1
SF: Caraway, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marbach, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Justin 1
CS: Burts, Itchy 1 ; Welch, Tristan 1
HBP: Burts, Itchy 1
Batting:
2B: Holmes, Bryce 2 ; Schulz, Mason 1
3B: Loyd, Easton 1
HR: Cowser, Colton 2
RBI: Loyd, Easton 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1 ; Cowser, Colton 5 ; Holmes, Bryce 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Johnson, Gavin 2 ; Schulz, Mason 1
SF: Johnson, Gavin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Loyd, Easton 1 ; Rogers, Jack 2 ; Cowser, Colton 3 ; Holmes, Bryce 2 ; Touchet, Trent 2 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Schulz, Mason 1 ; MacKenzie, Anthony 1
HBP: Loyd, Easton 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1
