30-24
Abilene Christian
36-21
Kats advance to SLC Tournament title game
5/29/2021 6:07:00 PM | Baseball
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The Bearkats put up four runs apiece in each of the first three innings, staking themselves to a 12-3 lead. Gavin Johnson, Chadwick and Schulz all delivered RBI singles in the first inning and Johnson and Schulz got in on the action again with hits in the second.
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ACU made it an 8-3 game with a 3-run homer by Brett Hammit in the bottom of the second, but the Kats answered right back as Bryce Holmes hit a solo homer the other way and Rogers and Chadwick followed with RBI hits, with Chadwick's 2-run double pushing the lead back to 12-3.
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But once again the ACU bats were not done as they went right back to work, getting a run in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Cruz and one inning later they got back three more to cut the lead to 12-7.
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Cowser got one of those runs back in the top of the fifth with a solo homer, his second of the tournament, but an RBI single by Grayson Tatrow in the bottom half of the frame got it back to 13-8 for the Wildcats. An outfield assist by Blake Faecher helped limit the damage as Ryan Peters was able to retire Colton Eager one batter later to keep it at a 5-run Bearkat advantage.
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An RBI double by Hammit brought it back to a 13-9 game in the sixth, but the Kats got two more on the board in the top of the seventh on an RBI double by Johnson and a bases-loaded walk to Schulz. The Kats had a chance to add on, but ACU reliever Tanner Riley coaxed a pair of harmless ground balls out of the Kats, including an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.How about that for an answer!?!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) May 29, 2021
Colton Cowser blasts his second HR of the tourney out to RF to open the 5th.
He's 2-for-2 with 4 runs scored today. #EatEmUpKats
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That proved big one inning later as the ACU offense continued to do its thing, loading the bases with one out for Miller Ladusau, who golfed a grand slam just over the right-field fence to draw ACU to within 15-13.Here we go again!!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) May 29, 2021
Gavin Johnson with an RBI double in the 7th.
Lead back to 14-9 with Johnson now with 4 RBI for game. #EatEmUpKats
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But Garrett Egli came in and was stellar in relief, quieting the ACU bats for 1.2 innings, punching out a pair of hitters in a clean eighth. Lusk then entered and sat the Wildcats down in order, getting a highlight-reel catch from Clayton Chadwick in the process.
WHAT A CATCH!!
— Sam Houston Baseball (@BearkatsBSB) May 29, 2021
Clayton Chadwick with the highlight reel for the second out of the 9th!! #EatEmUpKats
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beard, Steven (1-2)
L: Chirpich, Spencer (6-5)
S: Lusk, Lance (9)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Gavin 1 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1
HR: Holmes, Bryce 1 ; Cowser, Colton 1
RBI: Holmes, Bryce 1 ; Cowser, Colton 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1 ; Faecher, Blake 1 ; Johnson, Gavin 4 ; Chadwick, Clayton 3 ; Schulz, Mason 3
SF: Johnson, Gavin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holmes, Bryce 3 ; Cowser, Colton 4 ; Rogers, Jack 4 ; Faecher, Blake 2 ; Johnson, Gavin 2
SB: Cowser, Colton 1 ; Rogers, Jack 2 ; Schulz, Mason 1
CS: Chadwick, Clayton 1
HBP: Rogers, Jack 1 ; Faecher, Blake 1
Batting:
2B: Hammit, Brett 2
HR: Ladusau, Miller 1 ; Hammit, Brett 1
RBI: Dickson, Mitchell 1 ; Tatrow, Grayson 1 ; Eager, Colton 1 ; Cruz, Tommy 2 ; Ladusau, Miller 4 ; Hammit, Brett 4
SF: Cruz, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dickson, Mitchell 1 ; Tatrow, Grayson 1 ; Eager, Colton 1 ; Cruz, Tommy 1 ; Ladusau, Miller 1 ; Randle, Sebastian 2 ; Gieser, Hunter 2 ; Hammit, Brett 3 ; Hill, Bryson 1
HBP: Tatrow, Grayson 1 ; Eager, Colton 2 ; Gieser, Hunter 1 ; Hammit, Brett 1
PO: Hill, Bryson 1
