6
Winner Sam Houston SHSU 22-17
4
Tarleton TAR 13-26
Winner
Sam Houston SHSU
22-17
6
Final
4
Tarleton TAR
13-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sam Houston SHSU 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
Tarleton TAR 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 6 1

W: Atkinson, Coltin (4-0) L: Mentzel, Kyler (1-4) S: Lusk, Lance (6)

Tarleton Baseball Postgame 2022

Game Recap: Baseball |

Kats complete sweep of Tarleton

STEPHENVILLE – The Sam Houston Bearkats handled their business in expedient fashion on Saturday, completing their second sweep of Tarleton with a 6-4 win over the Texans in the series finale at the Tarleton Baseball Complex.
 
The Kats (22-17, 13-5 WAC) kept its hold on sole possession of first place in the WAC Southwest Division with the three victories and will now battle Texas A&M on Tuesday in College Station in a non-conference game before returning to WAC play with a crucial 3-game series vs Lamar at Don Sanders Stadium beginning Friday.
 
Carlos Contreras finished with three hits and drove in four runs to push his NCAA-leading total to 71 through just 39 games, and the Kats needed it to help build up a 6-0 lead that had to stand up.
 
Coltin Atkinson retired the first 12 hitters he faced on his way to going 6.0 innings with six strikeouts without a walk. He then turned it over to the relief duo of Braden Davis and Lance Lusk who combined to slam the door emphatically, retiring all nine hitters they faced in the final three frames.
 
Atkinson moved to 4-0 on the year while Lusk picked up his sixth save.
 
Sam Houston got out to an early lead in with a run on an error in the opening inning and then added three more an inning later off of Tarleton starter Kyler Mentzel on an RBI single by Lane Brewster and a 2-run hit from Contreras.
 
Contreras doubled home two more in the fourth to push the lead to 6-0 before the Texans finally began to put together a rally, scoring twice in both the fifth and sixth innings to get back in the game.
 
But Atkinson was able to minimize the damage in both innings to keep the Kats out in front and then handed it off to Davis and Lusk who made that effort stand up despite the offense finishing with just six hits for the game.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play SHSU TAR
SHSU TOP 1st Janek, W. reached on a dropped fly by 1b (1-0 B); Contreras, C advanced to second; Chadwick, C. scored, unearned. 1 0
SHSU TOP 2nd Brewster, L. singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); MacKenzie, A advanced to second; Jefferson, M scored. 2 0
SHSU TOP 2nd Contreras, C singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-0); Wishkoski, J advanced to third; Brewster, L. scored; MacKenzie, A scored. 4 0
SHSU TOP 4th Contreras, C doubled to left field, 2 RBI (1-2 FBFFF); Wishkoski, J scored; Chadwick, C. scored. 6 0
TAR BOT 5th Feris, C. reached on a fielder's choice to first base, RBI (1-2 SBF); Young, C. out at second 1b to ss; Choy Foo, D. advanced to third; Rivera, K. scored. 6 1
TAR BOT 5th Aguilar, B. grounded out to p, SAC, RBI (1-1 BF); Feris, C. advanced to second; Choy Foo, D. scored. 6 2
TAR BOT 6th Williams, A. doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); Green, L. scored. 6 3
TAR BOT 6th Rivera, K. flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-1 F); Williams, A. scored. 6 4

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