HUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston had an off day at the plate to drop two games at the Bearkat Classic on Friday.
The Bearkats were held to just eight hits and one run in losses to Virginia and Delaware. Sam Houston face South Dakota State on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Delaware 11, Sam Houston 1 (6 inn.)
Sam Houston couldn't capitalize on with a bases-load no-outs situation in the fourth inning as Delaware handed the Bearkats an 11-1 loss in six innings on Friday.
Elia Hebel led off the fourth with a single to left field, and
Tricia Yarotsky and
Haleigh Carter drew back-to-back walks.
Julia Herzinger brought in a run when she grounder out to first, but that is all Sam Houston could scratch across.
The Blue Hens struck first in the nightcap with two runs in the second inning on a pair of hits including a two-run double down the left-field line off starter
Emma Guindon. Delaware added an insurance run in the fourth.
The Blue Hens added another pair of runs in the fifth and six more in the sixth.
Virginia 3, Sam Houston 0
The Bearkats had three hits but could not string anything together in a 3-0 loss to Virginia.
The Cavaliers (2-0) scored two runs in first two innings and added an insurance run in the third to hold off Sam Houston (1-1).
Mika Vento took the loss but settled in after allowing the early runs to go six innings in the circle with four strikeouts.
The Bearkats got a runner in the bottom of the seventh when
Regan Dunn drew a one-out walk. Sam Houston, however, could not muster any of the magic from Thursday's thrilling 11-10 walk-off win over UTSA in which the Kats scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Ellie Grill,
Kylie Hobbs and
Brailey Wasik all hit safely in the loss.
