Saturday, February 25
Round Rock
4:00 PM
5-2
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Kansas State
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Sam Houston
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Kansas State
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Photo by: Brisenia Flores
Kats explode in the 9th to down Kansas State
2/25/2023 9:04:00 PM | Baseball
ROUND ROCK — Sam Houston plated four runs in the top of the ninth inning to put away Kansas State with an 8-3 victory at the Karbach Classic on Saturday at Dell Diamond.
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The Bearkats (5-2) moved to 2-0 in the tournament after downing Iowa 6-0 in the opener on Friday. Sam Houston will battle No. 1 LSU in the finale on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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The Kats scored a run in the first four innings to take a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh. The Wildcats scratched across a run in the frame and two more in the eighth to make it a one-run game.
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Sam Houston ended a four-inning scoring drought to put the game out of reach in the ninth.
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Justin Wishkoski led off with a double down the left field line and moved to third when Carlos Contreras reached on an error. Walker Janek followed with a two-run double, and Easton Loyd put the exclamation point on the inning with a two-run blast over the wall in right field.
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Starting pitcher Steven Beard was steady through seven innings. He allowed just one run on four hits with six strikeouts to improve to 1-1 on the season.
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Janek drove in the first run of the game with a groundout in the first. Myles Jefferson had an RBI single and double, and Loyd drove in a run with a hit in the fourth.
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The Bearkats (5-2) moved to 2-0 in the tournament after downing Iowa 6-0 in the opener on Friday. Sam Houston will battle No. 1 LSU in the finale on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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The Kats scored a run in the first four innings to take a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh. The Wildcats scratched across a run in the frame and two more in the eighth to make it a one-run game.
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Sam Houston ended a four-inning scoring drought to put the game out of reach in the ninth.
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Justin Wishkoski led off with a double down the left field line and moved to third when Carlos Contreras reached on an error. Walker Janek followed with a two-run double, and Easton Loyd put the exclamation point on the inning with a two-run blast over the wall in right field.
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Starting pitcher Steven Beard was steady through seven innings. He allowed just one run on four hits with six strikeouts to improve to 1-1 on the season.
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Janek drove in the first run of the game with a groundout in the first. Myles Jefferson had an RBI single and double, and Loyd drove in a run with a hit in the fourth.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beard, Steven (1-1)
L: Wentworth, J (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Wishkoski, Justin 2 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Jefferson, Myles 1
HR: Loyd, Easton 1
RBI: Janek, Walker 3 ; Loyd, Easton 3 ; Jefferson, Myles 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brewster, Lane 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Loyd, Easton 1 ; Davis, Tyler 1 ; Redfield, Joe 1
SB: Brewster, Lane 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1
CS: Brewster, Lane 1 ; Loyd, Easton 1
HBP: Chadwick, Clayton 1
PO: Brewster, Lane 1
Batting:
2B: Jones, B. 1 ; Day, B. 1 ; Johnson, C. 1
HR: Goodwin, N. 1
RBI: Day, B. 2 ; Goodwin, N. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jones, B. 1 ; Goodwin, N. 1 ; Rugely, C. 1
PO: Salinas, O. 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
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AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
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