Kats go 1-1 on final day of tourney

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Kats go 1-1 on final day of tourney

2/26/2023 7:35:00 PM | Softball

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HOUSTON — The Sam Houston softball team earned a split on the final day of the Houston Tournament at the Cougar Softball Complex on Sunday.

The Bearkats (5-11) dropped a heart breaker in extra innings against the Cougars but bounced back in the finale to cage Houston Christian.

Sam Houston will host Prairie View on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Bearkat Softball Complex.

Houston 7, Sam Houston 6 (10 inn.)
The Bearkats plated four runs in the top of the seventh to send the game into extra innings, but the Cougars were able to squeak out a 7-6 victory.

Sam Houston was down 6-2 when Ellie Grill, who had two hits, drew a lead-off walk and moved the second on a wild pitch to begin the seventh. Tricia Yarotsky and Elia Hebel, who had two hits, then walked to load the bases with no outs.

Brodie Quinlan then laced a single up the middle, one of her two hits, to drive in a pair of runs. Julia Herzinger made it 6-5 with an RBI single, and pinch runner Chandler Talbot scored on a passed ball to tie it.

Daryn Grams pitched nine innings in relief and gave the Bearkats a chance by allowing only two runs after Houston scored four in the first. The Cougars just got the timely hit they needed to walk off in the 10^th.

Hebel had an RBI single in the first and drove in another run with a groundout in the third.

Sam Houston 9, Houston Christian 4
The Bearkats bounced back in a big way, erupting for five runs in the second inning to close out the Houston Tournament with a win over Houston Christian.

Julia Herzinger walked to begin the frame, and Jordan Peno singled to left field and both runners advanced on a throwing error. Chandler Talbot brought in a run on a fielder's choice and Emily Telg hit an RBI single to right.

Ellie Grill got on thanks to a fielding error that brought home Kelsey Bunch, who had drawn a walk to load the bases earlier. Tricia Yarotsky drove in a run with a single, and Brodie Quinlan's groundout made it 5-0.

Sam Houston got a three-run home run from Quinlan in the fourth, and Bunch hit a solo shot in the fifth.

Mika Vento got the win in relief. She went 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.