Saturday, March 2
Huntsville
12:00 PM
9-9
6
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1
Abilene Christian
7-12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Abilene Christian
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
Sam Houston
0
2
0
1
0
3
X
6
7
1
Photo by: Austin Hunter
Kats brush off ACU in series sweep
3/2/2024 5:37:00 PM | Softball
HUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston broke open a close game with a three-run sixth inning to complete a non-conference series sweep of Abilene Christian with a 6-1 victory at Bearkat Softball Complex on Saturday.
The Bearkats have won three games in a row to improve to 9-9 on the season after taking care of the Wildcats, a familiar face Sam Houston played regularly in the Southland Conference and WAC.
A day after taking a doubleheader which saw the Kats score 18 runs on 18 hits, ACU was the first to strike with a lead-off solo home run to begin the first inning.
It was all Sam Houston after that.
The Bearkats took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second. Tricia Yarotsky tied it with a sacrifice fly to right that brought in Morgan Holliday, who led off with an infield single. Ellie Grill laced an RBI double to left center to push the lead to 2-1.
That was plenty of support for freshman Abigail Young in the circle. She went all seven innings, allowing just four hits to improve to 2-3.
The final three runs came in the sixth on an RBI double by Yarotsky, and a two-run double to left center by Allie Saville.
The Kats will welcome Baylor to Huntsville for a 6:30 p.m. contest on Tuesday.
The Bearkats have won three games in a row to improve to 9-9 on the season after taking care of the Wildcats, a familiar face Sam Houston played regularly in the Southland Conference and WAC.
A day after taking a doubleheader which saw the Kats score 18 runs on 18 hits, ACU was the first to strike with a lead-off solo home run to begin the first inning.
It was all Sam Houston after that.
The Bearkats took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second. Tricia Yarotsky tied it with a sacrifice fly to right that brought in Morgan Holliday, who led off with an infield single. Ellie Grill laced an RBI double to left center to push the lead to 2-1.
That was plenty of support for freshman Abigail Young in the circle. She went all seven innings, allowing just four hits to improve to 2-3.
The final three runs came in the sixth on an RBI double by Yarotsky, and a two-run double to left center by Allie Saville.
The Kats will welcome Baylor to Huntsville for a 6:30 p.m. contest on Tuesday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Young, Abigail (2-3)
L: Russo, Lina (2-5)
Base Running:
RUNS: Marble, Olivia 1
SB: Marble, Olivia 2 ; Shelander, Sammie 1
HBP: Shelander, Sammie 1
PO: Rote, Emma 1
Batting:
2B: Grill, Ellie 1 ; Saville, Allie 1 ; Yarotsky, Tricia 1
HR: Yarotsky, Tricia 1
RBI: Grill, Ellie 1 ; Saville, Allie 2 ; Yarotsky, Tricia 3
SH: Scheaffer, Hannah 2
SF: Yarotsky, Tricia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holliday, Morgan 2 ; Hobbs, Kylie 2 ; Yarotsky, Tricia 2
SB: Grill, Ellie 1 ; Quinlan, Brodie 1 ; Herzinger, Julia 1 ; Holliday, Morgan 1 ; Hobbs, Kylie 1
HBP: Herzinger, Julia 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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