HUNTSVILLE
– With the game tied at six after five innings, Sam Houston
State broke open the game with 11 total runs in the sixth and
seventh innings en route to a 17-6 win over Texas A&M-Corpus
Christi in the second game of the three-game Southland Conference
series.
Karl Krailo led the Bearkats at the
plate going 3-for-4 with four RBI, while catcher Heath Pugh drove
in three runs and scored twice to drop the Islanders to 1-4 in the
Southland Conference and 14-13 overall. The Bearkats are now 18-8
and 4-1 in the league.
Tied at six
entering the bottom of the sixth inning, Nick Zaleski greeted
Islander reliever Brian Anderson with a home run. Bobby Verbick and
Krailo each drove in a run on a single and double,
respectively.
Anderson, who
suffered the loss to fall to 1-1, and Trey Maldonado allowed eight
more runs in the seventh. Krailo had a three-run double in the
inning, while Clint Mann and Pugh had two-run doubles.
The Islanders
jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the second. Jason Graham led
off the inning with a double and scored two batters later on a
double by David Williams. With two outs, Jon Kourie hit a two-run
single driving in David Williams and Chris Widner and later crossed
the plate on a hit by Chase Williams. Martin Parra scored the fifth
run on a grounder by Bryan Gerondale.
The Bearkats
responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and one in the
third off starter Omar Gutierrez to tie the game. A&M-Corpus
Christi escaped further damage in the inning as Graham and
Gerondale combined to turn a triple play.
They added a
run in the fourth inning off Emerson Trager for a 6-5 lead.
Bryan Gerondale
evened the game at six with a solo home run. It was his fourth home
run of the season.
Jacob Howard
claimed the victory for SHSU as he moved to 5-2. He allowed six
runs on eight hits in six innings of work. The Bearkats finished
with 21 hits, which, along with the 17 runs, is the most allowed by
the Islanders this season
The series
concludes with a game at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
