CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas- Texas A&M Corpus Christi Softball cracked open their sixth Southland Series of the 2018 season against Sam Houston State on April 13th. Hosting the Bearkats in this weekend series, the Islanders dropped both games 1-6 and 1-3 on Friday's duel.
GAME ONE
Sam Houston State started off offensively strong in this weekends SLC opener, as they were able to capitalize on a few Islander errors and pull together a four-run lead early in the second inning. Fighting to get on the field, Senior infielder
Destiney Diaz set the Islanders in motion as she doubled up the middle to score
Keagan Helson for an RBI late in the fourth frame. Attempting to keep this very rhythm, Sam Houston State's pitching staff held the Blue and Green to only 2 additional hits (by
Keagan Helson and
Katrina Jackson) for the remaining three innings of the game. With the Bearkats defense being successful on the field, SHSU extended their lead to a final score of 6-1 as they registered two final runs early in the fifth and sixth innings.
KEY INNINGS
Top of the 2nd
>> K. Canada reached on first from a fielders choice, scoring M. Crosby for an unearned run (RBI).
>> C. Carpenter singles through the right side, bringing in K. Andrie and S. Fisher for a pair of unearned runs (2RBI).
>> K. Canada scores an unearned run from a wild pitch.
Bottom of 4th
>>
Destiney Diaz doubles up the middle, scoring
Keagan Helson for an RBI.
Top of the 5th
>> K. Martinez scores on a wild pitch.
Top of the 6th
>> B. White sacrifices a fly to score M. McDonald for an RBI.
GAME TWO
With the first competition not going toward the Islanders favor, the Blue and Green's defense showed strong signs of resiliency as they were able to hold the Bearkats to only three single runs for the second competition of the weekend series. Freshman pitcher
Alexis Tovar took the circle for the Blue and Green as she struck out three total batters and only walked three for all seven frames. Sam Houston State emphasized on the third inning, as they were able to register a triple, double, and single play that gave them the 3-0 lead. Freshman catcher
Whitney Wendel knocked on the sheet late in the sixth inning with a run that was assisted by a single to left field from
Kandace Johnson. Johnson went 4-2, as the Atascocita native was also capable of registering a single RBI against Sam Houston State. The Bearkats pitching staff repeated their performance from the first game once again as they held the Islanders to only seven total hits and a single run for the entire competition, sealing their second victory in this weekend series.Â
KEY INNINGS
Top of the 3rd
>> C. Carpenter tripled to right field, scoring K. Canada for an RBI.
>> B. White singled through the left side, running in C. Carpenter for an RBI.
Top of the 5th
>> B. White doubled to center field, scoring T. Thompson for an RBI
Bottom of the 6th
>>
Kandace Johnson singled through the left side, bringing in
Whitney Wendel for an RBI.
COMING UP NEXT
Islanders conclude their sixth SLC Series on April 14th at 12 p.m. against Sam Houston State. The Islanders will then head out to Prairie View, Texas to face Prairie View A&M University in a midweek doubleheader competition. The first game against the Panthers slates off at 1 p.m., where the second competition begins at 3 p.m.
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