HOUSTON – In a game filled with hits, it was Texas Southern with the final at-bat in a 6-5 decision over the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi softball program in nine innings Wednesday at Memorial Park.
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A&M-Corpus Christi (17-25) knocked 12 hits in the game, but the Lady Tigers (11-16) garnered 14 hits including a walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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Five different Islanders registered multi-hit performances. It included junior
Tiler Noyola, sophomore
Ashleigh Sgambelluri and freshmen
Haley Morse,
Alexandria Torres and
Gabriella Torres. Morse extended her on-base safely streak to 16 games and Noyola 12 games.
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With a double in the fifth inning, sophomore
Pal Egan extended her hitting streak to seven games.
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The Islanders led 2-0 in the first inning. It came on an RBI single to center by Sgambelluri and a sacrifice fly by Morse.
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After TSU got one back in the bottom half, A&M-Corpus Christi went back up 3-1 in the second on an RBI double to left by
Gabriella Torres.
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The Lady Lions responded with three runs in the second to go up 4-3, but the Islanders tied it in the third after Sgambelluri scored on a fielding error.
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The game was tied again 5-5 in the fifth on an RBI single up the middle by Morse.
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The Islanders threw up five consecutive scoreless frames until the ninth when TSU walked it off.
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Freshman
Megan DePew got the start and threw the first 2.2 frames. Freshman
Audrey McNeill entered in relief and allowed just one run in 6.0 innings but took the loss.
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It was the first game in 11 days for the Islanders who had this past weekend canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. A&M-Corpus Christi is now 20-7 all-time against TSU.
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Up next, the Islanders will resume conference play with a doubleheader Friday beginning at 1 p.m. against Houston Baptist. Senior Day is Saturday and A&M-Corpus Christi will honor
Kennedy Jimenez,
Daisy Gonzalez,
Skye Koehl and
Katrina Jackson.
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