Abilene Christian
21-23, 11-8
Sam Houston
11-34, 4-12
Wildcats offense erupts for 17 runs in doubleheader sweep
4/22/2022 11:14:00 PM | Softball
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game 1
- The Wildcats were on the board first as Riley White drove in a run to take the 1-0 lead.
- Sydney Kaiser followed White with a groundout to second base that scored another run, pushing the Wildcats lead to 2-0 in the first inning.
- The Bearkats answered in the top of the second inning with a solo homerun, cutting the lead to 2-1.
- Avery Miloch scored in the bottom of the fourth, beating the throw home after a Logan Gaspar single, pushing ACU's lead to 3-1.
- Sam Houston put up two runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game.
- Sidney Holman-Mansell got around a leadoff walk in the top of the seventh and sat the next three batters down in order to get the Wildcats to the bottom of the seventh with a chance to win.
- With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Mercedes Eichelberger drew a walk and Miranda Lista followed with a monster homerun to left field for the walk-off win.
Game 2
- The Wildcats jumped out to another early lead behind a big first inning. Riley White got the scoring going with a scorching double down the left field line to plate the first run.
- Sydney Kaiser followed White with an RBI single and two batters later, Avery Miloch doubled to bring in two more runs and put the Wildcats up 4-0.
- Sam Houston would get a run back in the top of the second, cutting the ACU lead to 4-1.
- Logan Gaspar doubled to bring in two runs in the bottom of the third, pushing the Wildcats lead to 6-1.
- Gaspar would score just a few batters later on a double steal to bring the lead to 7-1.
- The Bearkats would get three runs back in the top of the fourth on a solo homerun and then a two-run shot.
- Sam Houston would cut the ACU lead to 7-6 with another two-run homerun in the top of the sixth.
- The Wildcats managed to put up five runs in the bottom of the sixth, kickstarted by a homerun from Miloch, to push their lead to six runs.
- Sam Houston would launch another solo shot in the top of the seventh but the Wildcats held on to earn the doubleheader sweep.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Avery Miloch managed a multi-hit outing in each of the games, she also drove in three runs.
- Five different Wildcats managed a multi-hit game in the second game of the night, including Logan Gaspar going 3-4 with two RBI.
- Sidney Holman-Mansell earned her first-career plate appearance in game two, drawing a walk.
- Calie Burris is now up to 60 career walks, two shy of tying the program record for a career.
ON DECK:
- The Wildcats close out their 2022 home season tomorrow with a single game against Sam Houston at 12 p.m. The team will honor their seniors prior to the game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Benavides, Hannah (2-0)
L: DUNN, REGAN (2-10)
Batting:
2B: CARTER, HALEIGH 1 ; KUTAC, KYNDAL 1
HR: WASIK, BRAILEY 1 ; KUTAC, KYNDAL 1 ; HOBBS, KYLIE 1 ; TELG, EMILY 1
RBI: WASIK, BRAILEY 1 ; KUTAC, KYNDAL 1 ; HOBBS, KYLIE 2 ; DUNN, REGAN 1 ; TELG, EMILY 2
SH: TELG, EMILY 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WASIK, BRAILEY 1 ; SAVILLE, ALLIE 1 ; KUTAC, KYNDAL 2 ; HOBBS, KYLIE 1 ; SCHEAFFER, HANNAH 1 ; TELG, EMILY 1
SB: DUNN, REGAN 1
HBP: FISHER, SHERIDAN 1 ; PENO, JORDAN 1
Batting:
2B: Eichelberger, Mercedes 2 ; Burris, Calie 1 ; White, Riley 1 ; Miloch, Avery 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1
HR: Miloch, Avery 1
RBI: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Burris, Calie 2 ; White, Riley 2 ; Kaiser, Sydney 1 ; Miloch, Avery 3 ; Gaspar, Logan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Eichelberger, Mercedes 2 ; Burris, Calie 2 ; White, Riley 1 ; Kaiser, Sydney 1 ; Davila, Miranda "Randi" 1 ; Miloch, Avery 2 ; Gaspar, Logan 2 ; Reiling, Matti 1
SB: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1 ; Reiling, Matti 1
HBP: Eichelberger, Mercedes 2 ; Lista, Miranda 1 ; Burris, Calie 2
