Abilene Christian
1-2
Murray State
1-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 3 |
| Abilene Christian | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 0 |
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Softball Bounces Back for Two Wins
2/12/2023 12:44:00 AM | Softball
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The Wildcats started strong with RBI doubles by Miranda Lista and Shaylee Alani ahead of an RBI single by Olivia Taylor for a 3-0 first-inning lead against Murray State.
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Alani added a three-run home run in the second to make it a 6-2 game. The lead swelled to 10-2 in the third inning on an RBI triple by Bubba Rote, an RBI double by Mercedes Eichelberger, and an RBI single by Lista.
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Murray State scored seven in the sixth to tie the game at 12-12 before Eichelberger ended it with a walk-off RBI single up the middle in the eighth.
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Eichelberger had four hits to pace ACU's 20-hit attack while Lista added three and Alani, Sammie Shelander, Taylor, Avery Miloch, McKenley Clark and Rote added two apiece.
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Talia Nielsen pitched 2.1 shutout innings of relief for the win. Nielsen followed that up with a complete-game outing for the win over UTEP.
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Shelander opened the scoring against the Miners with a two-run home run in the fourth inning.
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UTEP tied it up in the fifth, but the Wildcats answered with six runs in the sixth. The Cats got RBI singles by Clark and Lista, a two-run double by Eichelberger and Kiser got an RBI when hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
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Eichelberger had three more hits in the second game.
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ACU finishes up the Wildcat Invitational at 1 p.m. on Sunday, facing Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nielsen, Talia (1-0)
L: James (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Lackey 1 ; Carroll 1
HR: Osbron 1
RBI: Osbron 5 ; Lackey 2 ; Carroll 1 ; Broemmer 2 ; Jestadt 2
SH: Strickland, Ella 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fischer 2 ; Hicks 1 ; Osbron 2 ; Radcliffe 1 ; Lackey 1 ; Jackson 1 ; Carroll 2 ; Strickland, Ella 1 ; Broemmer 1
CS: Osbron 1
HBP: Fischer 2 ; Osbron 1 ; Carroll 1
Batting:
2B: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Lista, Miranda 1 ; Alani, Shaylee 1 ; Rote, Bubba 1
3B: Rote, Bubba 1
HR: Alani, Shaylee 1
RBI: Eichelberger, Mercedes 2 ; Lista, Miranda 2 ; Alani, Shaylee 4 ; Marble, Olivia 1 ; Hoffman, Catrin 1 ; Rote, Bubba 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eichelberger, Mercedes 3 ; Lista, Miranda 2 ; Alani, Shaylee 2 ; Martinez, Isabel 1 ; Marble, Olivia 1 ; Clark, Mckenley 2 ; Rote, Bubba 1 ; Kaiser, Sydney 1
CS: Miloch, Avery 1
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