Abilene Christian
3-5
Lamar
1-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Abilene Christian | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 11 | 13 | 2 |
ACU Posts 20 Runs in I-35 Split
2/18/2023 7:49:00 PM | Softball
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ACU beat Lamar 11-5 and lost 10-9 to South Dakota State.
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Sammie Shelander staked the Cats to a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the first game with a sacrifice fly and ACU cranked out five runs in the third inning behind a two-run double by Miranda Lista, an RBI single from Shelander and a two-run home run by Bubba Rote.
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Lamar climbed back to within 6-5 before the Wildcats silenced the rebellion. Avery Miloch homered in the fifth and ACU hung a four-run inning on Lamar in the sixth.
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The final outburst included an RBI double by Miloch and an RBI walk by Catrin Hoffman after an Olivia Taylor theft of home.
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Mercedes Eichelberger and Miloch had three hits each to lead the 13-hit ACU attack. Shelander contributed two.
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Riley White went the distance, allowing three earned runs on five hits while striking out four.
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The Wildcats belted out three home runs in the second game, including back-to-back jacks against the Jackrabbits in a seventh-inning rally that fell a run short.
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The Cats took a 2-1 lead in the third inning on Shelander's two-run single and Bubba Rote tied the game in the fifth inning with a three-run home run.
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South Dakota went up 10-5 before the Wildcats erupted for four runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run double by Lista and consecutive solo home runs by Miloch and Sydney Kaiser.
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Kaiser had two hits to lead the Wildcats.
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Rote took the pitching loss.
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ACU finishes off its tournament appearance with a 10 a.m. contest in San Antonio on Sunday, taking on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: White, Riley (1-1)
L: Mitchell, K (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Milliken, R 1
RBI: Milliken, R 2 ; Ancelot, K 2
SH: Hinojosa, F 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bean, S 2 ; Xayaseng, K 1 ; Hinojosa, F 1 ; Adams, S 1
CS: LaRue, E 1
Batting:
2B: Eichelberger, Mercedes 1 ; Lista, Miranda 1 ; Miloch, Avery 1
HR: Rote, Bubba 1 ; Miloch, Avery 1
RBI: Lista, Miranda 2 ; Shelander, Sammie 2 ; Rote, Bubba 2 ; Miloch, Avery 2
SF: Shelander, Sammie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eichelberger, Mercedes 2 ; Lista, Miranda 2 ; Marble, Olivia 1 ; Shelander, Sammie 2 ; Rote, Bubba 1 ; Miloch, Avery 1 ; Clark, Mckenley 1 ; Gaspar, Logan 1
SB: Shelander, Sammie 1 ; Reiling, Matti 1
HBP: Marble, Olivia 1 ; Kaiser, Sydney 1
