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February 15, 2015 | Softball
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Feb. 15, 2015
Brittany Warnecke helped make sure of that Sunday morning as the sophomore belted a two-run homer in the first inning as part of a three RBI day in Tech's 7-2 victory over the Roadrunners at Bobcat Softball Stadium.
The victory secured the season series for the Red Raiders (5-5) as the two teams had previously split the previous two games this year. It was Tech's second victory over UTSA (7-3) this weekend as the Red Raiders topped the Roadrunners, 9-5, Friday afternoon.
Warnecke's two-run blast in the bottom of the first marked her third home run already this season. She added a run-scoring double to right center an inning later to match her career high for RBI set just a week before against Nebraska.
The Red Raiders plated three runs in each of the first two innings to take a commanding lead, continuing a trend between the two teams of scoring big early.
Tech previously scored four runs in the first inning during a Feb. 6 loss to the Roadrunners. UTSA, meanwhile, recorded three runs in the opening frame Friday before the Red Raiders eventually rallied in the later innings.
Kristi Belshe followed Warnecke's home run in the first with a RBI single, one of her two hits as she singled in the fifth inning as well. Belshe's liner to left field scored Ashley Fultz, who drove a two-out double to the wall in center field in the previous at-bat.
Fultz, like Belshe, finished 2-for-3 at the plate as she led off the fifth inning with a single. Tech had a chance to further extend its lead in the fifth but Devon Thomey lined into a double play to short that essentially ended the threat.
The liner was another hard-hit ball from Thomey as she previously drilled a solo home run, her second of the season, in the third inning. It was the second time this season where Tech had connected on two or more home runs in a game, both of which that have come against UTSA.
UTSA scored both of its runs off Tech starter Chandler Moore in the top of the fifth as Kendall Burton drove a two-run single up the middle. Burton finished with two of UTSA's five hits overall after a 2-for-3 performance from the top of the lineup.
Moore (3-1) picked up her team-leading third win of the season in the complete-game performance, the first of her career. The right-hander struck out a career-high seven hitters, all of which that came within the first four innings.
Chelsea Parker (4-1) suffered the loss for UTSA, her first of the season, after allowing six runs, three of which that were earned. She lasted only 1.2 innings before Lizzy Fox came on in relief.
The Red Raiders close the weekend with a scheduled 12:30 first pitch against Texas State.
