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RECAP: Tech wins twice, goes 4-0 on weekend
March 13, 2022 | Softball
The Red Raiders improved to .500 on the season with four wins in the Texas Tech Invitational.
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech softball team (12-12) capped off an undefeated weekend with wins over Texas A&M- Corpus Christi (10-16) and Tulsa (8-14) Sunday afternoon at Rocky Johnson Field.
The Red Raiders run-ruled the Islanders 9-1 in five innings to start off the day before shutting out the Golden Hurricane 2-0 in the Texas Tech Invitational finale.
Texas Tech 9, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 1 (5 inn.)
The Red Raiders put a run on the board in each of the first three innings before busting things open with a five-run fourth inning to lead 8-1.
The first run of the game came across in the bottom of the first when Ellie Bailey singled to bring in Payton Jackson who reached on a walk. The Red Raiders added another run in the second inning after a four-walk inning brought in Riley Love to make it 2-0.
A leadoff home run from Pal Egan put the Islanders on the board in the third inning, to cut the Tech lead in half, 2-1. Tech answered with another run in the bottom half of the inning to push the lead back to two when Arriana Villa singled up the middle to score Love whose two-out double started the Red Raider rally.
The Red Raiders five-run fourth inning started with a leadoff walk from Armijo, her third of the game. Demi Elder, pinch running for Armijo, stole second and reached third on a fielder's choice to put runners on the corners with no outs for Tech. Riley Ehlen brought Elder home with a sac bunt and Abbie Orrick cleared the bases with a two-run home run to left field to make it 6-1 Red Raiders. Love singled to center field and came home on a double from Peyton Blythe. Tech got one more run when Jackson doubled to right center to score Blythe to give the Red Raiders an 8-1 advantage.
After blanking the Islanders in the top of the fifth, the Red Raiders ended the game in run-rule fashion on a pinch-hit double from Maddie Westmoreland that brough home Bailey for the ninth run of the game.
Erna Carlin (3-1) went the distance for the Red Raiders, giving up just one run on five hits with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched.
Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 0
Tulsa threatened first, putting runners on second and third with one out in the top of the first, but the Red Raiders got out of the jam forcing a ground out and a line out to end the frame.
An error brought in the first Red Raider run of the game. Ehlen singled to lead off the bottom of the second and moved into scoring position on a groundout from Molly Grumbo. With two outs and the runner going, Love hit a high pop up in the infield that the Tulsa shortstop could not handle, scoring Ehlen from second to give Tech a 1-0 advantage.
After a couple of quiet innings, Tech doubled its lead in the bottom of the fifth as Jackson doubled to left center to score Villa from first.
Kendall Fritz retired the Golden Hurricane on seven pitches in the sixth and 11 pitches in the seventh inning to seal the 2-0 victory.
Fritz (8-4) picked up her third win of the weekend, despite not striking out a single batter in the game. The junior was incredibly efficient, throwing just 76 pitches in the game, allowing four hits and one walk.
NOTABLES
UP NEXT
The Red Raiders picked up a last-minute midweek contest against Tarleton State Wednesday, March 16 in Stephenville, Texas. Following the midweek match up Tech will be back home March 19-20 for the Red Raider Classic, hosting Incarnate Word and Northern Colorado.
The Red Raiders run-ruled the Islanders 9-1 in five innings to start off the day before shutting out the Golden Hurricane 2-0 in the Texas Tech Invitational finale.
Texas Tech 9, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 1 (5 inn.)
The Red Raiders put a run on the board in each of the first three innings before busting things open with a five-run fourth inning to lead 8-1.
The first run of the game came across in the bottom of the first when Ellie Bailey singled to bring in Payton Jackson who reached on a walk. The Red Raiders added another run in the second inning after a four-walk inning brought in Riley Love to make it 2-0.
A leadoff home run from Pal Egan put the Islanders on the board in the third inning, to cut the Tech lead in half, 2-1. Tech answered with another run in the bottom half of the inning to push the lead back to two when Arriana Villa singled up the middle to score Love whose two-out double started the Red Raider rally.
The Red Raiders five-run fourth inning started with a leadoff walk from Armijo, her third of the game. Demi Elder, pinch running for Armijo, stole second and reached third on a fielder's choice to put runners on the corners with no outs for Tech. Riley Ehlen brought Elder home with a sac bunt and Abbie Orrick cleared the bases with a two-run home run to left field to make it 6-1 Red Raiders. Love singled to center field and came home on a double from Peyton Blythe. Tech got one more run when Jackson doubled to right center to score Blythe to give the Red Raiders an 8-1 advantage.
After blanking the Islanders in the top of the fifth, the Red Raiders ended the game in run-rule fashion on a pinch-hit double from Maddie Westmoreland that brough home Bailey for the ninth run of the game.
Erna Carlin (3-1) went the distance for the Red Raiders, giving up just one run on five hits with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched.
Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 0
Tulsa threatened first, putting runners on second and third with one out in the top of the first, but the Red Raiders got out of the jam forcing a ground out and a line out to end the frame.
An error brought in the first Red Raider run of the game. Ehlen singled to lead off the bottom of the second and moved into scoring position on a groundout from Molly Grumbo. With two outs and the runner going, Love hit a high pop up in the infield that the Tulsa shortstop could not handle, scoring Ehlen from second to give Tech a 1-0 advantage.
After a couple of quiet innings, Tech doubled its lead in the bottom of the fifth as Jackson doubled to left center to score Villa from first.
Kendall Fritz retired the Golden Hurricane on seven pitches in the sixth and 11 pitches in the seventh inning to seal the 2-0 victory.
Fritz (8-4) picked up her third win of the weekend, despite not striking out a single batter in the game. The junior was incredibly efficient, throwing just 76 pitches in the game, allowing four hits and one walk.
NOTABLES
- Payton Jackson finished the weekend batting .545 with six hits, four of which were for extra bases, four RBI, four runs scored with a slugging percentage of 1.000 and an on base percentage of .615. She leads the team with a .352 average this season and is 13-for-28 (.464) in her last 10 games. After finally ending her six-game hitting streak last weekend, she is back on a five-game hit streak with eight hits in the last five games.
- Kendall Fritz went 3-0 in the circle on the weekend, giving up just six hits in 13.0 innings pitched and walking just one batter. Fritz pitched two complete game shutouts including Saturday's perfect game and limited batters to a .136 average against her. She averaged just under 11 pitches per inning in the finale against Tulsa.
- The Red Raiders defeated Tulsa 2-0 despite failing to strike out a batter in the game, the last time the Red Raiders did not record a strikeout in win was on March 3, 2017, when Tech took down UTSA 8-0 in five innings. Kassidy Scott was the pitcher for the Red Raiders who tossed a two-hit shutout with no strikeouts, no walks and no hit by pitch in the game.
- The Red Raiders hit .360 as a team in the Texas Tech Invitational and recorded a 1.75 ERA in the circle on their way to a 4-0 weekend. The Red Raiders are winners of eight of their last 10 games, during which time they have hit .323 as a team with a 2.56 ERA.
UP NEXT
The Red Raiders picked up a last-minute midweek contest against Tarleton State Wednesday, March 16 in Stephenville, Texas. Following the midweek match up Tech will be back home March 19-20 for the Red Raider Classic, hosting Incarnate Word and Northern Colorado.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carlin, Erna (3-1)
L: Smith, Denay (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Gilbert, Grace 1
HR: Egan, Pal 1
RBI: Egan, Pal 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Egan, Pal 1
Batting:
2B: Jackson, Payton 1 ; Westmoreland, Maddie 1 ; Love, Riley 1 ; Blythe, Peyton 1
HR: Orrick, Abbie 1
RBI: Villa, Arriana 1 ; Jackson, Payton 1 ; Armijo, Carson 1 ; Bailey, Ellie 1 ; Ehlen, Riley 1 ; Westmoreland, Maddie 1 ; Orrick, Abbie 2 ; Blythe, Peyton 1
SH: Ehlen, Riley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson, Payton 1 ; Elder, Demi 1 ; Bailey, Ellie 2 ; Orrick, Abbie 1 ; Love, Riley 3 ; Blythe, Peyton 1
SB: Elder, Demi 1 ; Love, Riley 1 ; Blythe, Peyton 1
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