Saturday, March 25
Austin, Texas
12 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
26-10, 0
3
at
4
Texas
29-5-1, 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Texas Tech
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
1
Texas
0
0
0
0
2
2
X
4
6
0
Tech drops one-run contest to No. 8 Texas
March 25, 2023 | Softball
Red Raiders have now fallen by just a run in both games
AUSTIN, Texas – Despite again taking an early lead against the Longhorns, the Red Raiders dropped another one-run contest to No. 8 Texas, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Red and Charline McCombs Field.
Â
For the second straight matchup, the Red Raiders jumped on the board early, this time as Ellie Bailey blasted a three-run home run in the top of the opening frame.
Â
Maddie Kuehl worked around a pair of walks in the bottom of the first frame to hold the Longhorns scoreless. The sophomore quickly settled in, only relinquishing one hit through the first four innings.
Â
After hurling a pair of three-up, three-down innings in the third and fourth, Kuehl's day came to a close after giving up a single to deep center field to lead off the fifth. Makinzy Herzog (2-3) entered and gave up a single coupled with a Tech fielding error to pull Texas within one, 3-2.
Â
After forcing a pop out in the sixth, Herzog would give up a two-run blast to the eight-hole hitter Reese Atwood that would give the Longhorns the decisive 4-3 lead.
Â
Tech would get the tying run in scoring position after Abbie Orrick led off the frame with a walk and moved to second with a wild pitch, but the Red Raiders wouldn't be able to etch the needed fourth run across.
Â
Next Up
The Red Raiders will look to steal a game in the Sunday series finale. First pitch is set for noon.
Â
Â
For the second straight matchup, the Red Raiders jumped on the board early, this time as Ellie Bailey blasted a three-run home run in the top of the opening frame.
Â
Maddie Kuehl worked around a pair of walks in the bottom of the first frame to hold the Longhorns scoreless. The sophomore quickly settled in, only relinquishing one hit through the first four innings.
Â
After hurling a pair of three-up, three-down innings in the third and fourth, Kuehl's day came to a close after giving up a single to deep center field to lead off the fifth. Makinzy Herzog (2-3) entered and gave up a single coupled with a Tech fielding error to pull Texas within one, 3-2.
Â
After forcing a pop out in the sixth, Herzog would give up a two-run blast to the eight-hole hitter Reese Atwood that would give the Longhorns the decisive 4-3 lead.
Â
Tech would get the tying run in scoring position after Abbie Orrick led off the frame with a walk and moved to second with a wild pitch, but the Red Raiders wouldn't be able to etch the needed fourth run across.
Â
Next Up
The Red Raiders will look to steal a game in the Sunday series finale. First pitch is set for noon.
Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Simpson, Sophia (3-1)
L: Herzog, Makinzy (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Wyckoff, Kailey 1 ; Bailey, Ellie 1
HR: Bailey, Ellie 1
RBI: Bailey, Ellie 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Wyckoff, Kailey 1 ; Villa, Arriana 1 ; Bailey, Ellie 1
Batting:
HR: Atwood, Reese 1
RBI: Goode, Leighann 1 ; Atwood, Reese 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Day, Courtney 1 ; Popelka, Alyssa 1 ; Atwood, Reese 1 ; Maloney, Ashton 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
dp/p
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
INF
/ SoftballP
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
INF
/ SoftballWCWS Championship Series Final - Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, June 07
WCWS Championship Game 3: Highlights
Friday, June 06
WCWS Championship Game 2: Postgame Press Conference
Thursday, June 05
WCWS Championship Game 2: Highlights
Thursday, June 05