Friday, March 31
Lubbock, Texas
6 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
26-12, 0-4
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Iowa State
12-17, 1-3
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Iowa State
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Texas Tech falls in extras to Iowa State
March 31, 2023 | Softball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Despite taking an early 2-0 lead, Texas Tech fell to Iowa State, 3-2, in extra innings Friday night at Rocky Johnson Field.
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With the tonight's eighth-inning loss, six of the Red Raiders (26-12, 0-4 Big 12) 12 losses are now by just a run. It also marked the second extra-innings contest the squad has dropped this season. Tech is 0-2 in extra-innings games.
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Texas Tech jumped on the board first in the bottom of the opening frame as Peyton Blythe knocked an RBI single to score Kailey Wyckoff, who reached on a double to left center. Tech tacked on a second run in the next at-bat as a pair of walks and a single from Demi Elder loaded the bases. An RBI fielder's choice from Wyckoff put Tech up 2-0.
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Iowa State (12-17, 1-3 Big 12) answered with a solo shot from Kasey Simpson to cut the deficit in half in the top of the third.
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A late-innings pitcher's duel commenced as neither side saw more than one base runner in a frame through the fourth, fifth and sixth. However, Iowa State would knot the game at two in the top of the seventh as Ashley Minor roped a single to score Milaysia Ochoa.
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After a quiet bottom of the seventh, the Cyclones took the lead once and for all in the eighth after a Mikayla Ramos double plated the leadoff, who reached after being hit by a pitch.
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Kendall Fritz (7-3) suffered the hard-fought loss after allowing three runs off eight hits. Saya Swain (4-5) picked up the win in 2.0 innings of relief work. The righty did not allow a hit and tallied a trio of strikeouts.
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Next Up
The Red Raiders look to bounce back and earn their first conference win in tomorrow's 1 p.m. contest with the Cyclones.
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With the tonight's eighth-inning loss, six of the Red Raiders (26-12, 0-4 Big 12) 12 losses are now by just a run. It also marked the second extra-innings contest the squad has dropped this season. Tech is 0-2 in extra-innings games.
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Texas Tech jumped on the board first in the bottom of the opening frame as Peyton Blythe knocked an RBI single to score Kailey Wyckoff, who reached on a double to left center. Tech tacked on a second run in the next at-bat as a pair of walks and a single from Demi Elder loaded the bases. An RBI fielder's choice from Wyckoff put Tech up 2-0.
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Iowa State (12-17, 1-3 Big 12) answered with a solo shot from Kasey Simpson to cut the deficit in half in the top of the third.
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A late-innings pitcher's duel commenced as neither side saw more than one base runner in a frame through the fourth, fifth and sixth. However, Iowa State would knot the game at two in the top of the seventh as Ashley Minor roped a single to score Milaysia Ochoa.
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After a quiet bottom of the seventh, the Cyclones took the lead once and for all in the eighth after a Mikayla Ramos double plated the leadoff, who reached after being hit by a pitch.
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Kendall Fritz (7-3) suffered the hard-fought loss after allowing three runs off eight hits. Saya Swain (4-5) picked up the win in 2.0 innings of relief work. The righty did not allow a hit and tallied a trio of strikeouts.
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Next Up
The Red Raiders look to bounce back and earn their first conference win in tomorrow's 1 p.m. contest with the Cyclones.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Swain, Saya (4-5)
L: Fritz, Kendall (7-3)
Batting:
2B: Ramos, Mikayla 2 ; Ochoa, Milaysia 1
HR: Simpson, Kasey 1
RBI: Ramos, Mikayla 1 ; Minor, Ashley 1 ; Simpson, Kasey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ochoa, Milaysia 1 ; Simpson, Kasey 1 ; Wardlow, Olivia 1
CS: Wardlow, Olivia 1
HBP: Tyree, Sarah 1
Batting:
2B: Wyckoff, Kailey 1
RBI: Wyckoff, Kailey 1 ; Blythe, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wyckoff, Kailey 1 ; Love, Riley 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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RBI
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3
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RBI
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