Box Score MARSHALL, Texas – American Southwest Conference play has officially begun for the East Texas Baptist University softball team, as they defeated LeTourneau University 8-0 in six innings, winning on a walk-off sacrifice fly from Emily Hitt. ETBU moves to 6-0 overall, and 1-0 in ASC play. LETU falls to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in ASC play.
Pressure was applied throughout the game from ETBU offensively, as they had their leadoff hitter reach base four out of the six innings in the contest. ETBU got on the board first on a Linzie Lewis single up the middle, scoring Lindsey Vasquez. Vasquez would knock in two runs of her own in the bottom of the second inning to extend the ETBU lead to 3-0. The Tigers would tack on three more runs in the fifth inning, and closed the game with two runs in the sixth inning to run rule the Yellow Jackets in the ASC opener.
ETBU was led by Vasquez who had three hits in three at bats, picking up two runs batted in and swiping two stolen bases. McKayla Hendrix and Katy Hill each had two hits and one run batted in. Hitt also had two runs batted in to tie Vasquez for the team lead. Lewis extended her lead in the RBI category with her team-high 12th RBI of the season.
Rocki Tello was impressive in the circle, throwing six shutout innings and scattering five hits. Tello picked up her fourth win of the season, and dropped her earned run average to 1.83. ETBU had eight stolen bases in the game, led by Vasquez and Lewis with two each. ETBU was 12-28 in the game as a team for a .429 batting average.
Ashley Burdine was tagged with the loss, allowing nine hits and five runs in four innings of work. Burdine falls to 1-3 this season. Kaitlyn Allen was 2-2 offensively against ETBU with two singles. Ashley Pierce, Shelby Barrick, and Macey Mize each picked up one hit in the loss.
ETBU will resume play against LETU tomorrow afternoon with a double header. First pitch from Taylor Field will begin at 12:00 p.m., with the second game following 25 minutes after the first game concludes.
