MARSHALL, Texas - Opening the season at home, the East Texas Baptist University softball team recorded a pair of shutout victories over the Paris Junior College Dragons. ETBU sits at 2-0 on the season to begin their campaign.
Game 1 was a 3-0 win as
Nikki Gil had two RBI to go with two hits while
Corley Carpenter (two hits) also had an RBI.
Preslye Cox earned the win with five shutout innings, four hits and nine strikeouts.
Hannah Kelley recorded the two inning save allowing one hit and striking out one batter.
The second game would end 8-0 after six innings as eight different Tigers would grab a hit.
Jeanette Galvan had two RBI in the game. In the circle,
Ashley Croft earned the win with five shutout innings allowing one hit and striking out five batters.
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Game 1: ETBU 3, PJC 0
ETBU threatened early in the first two innings putting runners in scoring position, but failed to score in either inning. In the third inning, Carpenter would drive in Solis with a single to grab the early 1-0 lead. Cox would work her way out of a bases loaded jam in the top of 4th inning to maintain the lead. ETBU's fourth inning threat would end all for naught as they left two runners on base.
Kelley would come into the sixth inning to pitch. She faced an early jam before retiring the side. ETBU would extend their lead when Gil knocked in two runs on a single in the bottom of the sixth. Kelley would finish the game recording the final three outs in the seventh for the save.
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Game 2: ETBU 8, PJC 0
ETBU broke out in the first inning with six runs. After back-to-back bases loaded walks made it 2-0, Galvan would drive in two runs while
Elyssa Hernandez reached on an error that also scored two more runs. ETBU would create scoring chances in the next three innings only to come up empty.
The Dragons broke up the no-hitter in the fifth inning, but still were held down by Croft. ETBU tacked on a run in the bottom of the fifth as Garza scored on an error off the bat of
Abby Brown to make it 7-0. In the sixth inning, ETBU loaded the bases before a wild pitch scored the final run of the night for ETBU.
The Tigers will be back at home in two weeks to take on the Apaches of Tyler Junior College for a doubleheader. Game time is 4:00 PM.
