MARSHALL, Texas – Finishing off the American Southwest Conference series with a complete sweep, #13 East Texas Baptist University won game three, 9-4, over Howard Payne University. ETBU is now 10-1 on the year and 5-1 in the ASC.
ETBU posted 10 hits as four players made up nine of the hits.
Delanie Loya went 3-of-4 with one RBI to lead the team.
Tristen Maddox,
Tauryn Cummings, and
Hannah A. Kelley all posted two hits. Maddox, Loya,
Mallory Pyle,
Marin Musicant, Kelley, and
Evan Garcia each recorded a RBI.
Musicant went all seven innings recording two strikeouts, three earned runs, and five hits to move to 1-0 on the year.
ETBU scored nine runs in the first four innings for a 9-1 lead. Pyle started the scoring with a sac fly to center field as
Courtney White came in Cummings was the second run of the inning when she stole home on a throw down. Five more runs came in the third inning for a 7-1 lead. Loya singled in White and then Musicant picked up a RBI on a hit-by-pitch at bat with the bases loaded. Kelley then singled in Loya and Garcia hit into a fielder's choice that brought in Pyle. Maddox recorded the final run of the inning on a single as Kelley scored.
In the fourth inning, a run came in on an error and hen Loya stole home on another throw down for the 9-1 lead. HPU scored three runs in the fifth to pull within five, 9-4, but Musicant retired the side in the sixth and had three ground outs with one hit in the seventh to end the game.
ETBU will play on Tuesday, March 14, vs. SUNY Oneonta at 2:00/4:00 p.m.
