SOFTBALL DROPS FIRST TWO GAMES OF ROAD SERIES AT SOUTHERN UTAH

Athletics News


Apr 21, 2017





CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Sacramento State's pitching staff yielded 17 runs and 25 hits over two games as Southern Utah was able to sweep a Big Sky Conference doubleheader over the Hornets on Friday afternoon. The Thunderbirds won the first game, 9-3, before taking the nightcap in walkoff fashion by an 8-7 score.These same two teams will finish the three-game series tomorrow at 11 a.m. PDT.The losses dropped Sacramento State to 14-25-1 overall and 4-9 in the Big Sky. The nine conference losses are the most suffered by the Hornets since joining the Big Sky for softball in 2013. In fact, Sacramento State had entered the season with a 49-24 combined Big Sky record and had finished no worse than second place in the league standings each of the last three years.Southern Utah improved its record to 13-23 and 9-5 in the conference. Sacramento State, which is still 23-10 all-time against the Thunderbirds, had won five straight in the series until today's losses.The biggest highlight for the Hornets today was the play of freshman left fielder Suzy Brookshire who combined to go 4-for-6 with two walks and three RBIs. That included belting her team-high 11th home run of the season in opener. She is now just one home run shy of the Sacramento State single-season record for round trippers (12), set by Jamie Schloredt in 2008. As its stands now, Brookshire's 11 home runs are the second most in school history.GAME 2After Sacramento State's Traci Shaw hit a dramatic home run with two outs in the seventh to tie the score at 7-7, Southern Utah's Kendall Kapitzke crushed a one-out, walkoff homer in the bottom of the seventh to give the Thunderbirds an 8-7 win. The two teams combined for 15 runs and 22 hits as Sacramento State scored in every inning but the first and sixth, and Southern Utah scored ...

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