March 25, 2002
BYUH Splits
Laie, HI- The Brigham Young University-Hawaii women's softball team
split a doubleheader with Eastern Oregon today, winning the first game
4-3 in eight innings before dropping the second game 8-0 in six innings.
The Seasiders won the first game, despite being outhit six to four by
the Mountaineers, by scratching and clawing for runs. BYU-Hawaii scored
first, in the bottom of the second, by putting together a hit batsman,
a walk, a fielder's choice, a stolen base and an error by the Mountaineer's
shortstop.
Eastern Oregon tallied three times in the top of the fifth to take a
3-1 lead by putting three of their hits and a walk together. But the Seasiders
closed the gap to one on a bases loaded groundout by Andrea Andersen in
the sixth that followed a pair of walks and a Michelle Gibson single.
BYU-Hawaii tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on a single by Susanna
Wilcox after a pair of singles and a fielder's choice filled the bases.
The Seasiders won the game in the first extra inning without getting
a hit. Gibson led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Andersen.
Gibson went to third on an illegal pitch call and scored on a wild pitch
to end the game.
Eastern Oregon took advantage of three BYU-Hawaii errors to score seven
unearned runs in the third inning of the second game and coasted to an
easy win that was ended by the eight-run rule. The Seasiders managed only
two hits in the game while yielding ten to the visiting Mountaineers.
With the split, the Seasiders record moves to 8-17 on the year. The Seasiders
take to the road next for a pair of weekend doubleheaders on Friday and
Saturday at Montana State-Billings.
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