April 14, 2010

 

Box Score

 

 

Game One   Game Two

DENTON, Texas - The Texas State softball team (21-18) was held to just two runs all afternoon dropping the doubleheader to North Texas (21-13). The Mean Green captured the first game, 3-1, and then won the second game 9-1 in six innings.

Elizabeth Dennis (1-5) suffered both losses for the Bobcats, allowing six earned runs in 10.2 innings pitched. McKenzie Baack batted .600 this afternoon, going 3-for-5 to lead Texas State at the plate.

In game one, Jenna Emery hit a solo shot to left field to give Texas State a 1-0 lead to start the fifth. Unfortunately, the Bobcats recorded two strikeouts and a groundout to end the inning.

Dennis held off North Texas for four innings, but the Mean Green tallied three runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead and the win.

In game two, Texas State jumped out to a 1-0 edge in the top of the second, on an RBI double by Allison Snow that drove Lacey Duncan home.

North Texas responded in the bottom of the second tying the score at 1-All with an RBI double by Caitlin Grimes.

Both teams went scoreless for the next two innings, until North Texas' Renae Bromley and Mariza Martinez hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning. Before the inning was over, the Mean Green scored a run due to a passed ball to go up by three. North Texas added on five runs in the sixth to win the game 9-1 on a run-rule.

Texas State returns to action on Wednesday, April 21 when it hosts Houston at 6:00 p.m. at Bobcat Field.