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Box Score 2 San Diego, Calif. – Winthrop softball earned a split on day two of the La Jolla Invitational earning a 9-0 victory over UC San Diego after falling 14-3 to BYU earlier in the day.
GAME INFORMATION
RECORD: Winthrop (2-1) | BYU (3-0) | UC San Diego (0-3)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Tia Beckham (4-6, 2R, 2B, 2HR, 3RBI) |
Grayson Buckner (1-4, R, 2RBI, HR, 2BB) |
Megan Powell (2-4, R, 3RBI, 2BB)
WHAT HAPPENED
vs. BYU
- Eagles struck first, pushing one across in the first inning
- Emma Jackson drew a leadoff walk while Megan Powell followed with a walk to put two on with no outs
- Tia Beckham followed with a single to left to load the bases
- Grayson Buckner drew a bases loaded walk to score Jackson on the play
- BYU made a pitching change and two batters later got an inning ending double play to limit the Eagles to the one run
- The Cougars pushed four runs across in the top of the second
- With the game tied 1-1 the Cougars hit into a fielder's choice as two runs came around to score on the play and then an RBI double to right by Aleia Agbayani made it 4-1
- Eagles got two runs back in the bottom of the second to make it a one run game
- Kaylyn Little led off with a single up the middle and was sacrificed to second
- Tabitha Perry pinch-ran for Little and came around to score when Emma Roberson reached on an error by the left fielder
- Two batters later Powell tripled to right, scoring Roberson to trail 4-3
- Cougars added two more runs in the third inning as the first came on a throwing error and the second on a groundout to short
- BYU powered its way to four runs in the fourth inning as Ilove'a Brittingham provided a two-run double and Kella Kamoku hit a two-run home run to right field
- Cougars went on to win the game 14-3 in six innings
vs. UC San Diego
- Eagles used an 8-run third to open up the game
- Buckner led off the inning with a home run to left to get things started
- Roberson followed with a single up the middle and was sacrificed to second by Jackson
- Mili Watts doubled to center, scoring Roberson for a 2-0 lead
- Powell singled to left to bring home Watts for a three run lead
- Tia Beckham stepped in and delivered a two-run shot to left to put the Eagles up 5-0
- Madelyn Miller made it 6-0 when she doubled to right center, scoring pinch-runner Annelisa Winebarger
- Miller eventually scored on an error and Jackson drove in the 8th run on a bases loaded ground out to second base
- Eagles tacked on another run in the fourth as Beckham led off with a home run to center
- Powell and Miller combined on a two-hit shutout in the circle
EXTRA BASES
- Beckham is the first Eagle to home twice in a game since teammate Megan Powell last season on Mar. 30 vs. Radford
- Beckham set career-highs in hits (3) and RBI (3)
- The home run for Buckner was the 12th of her career and second as an Eagle
- The eight runs in the third were the most runs in an inning since Mar. 13, 2021 at Mercer (7)
- The last time the Eagles had eight or more runs in an inning came on Apr. 21, 2021 vs. S.C. State with nine
- The Eagles had eight different players score a run and six different players drove in a run
ON DECK
Winthrop will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 9 for the final day of the La Jolla Invitational as it will face Portland State at 3:30 p.m.
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