Hana Bonner had two hits, and scored twice in LETU's 4-2 win Saturday.
YellowJackets Claim Series from Cru, Win 4-3 in Marshall
MARSHALL, Texas – LeTourneau University's softball team won its first American Southwest Conference series of the season, beating Mary Hardin-Baylor, 4-3, Saturday at Marshall High School.
The game was moved to Marshall's turf field after early morning rain drenched LETU Softball Field.
Bailey Richey worked the last 2 1/3 innings to close the door for starter
Alysa Torres, who picked up her first win as a YellowJacket. Torres went 4 2/3 innings, allowing a run on five hits and four walks. Richey surrendered a run on four hits and a walk to earn her first save of the year.
It was the second straight day Richey came on in relief in an LETU victory.
The YellowJackets (3-2, 2-1 ASC) had eight hits, while the Crusaders (4-6, 1-2) had nine.
Callie Poore's two-out single up the middle in the first scored
Mickenzie Murry to give the Jackets a 1-0 lead.
Ashley Crawford's sacrifice fly to right scored
Hana Bonner to put LETU up 2-0. Milly Cesare's RBI single up the middle in the third pulled the Cru within a run.
The Jackets scored twice in the sixth – the first on a throwing error after Bonner stoled third. Crawford followed with a single to right to drive in Richey. That gave the YellowJackets a 4-1 lead.
UMHB threatened in the top of the seventh when Cesare doubled down the left field line to drive in a run. But Richey coaxed a ground ball to Jackets second baseman
Jazzlynn Velasquez. It turned into a double play when the Cru base runner trying to advance to second was put out at second. The batter was ruled out after a lengthy umpire's conference – the determination made that the base runner interfered with Murry, LETU's shortstop, trying to turn the double play. Cesare scored on the wild play, pulling the Cru within a run.
A Jackets throwing error, and a single by Lexi Harris loaded the bases. But Richey got a pop out to the shortstop to end the game.
Bonner was 2-for-3 with double. Crawford went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Poore went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Ethel Warren, Murry and Velasquez each had a hit.
LETU will play at Concordia Texas next Friday and Saturday.
