LONGVIEW, Texas -- Pitching, hitting, baserunning, and fielding. All four key aspects to winning a softball game were on display for LeTourneau on Wednesday as the YellowJackets swept a doubleheader from SUNY Oneonta in a pair of shutouts 8-0 and 7-0.
LeTourneau (11-6) extends its winning streak to four with the victories as it was the second doubleheader sweep of the week.
The YellowJackets' pitching staff surrendered just three hits in the two games, while the offense scored 15 runs on 21 hits. LeTourneau tied a program single-game record with 11 stolen bases in the opener and also had highlight plays defensively throughout the day.
GAME ONE: LeTourneau 8, Oneonta 0
Mickenzie Murry had three hits and two RBIs, while
Murphy Williams threw a two-hit shutout in an 8-0 run-rule win in the opener.
It was the second complete-game of the week for Williams (5-1) as she collected her fifth win of the season. Williams struck out two and scattered two hits and two walks in the five-inning complete game victory.
Murry paced the offense that totaled nine hits as she went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Murry delivered the game-ending hit in the fifth as her RBI single plated
Alexa Neilon to make it 8-0.
LeTourneau scored twice in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.
Laney Taylor had an RBI ground out and Williams followed with a two-out RBI double to make it 2-0. The YellowJackets added two more runs in the fourth on a Murry RBI single and a sacrifice fly from
Kenna Hendry.
In the fourth,
Lexi Hutchins launched her first home run of the year -- a two-run shot to left field -- that opened up a 6-0 lead for the YellowJackets. LeTourneau capped the win with two runs in the fifth as a delayed double steal allowed
Graci Hart to take home before Murry ended it with her run-scoring hit.
Hendry was 2-for-2 with two runs scored while Williams also had two hits and
Leighton Landreth reached base three times on walks.
Marissa Dionisio (0-4) got the loss for the visiting Red Dragons after going one-plus inning in her start.
GAME TWO: LeTourneau 7, Oneonta 0
Hailee Leger went six innings and allowed one hit and also went 3-for-3 at the plate in a 7-0 win in Wednesday's finale.
Leger (5-4) was nearly untouchable in the circle as she allowed one hit in six innings of work while striking out two and not issuing a walk. Oneonta's only hit of the game came in the third inning when Sara Cartier tripled on a fly ball that was nearly caught by Hendry on a diving attempt down the right field line.
At the plate, Leger had her first chance this season and made it count as she went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. LeTourneau had 12 hits in the win as Murry,
Kylie Grisham, and Hendry totaled two hits each. Murry had five hits in the twin-bill.
Hutchins doubled home a run in the first to get the YellowJackets on the board before Williams had an RBI ground out and Landreth finished the three-run first with an RBI single to make it 3-0.
In the third, Leger ripped a double to bring home two runs and LeTourneau tacked on two more runs in the fourth on a Hutchins bases-loaded walk and an RBI ground out from Landreth.
Leger retired the final 11 hitters she faced in the circle.
Cece Pace came on in the seventh and retired the Red Dragons in order.
Cadence Brennan (0-2) got the start for Oneonta and picked up the loss after giving up three earned runs in three innings.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME
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After 13 games in 13 days, LeTourneau will be off until March 24-25 in a three-game series at Howard Payne.
