Yellowjackets Drop Pair of Two Run Games at Western New Mexico (Mar. 12, 2004)
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SILVER CITY, NM – Entering the weekend having
won four of their last five, the MSU Billings Yellowjackets lost
twice at Western New Mexico on Friday, falling 5-3 in both games.
The Yellowjackets and Mustangs will face each other again on
Saturday. MSUB fell to 9-20 overall and 0-10 in the PacWest
Conference. WNMU improved to 14-6, 2-0. Twelve of the
Yellowjackets’ 20 losses have come in one- and two-run games.
The Yellowjackets struck first in game one,
plating a run in the top of the first inning when Stephanie
Cochrun reached on a fielder’s choice, scoring Joey Ehnes.
Cochrun accounted for all of the Yellowjackets’ RBI in the game,
driving in two more runs in the top of the sixth on her first home
run of the season. Sara Hanley, who had singled, scored on the
Cochrun homer. Cochrun was 1-for-3 in the game.
The Mustangs scored a run in the fourth to
tie the game before plating three in the fifth and one in the
sixth to take the lead. Angela Slaugh, the reigning PacWest
pitcher of the year, picked up the win for WNMU. She allowed five
hits and struck out 13 Yellowjackets. Joey Ehnes took the loss
for MSU Billings, falling to 7-11. She gave up seven hits and
five earned runs in six innings of work, striking out four.
The Yellowjackets were cruising in game two,
scoring one run each in the first, second and sixth innings to
take a 3-0 lead. Cami Rainey scored from third base in the first
inning when Cochrun reached on an error by the pitcher. In the
second, Megan McCrae doubled and was driven in by a Rainey
single. Hanley gave the Jackets a three run lead when she double
and scored on a Layne Pavey RBI single in the top of the sixth.
MSU Billings suffered another late game
collapse, allowing the Mustangs five runs in the bottom of the
sixth. The Mustangs’ Stephanie Kirkpatrick sparked the rally with
a two-RBI triple. Megan Gross registered the win, allowing seven
hits and two earned runs in six innings. Slaugh struck out two of
three batters in the seventh inning and retired the side for the
save.
McCrae went the distance for the Jackets to
collect the loss and fall to 1-8 for the year. She gave up five
hits and three earned runs. Rainey was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a
run scored. Pavey was 2-for-3 with an RBI. McCrae, Hanley and
Ehnes were each 1-for-3. |
