University of Houston
15-15, 0
Tulsa
23-6, 0
Houston Softball Drops Series to Tulsa
3/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
HOUSTON â€" In the American Athletic Conference opening series finale, Houston Softball dropped 8-3 to Tulsa Saturday afternoon.
The Cougars move to 15-15 on the season, 1-2 in conference play. The Golden Hurricane improved to 23-6, 2-1 in The American.
Senior Katie St. Pierre extended her reached base streak to 31 straight games dating back to last season. She went 2-for-3 against the Golden Hurricane pitching duo with an RBI.
Freshman Breelyn Thames belted her first collegiate home run on a solo shot to centerfield during the bottom of the fourth.
After Tulsa took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second, the Cougars responded quickly with two runs of their own.
Senior Courtney Klingler drew the four-pitch leadoff walk to open the bottom half of the inning. Freshman Maya Thomas followed with a bunt single to put runners on first and second with one out. Junior Shelby Miller battled at the plate and drew the walk to load the bases before Kaylin Crumpton was pegged in the thigh to score the Cougars first run of the inning. St. Pierre followed with an RBI base hit to add another run for the Cougars.
Tulsa added three more runs the following inning off a three-run home run by left fielder Maddie Withee.
Thames cut the Golden Hurricane's lead down to 5-3 with a one-out home run to center field.
From there, Tulsa added three more runs to seal the win and claim the series.
NEXT AT BAT
Houston Softball returns to action next week as the Cougars travel to Lamar for a doubleheader on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SILL, Caitlin (13-1)
L: Miller, Shelby (4-2)
S: WATSON, Emily (2)
Batting:
2B: WITHEE, Maddie 1
HR: WITHEE, Maddie 1
RBI: WITHEE, Maddie 4 ; HOLLINGSWORTH, Julia 1 ; ALLEN, Kaitlin 3
SH: WITHEE, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WITHEE, Maggie 1 ; NEAL, Morgan 1 ; ESTOCADO, Shelby 3 ; WITHEE, Maddie 2 ; EDMISTON, Jodi 1
SB: HOLLINGSWORTH, Julia 1 ; EDMISTON, Jodi 1
CS: HOLLINGSWORTH, Julia 1
Batting:
HR: Thames, Breelyn 1
RBI: Pierre, Katie 1 ; Thames, Breelyn 1 ; Crumpton, Kaylin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Klingler, Courtney 1 ; Thomas, Maya 1 ; Thames, Breelyn 1
HBP: Crumpton, Kaylin 2
