Stephen F. Austin
Baylor
Extra-Inning Homer Lifts SFA in Season Opener
2/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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WACO, Texas – Brittany Lewis launched a three-run home run in the eighth inning and tossed six hitless frames to lead the Stephen F. Austin softball team to an exciting 6-3 victory over Southland Conference foe Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday afternoon in the Getterman Classic hosted by Baylor. In the second game of the weekend tournament, the Ladyjacks fell to No. 10 Baylor 10-3.
The victory over the Islanders (0-2) is the first win in a season opener for the Ladyjacks (1-1) since the 2008 season.
With two outs, two on and the score knotted at 3-3 in the eighth inning, Lewis sent a three-run missile over the wall in left-center to give SFA a 6-3 lead over AMCC – its first of the game. Autumn Holloway, who started the inning on second, and Alisa Hamilton, who reached on an infield single, both scored on Lewis’ three-run blast.
Lewis was also dominant in the circle all afternoon in a relief appearance. She spun six scoreless innings without allowing a hit or issuing a walk. Lewis (1-0) struck out three batters and picked up the win after following her go-ahead homer with a clean eighth inning to finish the game.
The Ladyjacks erased a 3-0 deficit with a three-run sixth inning. Holloway lined a single into left field to plate Taylor Vick, Lora Blackwell touched home on an error and Heather Hollingsworth singled to first base to drive in Holloway during the inning.
SFA outhit Corpus Christi 13-5 in the game and got multi-hit efforts from Hollingsworth, Lewis, Katelyn Standley, Taylor LeFlore and Lindsay Campbell.
In the second game of the day, the Ladyjacks were in a dogfight with the No. 10 Lady Bears (2-0) for much of the evening. After falling behind 3-0, SFA answered with a pair of runs in the fourth. Hollingsworth and Taylor Fraccastoro drew walks and Lewis reached on an error to load the bases with one out. Standley then knocked a pinch-hit single to left field and Holloway drew a bases loaded walk to make it a 3-2 game.
The Lady Bears tacked on two runs in the sixth inning but the Ladyjacks were quick to respond in the bottom half. Fraccastoro led off the frame with a solo home run to trim SFA’s deficit to 5-3. The true freshman reached base safely three times on the night, scoring two runs in her first career start.
Baylor added five runs in the seventh inning and held on for the 10-3 win.
True freshman Callee Guffey (0-1) pitched the full seven innings and notched six strikeouts in her first career start for SFA.
The Ladyjacks will be back in action on Saturday morning against Wichita State. First pitch is set for 10:00 a.m. Fans can follow along with live stats by clicking here, or by following SFA softball on Twitter (@SFA_Softball).
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