Stephen F. Austin
Houston Baptist
SFA Drops Both Ends of Friday Doubleheader at HBU
4/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Houston Baptist 6, Stephen F. Austin 4
Game One Box Score
Houston Baptist 1, Stephen F. Austin 0
Game Two Box Score
Husky Field • Houston, Texas
Records: SFA (16-21, 6-7 SLC); HBU (12-20, 4-10 SLC)
Up Next: Game Three • Saturday, April 9 • 12:00 p.m.
HOUSTON – Despite good showings from Brittany Lewis and Autumn Holloway at the plate, the Stephen F. Austin softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at Houston Baptist on Friday afternoon from Husky Field. The Ladyjacks were edged 6-4 in game one and then narrowly lost 1-0 in the second contest.
Holloway launched her second home run of the year in the first game on Friday and recorded the only extra-base hit for either side – a double – in a pitchers duel in game two. Lewis went 2-for-3 in each game to improve her team-best batting average to .358 for the season.
The Ladyjacks jumped out in front in game one after Courtney Chambers scored on a sacrifice fly by Taylor Fraccastoro in the first inning. The 1-0 edge was short-lived however, as HBU scored six unanswered runs between the second and fourth innings to go up 6-1.
SFA mounted a rally to come within two in the seventh inning. Taylor Vick knocked a one-out double to the gap in left center in the sixth before Holloway provided a two-run bomb down the left field line to make it 6-3.
Fraccastoro then singled down the right field line in the seventh and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Annie Mehringer. The Ladyjacks’ rally was cut short there after getting to within two at 6-4.
Lewis (L, 6-5) took the loss after allowing five runs off five hits in 2.2 innings to start the game. Sophomore Callee Guffey closed things out with 3.1 innings in the circle, giving up just one run on three hits.
Along with Lewis, senior Lindsay Campbell was the only other Ladyjack to post multiple hits in the front end of the doubleheader, going 2-for-3 for the game.
Sophomore Makayla Sikes (L, 4-8) was superb on the rubber in game two. She scattered four hits over 6.0 complete innings and was charged with just one unearned run while striking out three batters. Despite the quality effort, she took the loss for SFA.
The only run of the game was scored by HBU in the third inning after two SFA errors.
The two teams will conclude the three-game set on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m.
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