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| Junior Krista Sitka went 2-for-3 with a run scored on Wednesday in leading UTSA to a three-game SLC season-opening sweep at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. |
CORPUS CHRISTI ? Sophomore Dany? Holmes tossed five scoreless innings for her fourth straight win and junior Krista Sitka went 2-for-3 with a run, as UTSA completed a Southland Conference series sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with a 6-1 victory on Wednesday at Chapman Field.
The Roadrunners improved to 8-7 overall with the sweep, marking the third 3-0 league start in the last six seasons and the first since 2006. The Islanders fell to 7-11 and 0-3.
A day after tossing a complete-game shutout in the series opener, Holmes struck out three and carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning in running her record to 4-2 on the season. The Sugar Land native allowed the lone hit, a single by Sandy Schumann with one out in the fifth, and one walk in extending her scoreless innings streak to 19 and 2/3.
Sitka had two of UTSA’s three hits, while junior Rudi Cantu had the other, but the Roadrunners took advantage of eight walks and three A&M-Corpus Christi errors in the fourth straight win in the all-time series.
After a scoreless first inning, the Roadrunners jumped on the board with four runs in the second. Back-to-back walks to senior Leanne Risberg and sophomore Kristin Kappler and a wild pitch put runners at second and third with one out. Sitka then reached on an infield single and junior Kelly Cato followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to plate the first run of the afternoon.
Another wild pitch brought Kappler home and moved Sitka to third, and Cantu then drove in the third run with a base hit to left center. Cantu stole second and then third after a walk to freshman Ashley Kappler and another free pass to freshman Amber Anderson loaded the bases. Holmes then drew a walk to force Cantu home with the fourth run of the inning.
UTSA tacked on two more runs in the top of the sixth. Ashley Kappler plated junior Chelsey Chapman ? who pinch ran for Sitka following her second base hit ? with a bases-loaded sac fly to right and Anderson knocked in Cato, who walked, from third on a ground ball to second base.
The Islanders finally broke through for a run in the bottom of the frame on a bases-loaded infield single by Andrea Simancas off freshman Morgan Luksa, who was on in relief of Holmes. Luksa got out of the jam with a groundout and allowed just the one run on four hits.
Stacie Tassin allowed four earned runs on two hits and six walks in falling to 3-7. Addie Tallman gave up one earned run (two total) in five innings of relief for the Islanders.
The Roadrunners will host Sam Houston State in a three-game conference series this weekend at Roadrunner Field.