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Photo by: Joe Murphy
Late Inning Rally Lifts Memphis Past Wichita State
Mar 25, 2018 | Softball
Tigers hold off Shockers for series win and improve to 23-8 on the year
WICHITA, Kan. – The University of Memphis softball team held off a late inning push by Wichita State Sunday afternoon to defeat the Shockers by a score of 10-7 in eight innings. The Tigers improve to 23-8 on the year and 2-1 in American Athletic Conference play with a midweek doubleheader coming up Tuesday.
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Memphis took an early lead over Wichita State after Kyler Trosclair Klatt recorded a two-RBI single and Addison Maxwell drew a bases loaded walk. The Shockers answered two innings later with a two-run shot to cut the Memphis lead down to one, 3-2.
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A four-run fourth inning which including Ashley Threatt's team-leading sixth home run of the season put Memphis up 7-2 over the Shockers. Two runs in the bottom half of the fourth, however, combined with three in the sixth by Wichita State tied up the contest at 7-7. The Shockers threatened to score in the home half of the seventh, but a big strikeout looking by freshman Mariah Nichols got the Tigers out of the jam.
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A single up the middle by Kendall Lee that was extended two more bases due to a fielding error by the Shockers centerfielder resulted in two runs crossing the plate in the top of the eighth. Memphis added one more insurance run after Trosclair Klatt drove in Lee for her fourth RBI of the contest.
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Mariah Nichols finished the contest in relief for Molly Smith and improved to 9-4 on the year. Smith and Nichols combined for seven strikeouts in eight innings of work.
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Tiger Tidbits
Scoring
Memphis 10, Wichita State 7
Next Up For The Tigers
Memphis returns home to take on Alcorn State Tuesday in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Tiger fans can follow the team's live scoring through the Official Memphis Tigers app by Sidearm, available in both Apple and Android app stores. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.
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Memphis took an early lead over Wichita State after Kyler Trosclair Klatt recorded a two-RBI single and Addison Maxwell drew a bases loaded walk. The Shockers answered two innings later with a two-run shot to cut the Memphis lead down to one, 3-2.
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A four-run fourth inning which including Ashley Threatt's team-leading sixth home run of the season put Memphis up 7-2 over the Shockers. Two runs in the bottom half of the fourth, however, combined with three in the sixth by Wichita State tied up the contest at 7-7. The Shockers threatened to score in the home half of the seventh, but a big strikeout looking by freshman Mariah Nichols got the Tigers out of the jam.
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A single up the middle by Kendall Lee that was extended two more bases due to a fielding error by the Shockers centerfielder resulted in two runs crossing the plate in the top of the eighth. Memphis added one more insurance run after Trosclair Klatt drove in Lee for her fourth RBI of the contest.
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Mariah Nichols finished the contest in relief for Molly Smith and improved to 9-4 on the year. Smith and Nichols combined for seven strikeouts in eight innings of work.
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Tiger Tidbits
- Ashley Threatt's home run in the fourth was her team-leading sixth of the season.
- Kyler Trosclair Klatt led Memphis with two hits and four RBIs. It was her 15th multi-hit game of the season and team-leading seventh multi-RBI contest. The four RBIs match her career-high she has set twice this season.
- Trosclair Klatt also extended her hitting streak to eight games after recording hits in the previous two games this weekend.
- Threatt also extended her hitting streak to six games with a hit in all three of the games against the Shockers.
- Memphis is 2-1 in extra innings this season.
- The Tigers drew six walks to just four strikeouts at the plate.
- Coming into the weekend, Wichita State was the American Athletic Conference RPI leader at No. 26. The Shockers were also undefeated at home until the Tigers came through town.
Scoring
Memphis 10, Wichita State 7
- Top 2 – Memphis took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the second. Delaney Smith led the inning off with a single to third base and ultimately scored on an infield single by Kyler Trosclair Klatt. Trosclair Klatt's single scored two batters as Kendall Lee also scored. She reached base on a catcher's interference. A bases loaded walk to Addison Maxwell brought in the third run of the inning. (3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base)
- Bottom 3 – Wichita State cut the Memphis lead to one on a two run home run to left field. (2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base)
- Top 4 – Kendall Lee led the inning off with a walk and after advancing to second on a ground out by Erin Parker, she scored on a single to center by Trosclair Klatt. Baylee Smith proceeded to double down the left field line to score Trosclair Klatt. Smith scored on a two-run home run by Ashley Threatt. (4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
- Bottom 4 – Back-to-back hits to lead off the inning scored the first run. A double to left center with one out scored the second run of the inning. (2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
- Bottom 6 – A pair of doubles and a walk scored the first run of the inning. A fielder's choice play drove in the second run of the inning and the game-tying run scored on a single to the shortstop. (3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)
- Top 8 – Brooke Lee led the inning off with a double to right center field. Jessie Lamb came in to pinch run for Lee and had a runner behind her on first as a pitch hit Regan Hadley. Kendall Lee stepped up and singled through the middle, scoring Lamb and Hadley after a fielding error by the Wichita State centerfielder. Trosclair Klatt drove in Lee on a ground ball to the shortstop. (3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base)
Next Up For The Tigers
Memphis returns home to take on Alcorn State Tuesday in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Tiger fans can follow the team's live scoring through the Official Memphis Tigers app by Sidearm, available in both Apple and Android app stores. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nichols, Mariah (9-4)
L: Lange, Bailey (9-8)
Batting:
2B: Smith, Baylee 1 ; Lee, Brooke 1
HR: Threatt, Ashley 1
RBI: Trosclair, Kyler 4 ; Smith, Baylee 1 ; Maxwell, Addison 1 ; Threatt, Ashley 2 ; Lee, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Trosclair, Kyler 1 ; Smith, Baylee 1 ; Threatt, Ashley 1 ; Smith, Delaney 1 ; Lamb, Jessie 1 ; Hadley, Regan 1 ; Lee, Kendall 3 ; Parker, Erin 1
SB: Trosclair, Kyler 1 ; Smith, Delaney 1
HBP: Hadley, Regan 1
Batting:
2B: Wright, Mackenzie 2 ; Lange, Bailey 1 ; Webber, Asea 2
HR: Nickerson, Bailee 1
RBI: Wright, Mackenzie 1 ; Nickerson, Bailee 3 ; Derrico, Laurie 1 ; Perrigan, Madison 1 ; Webber, Asea 1
SF: Perrigan, Madison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Mackenzie 1 ; Nickerson, Bailee 1 ; Buck, Ryleigh 1 ; Lange, Bailey 1 ; Webber, Asea 1 ; Palmer, Morgan 1 ; Bingham, Caitlin 1
Game Leaders
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