NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State softball team earned a mercy-rule victory over IUPUI, 9-0, on day three of the Roar City Invitational.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tennessee State 9 (W:
Caitlyn Manus, 2-0) IUPUI 0 (L: Madison Bryant, 1-5)
Records: Tennessee State Tigers (5-4, 0-0 OVC), IUPUI Jaguars (2-8, 0-0 Horizon)
Location: Tiger Field || Nashville, Tenn.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
BOT 1ST: The Tigers' sparkplug,
Jasmine Brown, led off the game with a bunt single and stole second.
Peyton Fointno reached on a throwing error which allowed
Brown to score from second. ||
TSU, 1-0
BOT 3RD: Brown led off the third inning with a free-pass and advanced into scoring position with her second stolen base of the day. After a walk to
Lauren Farias,
Fointno moved the runners with a sacrifice bunt. A wild pitch allowed
Brown to score and extend the Tigers' lead.
Anayah Baker registered a sacrifice fly for her team-leading sixth RBI. ||
TSU, 3-0
BOT 4TH: Mikayla Duke singled to left and scored on an RBI double from
Ivory Jones.
Brown reached base for her third time of the day with an RBI single. IUPUI attempted a back-pick with runners on first and second and committed a throwing error to advance the runners into scoring position.
Fointno laid down a perfect bunt for a suicide squeeze to score
Brown. Freshman,
Ryla Traylor, a freshman from Barnesville, Ga., increased the advantage with an RBI single to left field.
Baker smacked a single to center field for her second RBI of the day. She came around to score after an error by the Jaguars' third basemen. ||
TSU, 9-0
INSIDE THE STATS:
- Caitlyn Manus tossed her second shutout of the season, as she's allowed two earned runs in 18.2 innings.
- Jasmine Brown went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, a walk, two stolen bases and an RBI.
- TSU's No. 8 and No. 9 hitters, Mikayla Duke and Ivory Jones, combined for four hits and two runs scored.
BEYOND THE BOX:
- Anayah Baker drove in two runs, as she leads the team with seven RBI.
- Lauren Farias has recorded a base hit in eight of nine games.
- Brown's logged multiple hits in back-to-back games, totaling four multi-hit games in nine contests.
- Tennessee State's won consecutive games at Tiger Field for the first time since Feb. 22-23, 2020.
UP NEXT: Tennessee State is set to hit the road for the next few weeks as they will travel to College Station, Texas for the Reveille Classic and Gainesville, Florida for the Bubly Invitational.
