SOFTBALL v SAC ST BROADCAST

Softball v Sac St

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(Anchor) WHEN YOU SCORE 33 RUNS IN THREE GAMES, YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING ARE PRETTY GOOD. THE BEARS SOFTBALL TEAM DID JUST THAT IN THEIR SERIES WIN AGAINST SACRAMENTO STATE. (Anchor) U-N-C BEAT THE HORNETS TWO GAMES TO ONE LAST WEEKEND AT GLORIA RODRIGUEZ FIELD, INCLUDING SWEEPING THE DOUBLEHEADER ON FRIDAY. THE BEARS BEAT SAC STATE 12 TO FOUR IN THE FIRST GAME, WHICH ENDED IN THE SIXTH INNING BECAUSE OF THE EIGHT-RUN RULE. THE TWO TEAMS PLAYED A BACK-AND-FORTH AFFAIR FOR THE FIRST FIVE INNINGS, WITH U-N-C LEADING SIX TO FOUR AFTER FIVE. BUT THE BEARS EXPLODED FOR SIX RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH, COMING AWAY WITH THE VICTORY. IN GAME TWO, U-N-C OUTDID THEMSELVES BY SCORING EIGHT TIMES IN THE FOURTH INNING, LEADING EIGHT TO TWO. THE HORNETS MADE IT A GAME, HOWEVER, SCORING FOUR IN THE SIXTH TO MAKE IT AN EIGHT TO SIX GAME. BUT JORDYN WEE-A-TRACK’S RBI SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM HALF PROVED TO BE THE GAME WINNER, WITH U-N-C WINNING NINE TO EIGHT. IN THE SERIES FINALE, LEADS WERE SHORT-LIVED AS IT SEEMED LIKE NEITHER TEAM COULD PUT TOGETHER A SHUT DOWN INNING. BUT THE OFFENSE SHOWED UP IN THE THIRD WITH SAC STATE SCORING FIRST FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE GAME. BUT THE BEARS ANSWERED WITH FOUR IN THE BOTTOM HALF, HIGHLIGHED BY KALEY GARCIA’S TWO-RUN HOME RUN. THAT LEAD WAS SHORT-LIVED, HOWEVER, AS THE HORNETS ERUPTED FOR FIVE RUNS THE NEXT HALF INNING, TAKING A SEVEN TO FOUR LEAD. U-N-C TIED THE GAME IN THE FIFTH AND SCORED FOUR IN THE SIXTH TO TAKE AN 11 TO SEVEN LEAD. BUT SAC STATE COUNTERED WITH SIX THE NEXT HALF INNING TO TAKE A 13 TO 11 LEAD, SEALING THE VICTORY.  (Anchor) WITH THE SERIES WIN, U-N-C IMPROVES TO 20 AND 16 ON THE SEASON. THEY HOST SOUTHERN UTAH THIS WEEKENED, BEGINNING WITH A DOUBLEHEADER TOMORROW.