The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
6-0
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
0-4
No. 6 Softball crushes Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 18-2 (5 inn.)
02.09.2020 | Softball
Miranda Elish was 2-for-2 with a grand slam & six RBIs; She posted four HR’s and 17 RBIs for the weekend
AUSTIN, Texas – The offensive pyrotechnics at Red & Charline McCombs Field continued into Sunday afternoon for No. 6 Texas softball (6-0) as the Longhorns banged out 15 hits, including seven of the extra-base variety, to rout Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the finale of the Texas Classic, 18-2 (5 inn.).
Important Notes
- In Sunday's contest, senior Miranda Elish went 2-for-2 with a grand slam and six RBIs to raise her weekend batting totals to a remarkable .818 average (9-for-11), three doubles, four HR's and 17 RBIs. She also went a perfect 2-0 in the circle with a 1.40 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 10 innings of work.
- Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas played 17-of-19 available roster players during the contest. In all, 12 of those players had hits, while 10 registered at least one RBI.
- Texas' 78 runs in its first six contests are the most ever for the Longhorns over the initial six contests of a season in program history.
- This is the first time in Texas softball history that the Longhorns have recorded six consecutive run-rule victories.
- As a team, Texas hit .486 overall during the Texas Classic with 19 doubles, three triples, seven HR's, 25 walks, 74 RBIs and a 1.365 OPS.
- Texas has now scored in 19-of-27 total team at-bats this season and has registered at least three runs in a frame on 15 of those occasions.
- UT is averaging a ridiculous 2.9 runs-per-inning and 13-runs-per-game so far in 2020
Major Players
Elish (2-for-2, grand slam, six RBIs); redshirt senior left fielder Reagan Hathaway (2-for-2, two runs, double); junior shortstop Janae Jefferson (2-for-2, two runs, triple, RBI); freshman pinch hitter Camille Corona (1-for-1, double, three RBIs); senior left fielder Tuesday DerMargosian (1-for-2, double, two RBIs)
In the Circle
Freshman right hander Courtney Day (1-0) picked up her first career collegiate win in dominant relief, striking out five over three perfect innings.
The Details
The Islanders quickly jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after a pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases with no outs. Designated player Sydney Hoyt stepped into the box and bounced a ball to short for a run-scoring fielding choice.
Texas' offense responded with an immediate answer in the bottom of the first. Hathaway kicked off the outburst by driving a leadoff double off the wall in center. Jefferson came to the dish and blooped a ball that dropped just inside the right field line before spinning wildly out to the right for a triple allowing Hathaway to race home and tie the count at 1-1. After a Shannon Rhodes walk and a failed TAMU-CC fielder's choice play loaded the bases with no outs, Elish continued her red-hot hitting by lacing a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield to grant the Horns a 3-1 advantage.
The Burnt Orange & White continued swinging away in the bottom of the second, putting six more runs up while sending 10 batters to the plate. With the bases loaded and no outs, Rhodes added an RBI single and sophomore catcher Colleen Sullivan walked to force in a run to make it 5-1. The biggest blow of the frame, however, came off Elish's bat as the Crown Point, Ind., native blasted her second career grand slam over the wall in right center to boost the advantage to a commanding 9-1.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi managed to pull one tally back in the third as two walks and a Sydney Hoyt RBI single through the right side cut TAMUCC's deficit to 9-2.
UT's offense continued unabated in the bottom of the third as freshman Alyssa Popelka's RBI base knock and a bases-clearing double from Camille Corona pushed the lead to 13-2.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Longhorns sent 10 more hitters to the dish in scoring five more times. Consecutive doubles from junior second baseman MK Tedder and junior first baseman Lauren Burke got the attack underway. From there, a London Marder sacrifice fly to left, a Day RBI single and a two-run DerMargosian double finalized the count at 18 runs.
Staked to a massive lead, Day finished off her three frames of relief by tossing a perfect top of the fifth with a strikeout to seal the win.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Day, Courtney (1-0)
L: Lombrana,J. (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Hoyt,S. 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Torres,A. 1 ; Sgambelluri, 1
SB: Sgambelluri, 1
HBP: Robinson,C. 1
Batting:
2B: Hathaway, Reagan 1 ; Burke, Lauren 1 ; Corona, Camille 1 ; DerMargosian, Tuesday 1 ; Tedder, MK 1
3B: Jefferson, Janae 1
HR: Elish, Miranda 1
RBI: Burke, Lauren 1 ; Jefferson, Janae 1 ; Rhodes, Shannon 1 ; Sullivan, Colleen 1 ; Marder, London 1 ; Elish, Miranda 6 ; Popelka, Alyssa 1 ; Day, Courtney 1 ; Corona, Camille 3 ; DerMargosian, Tuesday 2
SF: Marder, London 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hathaway, Reagan 2 ; Burke, Lauren 1 ; Jefferson, Janae 2 ; Parker, McKenzie 2 ; Rhodes, Shannon 2 ; Green, Grace 1 ; Sullivan, Colleen 1 ; Elish, Miranda 1 ; Popelka, Alyssa 2 ; Day, Courtney 2 ; Tedder, MK 2
HBP: Parker, McKenzie 1 ; Day, Courtney 1
