FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University softball team (2-4) took two close losses in the final day of the Cowtown Classic on Saturday. The Lady Rams dropped a 9-6 game to St. Mary's University (TX) before taking a 4-3 loss to the University of Houston-Victoria.
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Against the Rattlers, the Rams got on the board in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead.
Dani West and
Kaley Batchlear posted singles with no outs to set up an
Aizia Azarcon sacrifice fly for the lead.
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TWU broke loose in the fourth inning with a five run rally starting with a lead-off error. Batchlear hit a RBI single to start the scoring. Â Two more crossed the plate on another fielding error.
Mackenzie Kirkpatrick capped the rally with a RBI base knock to make it a 6-0 advantage.
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The Rattlers chipped away at the lead with a four run fifth and grabbed another in the sixth to cut the lead to 6-5 with an inning to play. St. Mary's tied the game with a Maci Dean double to make it 6-6.
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Prachyl reached first on an error in the bottom of the seventh, and
Lauren Davis advanced her into scoring position with a single, but Wesleyan could not get a run across and the game moved to extra innings.
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The Rattlers got three runs across in the eighth due to a pair of costly Ram errors to concede a 9-6 game to St. Mary's.
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In the game with Houston-Victoria, the Jaguars got a quick lead with a two run first.
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The game stayed that way until Wesleyan cut into the lead in the fifth inning.
Lauren Davis doubled to lead off the inning.
Hannah Tomme brought in a run with a base hit to make it a 2-1 deficit.
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Wesleyan tied the game in the sixth with a
Kayla Prachyl sacrifice fly to center field. The seventh was quiet, forcing extra innings. The Lady Rams took a lead in the top of the eighth with a Davis RBI double for a 3-2. Hannah Beam and the Jags had different ideas as the pitcher blasted a walk-off home run to take a 4-3 win.
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The Lady Rams will come home to take on Clarke University on Thursday, February 18 for a double header starting at 2:00 pm at Sycamore Park. Â
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