MISSOULA — The Montana softball crew opened its three-game sequence at Sacramento State with a pair of losses on Friday afternoon at Shea Stadium.
The Hornets (24-20, 8-3 BSC) cruised within the opener, profitable 9-1 in six innings. In Sport 2, Sacramento State used a two-run dwelling run within the sixth to win 2-1 and spoil a top quality outing by Allie Brock.
The Grizzlies (18-22, 5-8 BSC) have dropped six of their final seven Huge Sky Convention video games after opening league 4-2.
The spotlight within the opener got here within the prime of the primary, when Maygen McGrath hit a two-out, solo dwelling run to left, her 14th of the season and her fourth in 4 video games.
It tied her with Delene Colburn for probably the most dwelling runs in a season in program historical past. It was McGrath’s thirty ninth profession dwelling run, leaving her six behind Colburn’s program document.
Montana’s solely different hit within the sport was a Cami Sellers single within the sixth as Sacramento State starter Marissa Bertuccio improved to 16-7.
McGrath’s dwelling run stood up till the underside of the fourth, when the Hornets put up 4 runs on three hits and 4 walks.
Sacramento State added 5 within the backside of the sixth, together with a walk-off dwelling run by Nikki Barboza on a 0-1 pitch with two outs.
Going through the identical lineup in Sport 2, Brock set down the primary 11 Hornets she confronted earlier than permitting a stroll and single within the fourth.
She took a 1-0 result in the sixth courtesy of Elise Ontiveros’s two-out RBI single within the third. The Grizzlies would depart the bases loaded within the third and left 10 on for the sport.
The Hornets received it within the sixth. Samantha Parish had a one-out single and Lexie Webb adopted with a protracted ball to proper that hit off the highest of the fence and went over for her league-leading sixteenth dwelling run.
Sellers almost tied it within the prime of the seventh, however her deep fly to proper was caught on the warning observe.
Brock (9-12) took the loss regardless of permitting simply 5 hits over 5 1/3 innings. Dana Butterfield (9-10), who took the loss in Sport 1, set down the ultimate two Hornet hitters.
Kylie Becker, Elise Ontiveros and Jaxie Klucewich all had two hits as Montana outhit Sacramento State 10-5.
The groups will conclude their sequence on Saturday with a closing sport at 1 p.m. (MT).