URI Rallies in Late Innings to Defeat Army

Sunday, March 5

Tampa, FL

9:00 AM

Army West Point

5-10

University of Rhode Island

2-7

Army

Rhode Island

URI Rallies in Late Innings to Defeat Army

March 05, 2023 | Softball

Box Score

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Rhode Island rallied in the late innings, manufacturing seven runs over the final three frames, capped by a two-run home seventh, in its 8-7 defeat of the Army West Point softball team Sunday at the Bulls Invitational.

How it Happened
The Black Knights (5-10) jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead after two innings. Keyed by a pair of hits in the top of the first, Army plated a run on a wild pitch.

The Rams scored an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game 1-1, but Army responded with five hits in the second frame, pushing across three runs, to take a 4-1 lead keyed by Angelina Bebek's two-run single to right center field.

URI, who recorded hits in all seven innings, threatened in the third and fourth innings, but came up short leaving a pair of runners on base in each.

The Rams manufactured four runs in the home half of the fifth inning on a pair of timely hits, two walks and a hit batsman to pull ahead 5-4.

That lead proved short-lived as Army responded with a run in the top of the sixth on Brook Mitchell's two-out infield hit chasing Taylor Brown (3x4), who led off with a two-bagger and was sacrificed to second, home to tie the count 5-5.

Trailing 6-5 after six innings, Army recorded a pair of runs in the top of the seventh. Brown, who was 3-for-4 on the day, led off with a double, was sacrificed to second and scored on Austin White's infield hit to tie the game 6-6. Pinch runner Maaika Dones scored the go-ahead run on Kayla Edwards' two-out single to right field for a 7-6 Army lead heading into the bottom half.

The Rams took the game from Army, rallying with three straight hits. They pushed across the tying run on a bases-loaded walk and the go ahead on Hannah Hernandez's fielder's choice RBI.

IN THE BOX

Brook Mitchell, Taylor Brown, Kayla Edwards and Grace Snyder collected three hits each.
Mitchell drove in a pair of runs and scored twice herself.
Army's 14 hits were the most it scored at the Bulls Invitational along with its seven runs
Three pitchers saw action in the circle
The Black Knights are 2-2 in the tournament with one game remaining on Monday
Angelina Bebek has hit safely in the tournament going 7x13 with two runs scored and 3 RBI.

NEXT UP
Army closes out tournament play Monday, March 6, taking on South Florida at 6 p.m.

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