April 26, 2008

Box Score

For Immediate Release
Contact: Brandon Kolditz
wkolditz@memphis.edu, (901) 871-5475

Game One
ECU      000 144 0 - 9  8  0
Memphis  202 000 0 - 4  6  5
WP: Swann (19-18) LP: Bossom (10-13)
HR: (ECU) Andrews (8)
    (MEM) Kelso (8), Kassner (5)

Game Two
ECU (32-25, 8-11)      001 515 0 - 12  13  1
Memphis (24-26, 4-15)  320 032 1 - 11  16  6
WP: Swann (20-18) LP: Bossom (10-14)
HR: (ECU) Andrews (9)
    (MEM) Gross (4), Rowan (5), McKinley (3)

Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

MEMPHIS - Five Tigers homered on Saturday as the University of Memphis scored 15 runs in a doubleheader with East Carolina at the Tiger Softball Complex, but the Pirates came from behind to win both, 9-4 and 12-11.

Memphis (24-26, 4-15) out hit ECU 22-21 in the two games and began both contests with at least a four-run lead, but fielding errors troubled the Tigers throughout the day. Eleven errors on the day helped spur comebacks for the Pirates as ECU came from a 4-0 deficit in game one and overcame a 5-0 Memphis lead in game two.

Senior Lindsay Kelso, junior Tori Gross, sophomore Leigh Rowan and freshmen Kailey Kassner and Maddie McKinley all hit home runs for Memphis. McKinley finished 4-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI, and Kelso and Gross both had three hits and three RBI.

Memphis fell behind 7-5 in the second game after taking a 5-0 lead through the first two innings on a three-run shot by Gross and a solo dinger from McKinley. The Tigers battled back in the bottom of the fifth with three runs to take an 8-7 lead behind a two-run homer by Rowan, but ECU put up a five spot in the sixth inning to go up by four.

Memphis came within a run from tying the game in the seventh inning after scoring two on a bases loaded single by freshman Kim Sirman in the sixth. Junior Leandra Hines led off the bottom of the seventh inning with her fourth hit of the day and scored for the third time in the doubleheader on a double by Kelso. The U of M had three outs to score the tying run from second with the next four batters having already homered in the day, but the Tigers were unable to record another hit.

Two-run homers by Kassner in the first and Kelso in the third gave Memphis a 4-0 lead through three innings in game one, but ECU kept the U of M scoreless the remainder of the game. The Pirates scored a run in the fourth and four in both the fifth and sixth innings to win by five. Four of the runs were unearned.

Freshman Kimber Bossom (10-14) suffered the loss in both games after giving up a combined eight earned runs in seven innings of work. ECU RHP Brooke Swann (20-18) earned the win in both contests after giving up seven runs on 12 hits in nine and two-thirds innings.

ECU left fielder Stacey Andrews homered in each of the two games and had five RBI on three hits in the day.

Memphis will host its final home game of the season at noon on Sunday to complete the three-game series against East Carolina. The game will be Senior Day for the Tigers as the U of M honors its two seniors, catcher/outfielder Lindsay Kelso and infielder Melissa Nance, before the game.