Eutectics find a way as they rally late in game two to earn a Fri. split

OLATHE, KS – On a dreary day where the Eutectics had to endure the weather and dance around rain delays, they were able to keep their composure enough to earn a split of a doubleheader against MidAmerica. The Pioneers controlled game one and won it 8-3 and they led game two 5-1 to the seventh. But Trysten Murphy delivered a game-tying hit as part of a four-run frame and then UHSP pulled out a 6-5 win with a go-ahead run in the eighth.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

MIDAMERICA NAZARENE 8, UHSP 3

• MidAmerica led 4-0 after three while Pioneer starter Mandy Brown had struck out five through three allowing just one hit.
• The Eutectics got on the board with an RBI sac fly from Trysten Murphy in the fourth to close the margin to three. MidAmerica broke it open scoring four times on six hits in the bottom of the fourth. Those runs came on four different run-scoring singles. That chased UHSP starter Anna Lucas from the proceedings as she went 3.1IP, 7R, 9H, BB, 4K.
• Hallie Roper plated a pair in the fifth with a two-run single to left-center plating Payton McClellan and Hunter Noto who both singled.
• Karley Frey finished it out in the circle for the Eutectics going two-and-two-thirds surrendering just a run on four hits. She fanned five without walking anyone.
• Hunter Noto went 2-for-2 and scored twice. The top four in the UHSP order combined for five hits.
• Mandy Brown improved to 6-1 on the year going the distance in the circle. She struck out a dozen while walking two allowing three runs on seven hits.

UHSP 6, MIDAMERICA NAZARENE 5 (8 INNINGS)

• It was a 2-1 Pioneer lead through two with the lone UHSP run scoring on a passed ball.
• Molly Nicas gave MidAmerica some breathing room in the fifth with a three-run homerun to put MNU on top 5-1.
• Still 5-1 into the seventh, UHSP scored four times on four hits to draw even at 5-5. Ryleigh Davidson walked to open the frame and Kendal Strozier laid down a bunt single. Alicia Kimble followed with a single to load the bases for Sydney Hinojosa. She would single to make it 5-2 and with the bases still loaded and no outs, the Eutectics had the meat of the lineup due up and they delivered. Hallie Roper and Mackenzie Nelson drove in runs to cut the margin to one and with runners at the corners Trysten Murphy delivered a game-tying single to center to make it 5-5.
• In the eighth, Strozier put the Eutectics on top with an RBI single
• Talianna Joyner got the start for UHSP and went six frames yielding five runs on ten hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
• Karley Frey, who pitched well to close out game one, pitched two hitless innings, walking two and fanning one in picking up the win.
• Aly Turner started to MNU and pitched six innings striking out ten. Brie Manwarren took the loss going the final two innings.
• The Kimble, Murphy, Strozier trio for the Eutectics combined for six hits as they each had a pair.

NEXT UP:

The Eutectics (6-6) were supposed to stay in the Sunflower State and meet Southwestern on Saturday, but those games have been cancelled due to weather. Instead, UHSP will wait until Thursday for their next game when they finally have their first home game of the season as they welcome Westminster (0-3) to town. The Eutectics are slated to play their next six games on their home diamond.