Softball | 3/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
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Box Score 4 PUEBLO, Colo. – The Black Hills State University softball team went into the weekend knowing the tough task ahead in order to knock off a CSU-Pueblo team that came into weekend with a record of 8-2 in their last ten games. Pueblo used a set of strong pitchers and an impressive three home run and 10 RBI performance on the weekend by P/1B Justine Bosio.
The Yellow Jackets did hold the Thunderwolves (15-5, 12-3 RMAC) to zero or one run in 16 out of the 25 innings played; however Pueblo had at least three runs in six different innings.
Game one and two were played on Saturday afternoon where Pueblo won both, 9-0 (six-innings) and 8-1. Games three and four on Sunday ended with a score of 8-0 (five-innings) and 3-2.
The highlight of the weekend for the Yellow Jackets came in game four as P Kaitlin Farrar allowed zero earned runs after she pitched six straight scoreless innings on only four hits, before Pueblo had two hits in the final inning after an outfield error allowed two runs to come around to score to end the game, unearned.
Farrar faced 30 batters and only walked two and had a season-high eight strikeouts in game four.
BHSU's three runs scored came in game two and when they took the lead in game four. Katie Campo hit an RBI double that scored Farrar who had walked earlier in the top of the fifth inning of game two.
In game four, LF Nia Shumpert scored after DP Sara Schmid notched the RBI after reaching on an error by the Pueblo's 1B Bosio. Shumpert had also reached by a throwing error from P Kelli Henry in the previous bat which allowed her to take second base.
BHSU took the lead 2-0 in the sixth-inning of game four after a CF Alex Huntington single scored Allie Alverson, who had pinch-ran for C Erica Everson who hit a single earlier in the inning.
Pueblo now moves into second place in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference after the weekend's four victories as BHSU drops to 2-15 on the year and 2-10 in the RMAC.
The next games for the Yellow Jackets come this weekend, March 23-24, as Colorado Christian University (10-12, 7-5 RMAC) travels into Spearfish for the second home-series for the Jackets. On Saturday, game-one of the double-header is set for 12:00 p.m., with game-two coming at 2:00 p.m. Sunday's games are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
