| ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -
Houston Baptist freshman pitcher, Cheri Wood, got herself
into a whole heap of trouble and then got herself out.
Finding herself with bases loaded and no outs in the top of
the seventh, Wood got the next two batters to fly out and
struck out the third to help her Huskies (13-1) defeat the
University of Mobile (15-5) 4-2 in the 2004 Gulf Coast
Invitational championship game.
Down 1-0 the
Huskies exploded for three runs in the bottom of the fourth
inning. Pitcher Cheri Wood (2-for-3), Morgan Anderson
(1-for-3), and Kelly Majewski each scored in that inning to
allow the Huskies to take a 3-1 lead.
After scoring in
the top of the sixth, to cut the Huskies lead to 4-2, the
Rams looked poised to complete their second come-from-behind
victory of the tournament as they loaded the bases in the
top of the seventh with no outs. However, it was not in the
cards, as Winter Guthrie popped out to centerfield, Christie
Jackson lined out to the shortstop and Irene Elliott struck
out swinging, on high heat, thrown by the freshman Wood.
Home run-hitting
Katelyn Griffin managed another solid outing going 2-for-3
for the Huskies and will have to be satisfied with only
hitting five dingers on the weekend.
Brenda Box
(2-for-4), Stephanie Landrum (2-for-4), Meredith Tanner
(1-for-4 with a run scored) and Christie Jackson (1-for-4
with an RBI and a run scored) all helped to keep the 2nd-ranked
Rams in the ball game to the very end.
Cheri Wood gave
up two runs and scattered 12 hits while striking out three
in picking up the complete game win.
Rams pitcher,
Kirby Baxter, surrendered four runs on six hits while
striking out two in the close loss.
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| Mobile |
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| Houston Baptist |
0 |
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0 |
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