Box Score SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Southern Utah softball team opened up a three-game series with Sacramento State with a Friday doubleheader in California.
Both games were decided in the seventh or eighth innings on walk-off hits from the home team and the score in both games ended up as 3-2 in favor of the Hornets.
The Hornets took an early lead in game one and led 1-0 until the fourth inning when Kaitlin Williams tied things up with a sacrifice fly to center field. Sarah Murphy made it 2-1 Thunderbirds in the following inning with a two-out solo home run to right field.
Needing just three more outs to secure the win, the Hornets were able to string together two hits, a sacrifice bunt, and an intentional walk before winning the game on a RBI double to left center.
Game two was a scoreless affair for both teams until the fifth inning when the Hornets took a 1-0 lead. Kaitlin Williams was able to once again tie the game up, but this time with a RBI double off the fence in left field.
The Hornets took the lead back in the sixth and were about to close out the game in the seventh when Murphy tied things up, hitting a double to left with two outs in the inning.
The Hornets walked it off in the eighth on three straight singles.
Murphy went 3-for-8 on the day with a home run and two RBIs. Samantha Guile struck out a career-high 10 Hornets in 7.1 innings of work in game two.
The Thunderbirds and the Hornets will close out the series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Mountain time in Sacramento.
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