UAB Splits Series With Troy After Falling 6-4 on Tuesday

Tuesday, April 10

Birmingham / Mary Bowers Field

6:00 PM

UAB

15-25-1

Troy University

24-17

Troy

UAB

UAB Splits Series With Troy After Falling 6-4 on Tuesday

4/10/2018 10:24:00 PM | Softball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB softball team fell to in-state rival Troy, 6-4, Tuesday night at Mary Bowers Field. The Blazers and Trojans split the season series 1-1 after the Green and Gold won earlier in the year at Troy.

Troy (24-17) strung together three hits and took advantage of two defensive miscues by the Blazers to put four runs on the board in the third inning, taking a 5-1 lead. The Trojans got started in the third with back-to-back hits, a double and a single, to put runners on the corners with one out.

An error let the Trojan's Brooke Echols reach safely and the run to score from third. The runner on first advanced to third and Echols advanced to second. Kaylee Hussey reached on a fielder's choice with the following at-bat and UAB was unable to get the out at home, allowing another run to score.

UAB (15-25-1) induced another fielder's choice and was able to get the runner at home for the second out. Hope Hernandez hit a single to load the bases with two out and Taylor Corbett hit a shallow fly to left but it was dropped by the left fielder allowing two more runs to score. However, Hernandez was thrown out at third by the UAB left fielder for the final out of the inning.

Analyse Petree homered in the bottom of the third with a solo shot to left, cutting into the Troy lead 5-2. The Trojans added another run in the fourth, extending its lead back out to four runs, taking a 6-2 lead.

In the bottom half of the fifth, UAB's two-out magic returned.

Natalie Erwin singled to lead off the inning, but Troy was able to get a pop up to the first baseman and a ground out to the shortstop for two quick outs. Erwin advanced to second on the ground out and a wild pitch allowed her to move to third.

After Petree drew a walk, Molli Garcia laced a single up the middle, driving home Erwin and chipping into the Troy lead once again.

Katlyn Sides hit a one-out single through the middle of the infield in the sixth inning and Destini England knocked her third triple of the year to score Sides from first before a Troy pitching change shut down the Blazer rally once again.

UAB put two runners on in the bottom of the seventh but could not bring them home to tie the game and fell to the Trojans, 6-4.

Emily Kachel (10-11) got the start for the Blazers in the circle, giving up six runs, two earned, on seven hits, to take the loss. The Kennesaw, Ga. native struck out three in 3.1 innings of work. Blount tossed 3.2 innings, giving up just two hits, a walk and striking out four.

Up Next

UAB has a quick turnaround as it will travel to Chattanooga, Tenn. to battle the Mocs tomorrow at 5 p.m. CT.

Schedule Change for the Weekend

Due to weather expected in the Birmingham area this weekend, the UAB series with WKU has been moved up. The Blazers and the Hilltoppers will play a doubleheader on Friday, April 13 at 3 and 5 p.m. CT. The teams will close out the series on Saturday, April 14. A time for Saturday's game has not been announced.