Shelbi Moore and Paulette Chernowsky knocked in two runs apiece during an eight-run sixth inning to lead the Houston Lady Tigers past Conway 10-3 Monday.
Houston, which trailed 3-2 entering the decisive sixth, sent 13 batters to the plate to blow the game open.
Moore went 2-for-3 with a pair of triples, two runs and two RBIs. Chernowsky was 2-for-2 with two doubles and two runs knocked in. Bethany Korte and Whitney Sillyman scored two runs apiece.
Moore’s two run triple in the sixth put Houston ahead 4-3, and Chernowsky’s two-run double gave the Lady Tigers a comfortable 6-3 advantage.
Amber Postlewait gave up 10 hits and three earned runs in the complete-game victory. She walked seven and struck out five.
After the first of two double plays helped Houston escape a jam in the top of the first, Korte led off the bottom half of the inning with a walk. She stole second and third base, then scampered home on a passed ball for a 1-0 lead.
Conway led 2-1 in the fourth when Moore tripled and scored on Lyndsay Tarrants’ RBI groundout to tie it.
Sillyman and xx Chambers singled in front of Moore’s sixth-inning triple. Moore and Tarrants, who walked, scored on Chernowsky’s double.
Monday’s Game
Conway 000 201 0 – 3 10
Houston 100 108 x – 7 8
HOUSTON (ab-r-h-bi) – Korte lf 2-2-0-0. Dukes cf 4-1-1-0. Postlewait p 3-0-0-0. Sillyman 3b 3-2-1-1. Chambers dp 2-1-1-0. Moore ss 3-2-2-2. Tarrants 3-1-0-1. Chernowsky c 2-0-2-2. Herndon 2b 2-1-0-0. Totals 24-7-8-8.
2B: Chernowsky 2. 3B: Moore 2. SB: Korte 3, Dukes, Sillyman, Chambers, Moore.
houston ip h r er bb so
Postlewait, W 7 10 3 3 7 5
