By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech softball team needed a win to get back on the positive side of things and the Golden Eagle bats came through, collecting seven hits and reaching on three errors and five walks to collect a 5-3 victory on Tuesday afternoon.
The big blast came in the third inning as Savannah Talley hit a three-run dinger, her fifth round-tripper of the season and her 20th, 21st and 23rd RBI of the season.
The Golden Eagles improve to 27-14 on the season as they break a three-game skid.
Tech scored two runs in the top of the first as Sydney Love-Baker collected an RBI, driving Carmen Betts home on a bunt single towards first. With the bases loaded, Sydney Dukes drew a five-pitch walk, pushing Haeli Bryson across.
In the third, Bryson reached on a walk, then a passed ball moved her over to second. Love-Baker singled to right to put runners at the corners. After Talley fouled off the first pitch, she connected on the second, knocking it out of the park for three runs.
Bryson cruised through the first three innings in the circle, allowing just one hit in the opening trio. The fourth had some turbulence however with a hit batter, a single, then a three-run home run to cut Tech's lead down to 5-3.
Her day ended there, allowing three runs on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts. Tyler Erwin came on in relief and pitched the final four frames, yielding just one hit along the way and striking out three. With Bryson only going three innings to start the game, Erwin was credited with the victory, improving to 10-2 on the season.
The Golden Eagles return to action on Saturday as they travel to Nashville to take on Tennessee State.
Photo | Emily Armstrong
