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Islanders’ Four-Run Third Dooms Wildcats
Feb 22, 2020 | Baseball
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi used a four-run third inning, including three runs with two outs, in handing Kansas State a 5-2 defeat Saturday night at the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field.
K-State starting pitcher Carson Seymour did not allow a hit through the game's first two innings before surrendering three walks and two hits in the Islanders' four-run frame. Scott Hastings and Tristan Welch supplied back-to-back RBI singles with two outs in the third to cap the TAMU-CC (1-4) inning.
"Too many free passes tonight – four walks, two hit by pitch," said head coach Pete Hughes. "Credit the other team, they got two-out hits, we didn't. We had opportunities to get two-out hits. I thought we were non-competitive offensively from the third inning on. I don't think we responded well after going down. We are going to have to get better in that regard."
The Wildcats (3-3) stranded nine baserunners in the game, leaving the bases loaded in both the second and fifth innings. In the seventh, K-State left runners on the corners and finished the game 2 for 12 with runners on base.
Seymour suffered the loss after allowing five earned runs on two hits, striking out four and walking four. The redshirt sophomore drops to 0-2 on the season.
"I think he tried to do too much, especially when runners were on base," Hughes said of Seymour. "When he got out of the stretch, you've got to slow things down, you can't speed thing up and I think that's what happened to him."
Hastings and Welch each finished the game with two RBI while Hastings had a game-high three hits. Four of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's five runs came with two outs.
The Cats manufactured a run in the top of the first inning after Cameron Thompson led off the game with a walk and later scored on the second wild pitch of the inning by TAMU-CC starter Hayden Thomas. Kamron Willman laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Thompson to third to help give a one-run lead to Seymour before he took the hill.
In the third, Thompson doubled and later scored on an RBI groundout by Willman, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. Thompson produced K-State's only multi-hit game, going 2 for 4 with two runs and a walk.
Hastings came through with his second RBI single in the fifth inning, ending Seymour's day with five earned runs on his ledger.
In relief of Seymour, Jaxon Passino and Zak Herbers combined to keep TAMU-CC scoreless over the final 3 2/3 innings, putting together a stretch of 11 straight Islander hitters put down. The duo allowed three hits in relief while Herbers struck out two.
In the win for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Thomas struck out five over five full innings with two runs on four hits.
Islanders reliever Daniel Nelson picked up the save as he limited the Cats to two hits over the final four innings while striking out five.
The Cats will take on Utah Sunday at 11 a.m. to wrap up the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field. The game will be streamed live on FloBaseball.TV (paid) with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Free, live audio is also available on K-StateSports.com/watch.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
K-State starting pitcher Carson Seymour did not allow a hit through the game's first two innings before surrendering three walks and two hits in the Islanders' four-run frame. Scott Hastings and Tristan Welch supplied back-to-back RBI singles with two outs in the third to cap the TAMU-CC (1-4) inning.
"Too many free passes tonight – four walks, two hit by pitch," said head coach Pete Hughes. "Credit the other team, they got two-out hits, we didn't. We had opportunities to get two-out hits. I thought we were non-competitive offensively from the third inning on. I don't think we responded well after going down. We are going to have to get better in that regard."
The Wildcats (3-3) stranded nine baserunners in the game, leaving the bases loaded in both the second and fifth innings. In the seventh, K-State left runners on the corners and finished the game 2 for 12 with runners on base.
Seymour suffered the loss after allowing five earned runs on two hits, striking out four and walking four. The redshirt sophomore drops to 0-2 on the season.
"I think he tried to do too much, especially when runners were on base," Hughes said of Seymour. "When he got out of the stretch, you've got to slow things down, you can't speed thing up and I think that's what happened to him."
Hastings and Welch each finished the game with two RBI while Hastings had a game-high three hits. Four of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's five runs came with two outs.
The Cats manufactured a run in the top of the first inning after Cameron Thompson led off the game with a walk and later scored on the second wild pitch of the inning by TAMU-CC starter Hayden Thomas. Kamron Willman laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Thompson to third to help give a one-run lead to Seymour before he took the hill.
In the third, Thompson doubled and later scored on an RBI groundout by Willman, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. Thompson produced K-State's only multi-hit game, going 2 for 4 with two runs and a walk.
Hastings came through with his second RBI single in the fifth inning, ending Seymour's day with five earned runs on his ledger.
In relief of Seymour, Jaxon Passino and Zak Herbers combined to keep TAMU-CC scoreless over the final 3 2/3 innings, putting together a stretch of 11 straight Islander hitters put down. The duo allowed three hits in relief while Herbers struck out two.
In the win for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Thomas struck out five over five full innings with two runs on four hits.
Islanders reliever Daniel Nelson picked up the save as he limited the Cats to two hits over the final four innings while striking out five.
The Cats will take on Utah Sunday at 11 a.m. to wrap up the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field. The game will be streamed live on FloBaseball.TV (paid) with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM). Free, live audio is also available on K-StateSports.com/watch.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- K-State scored two runs on six hits without an error and left nine on base.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi scored five runs on five hits with no errors and stranded five baserunners.
- Thompson went 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored.
- Willman drove in a run and went 1 for 4.
- Herbers and Passino combined to toss 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief.
- The pair of Wildcat reliever retired 11 straight hitters at one point.
- Hastings produced a game-high three hits while driving in two.
- Seymour walked four and yielded five earned runs on two hits in the loss.
- K-State went 2 for 12 with runners on base and 3 for 13 with two outs.
- TAMU-CC scored four of its five runs with two outs.
- This was the first-ever meeting between K-State and TAMU-CC
- K-State is 21-8 all-time against teams from the Southland Conference.
- The Wildcats' three-game winning streak was snapped.
- Thompson made his 173rd consecutive start for the Wildcats.
- Thompson is now three hits shy of 200 career base hits.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Thomas,Hayden (1-1)
L: Seymour, Carson (0-2)
S: Nelson,Daniel (1)
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Cameron 1
RBI: Willman, Kamron 1
SH: Willman, Kamron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, Cameron 2
HBP: Spurlin, Terrence 1
Batting:
RBI: Williams,Mike 1 ; Welch,Tristan 2 ; Hastings,Scott 2
SH: Burts,Itchy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marbach,Luke 1 ; Williams,Mike 1 ; Welch,Tristan 1 ; Taylor,Justin 1 ; Black,Troy 1
SB: Williams,Mike 1
HBP: Burts,Itchy 1 ; Williams,Mike 1
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