Gallery: (4-24-2021) SB vs Montana Doubleheader
POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State softball team dropped two hard-fought contests against the University of Montana Saturday afternoon in Pocatello that saw 49 runs scored between both teams over the two games played. Game one ended with a UM 19-15 victory and game two saw the Bengals lose a heartbreaker 8-7.
Game One UM 19 – ISU 15
Game one started drastically for the Montana Lady Griz. After two innings, UM held an 11-2 lead against the Bengals. Rather than give up and accept a run-rule loss the Bengals turned on the gas.
In the third, the Bengals closed the gap to six after Amber Arreola singled down the right field line, bringing home Isabel Cargill and Shea Perkins.
Montana tacked on some more runs in the top of the 5th but the Bengals weren't done. Cargill brought home Perkins off a double and Arreola followed that up with a two-run home run.
The Bengals would pull to within two in the 6th after Angelica Cano hit a two-RBI double and Arreola brought in one more run.
In the end, the Bengals came up just shy in closing the gap with UM winning the game 19-15.
The Bengals set a new season high in runs scored with 15.
In three innings pitched, Emma Montoya allowed eight hits and eight runs with one strike out. Mareena Ramirez pitched three innings and allowed five runs on four hits with one strikeout.
Game Two UM 8 – ISU 7
Idaho State softball lost a heartbreaker in game two of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon.
The Game started with a strong Bengal attack in the bottom of the first. Mailee Newman brought in Cargill with a single to right and Perkins hit a double down the left line to bring in Newman and give the Bengals a 2-0 lead.
After a scoreless second inning storm clouds moved in over red hill and the cloudy sky soon turned into a deluge. For one of the first times this season the rain also brought lightning an the teams entered a weather delay.
After delaying for a little over an hour, the two teams got back to it.
In the 3rd, UM tied the game at 2-2 then tacked on two more runs in the 4th to take a 4-2 lead.
In the bottom of the 4th, Emma Bordenkecher hit a double to left center and brought in two Bengal runners to tie the game at 4-4.
Montana took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 5th.
The Bengals responded, in the bottom of the inning Cano hit a three-run bomb over the left field wall to give the Bengals a 7-5 lead.
UM was able to chip away at the Bengal lead before taking a game-winning 8-7 lead in the top of the 7th.
Three Bengals hit over .500 during the double header. Cargill hit .625 percent with five hits and three runs. Cargill had a .875 slugging percentage and a .667 on base percentage.
The team hit .415 average in 65 at bats on the day and had a .708 slg percentage and .487 ob percentage.
Cano led the team with six RBIs and a 1.500 slg percentage. Her home run was one of three from the Bengal sluggers during the game.
Tomorrow's Games
The two teams are set to duke it out one more time in their series with first pitch set for 12 p.m.
In the case of inclement weather updates will be posted on both isubengals.com and on Idaho State social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
