POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State softball team defeated the Sacramento State Hornets 5-3 to earn its first Big Sky series of the year.
"Emma came back today with another good performance," said Head Coach Cristal Brown. "Nice to have a bunch of runs on the board early, and fun to get the series win."
The Bengal offense exploded in the top of the first inning. After making it through the entire ISU batting order the Bengals scored five runs on four hits to take a commanding 5-0 lead after one.
Shea Perkins, Morgan Hess and Isabel Cargill all had RBIs in the inning.
For the rest of the game Emma McMurray and the Bengal defense took over. McMurray pitched a complete seven inning win with three strikeouts and only allowed six hits.
Perkins and Cargill finished the game with two RBIs each.
The Bengals return home next week to close out the season against the University of Northern Colorado. First pitch is set for Friday, May 7 at 12:00 p.m. at Miller Ranch.
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