SE Sweeps Opening Day with Win over TAMUK

Box Score SAN ANTONIO, Texas – After opening the season with a win in extra innings, No. 10 Southeastern decided to start scoring early and picked up a 6-2 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday afternoon in its second game of the St. Mary's Tournament in San Antonio, Texas.
 
The win lifts the team to 2-0 heading into day two of the three-day event where they will face No. 17 Angelo State at 2 p.m. and St. Mary's at 4 p.m.
 
Shayna Milam drew the start and turned in 6.0 innings of work to pick up the win after allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts before handing the ball to Jacee Bennett who tossed the final inning without allowing a base runner.
 
It was Jessica Simmons who turned in a pair of hits in the day's finale, finishing 2-for-3 with a walk in the leadoff spot.
 
Six others each registered a hit to help the Storm tally eight on the game.
 
Haley Strawn and Laramie Beal each drove in a pair of runs, while Lacie Cook and Courtney Riddle each added one RBI.
 
Sydney Kramer scored twice, while Cook, Riddle, Strawn and Rachel Jones each crossed home once.
 
After waiting till the sixth inning to score in the opener, SE got its offense moving quicker in game two.
 
The first inning opened with a Simmons walk and a Kramer infield single.
 
After a Cook sac bunt attempt failed to get Simmons to third safely, Riddle decided to move the3 runners by swinging, doubling to right field and plating Kramer for a 1-0 lead.
 
Strawn would reach on a fielder's choice with Cook out at home, and steal second before Beal singled up the middle to bring home both runners and take a 3-0 lead.
 
A pair of walks sandwiched a pair of outs to open the bottom of the second inning, and a Cook single would make them pay by driving in Jones.
 
A Riddle walk would load the bases for Strawn who doubled home Cook and Kramer for a 6-0 lead.
 
TAMUK would pick up a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning.  After Milam loaded the bases, Bennett would come on and retire the next three batters, trading runs for outs on the first two to set the 6-2 final score.