Wichita State baseball beats Sam Houston 4-3
Zach Reding and Chase Rader hit two-run homers, and Isaac Anderson and Sam Hilliard survived several pitching jams as Wichita State defeated Sam Houston State 4-3 Saturday in Huntsville, Texas.
Anderson, 1-0, dealt with baserunners in all but one of this six innings, allowing three runs in the fourth.
Hilliard, who earned a save, took over in the seventh and promptly yielded three hits in the inning but no runs. Jake MacWilliams greeted Hilliard with a base hit and moved to second on a throwing error by second baseman Jordan Farris. After an out, Ryan Farney singled. On the play, WSU left fielder Daniel Kihle threw out MacWilliams at the plate to preserve the Shockers’ 4-3 lead.
With two outs in the second, Rader bounced a single to left. Reding followed with a line-drive homer to right.
In the fourth inning, Ryan Tinkham reached on an error; and Rader followed with a 400-foot-plus homer to left-center.
WSU missed a golden opportunity to score in the fifth. Tanner Kirk opened with a single but was forced at second by Michael Burns. Burns went to second on a wild pitch. Farris was hit by a pitch, putting runners at first and second with one out. Kihle hit a drive off the right-field wall. Thinking the ball might be caught, Burns held up. When the ball hit the wall, he was waved home and thrown out at the plate. Hilliard popped to the catcher to end the threat.
WICHITA ST. | ab | r | h | bi | bb | so | avg |
Burns cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
Farris 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .571 |
Kihle lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
Hilliard dh-p | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Tinkham 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Rader 3b | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
Reding rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
Mucha rf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
Arens c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Kirk ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
Totals | 37 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
SAM HOUSTON ST. | |||||||
Lee rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
Atwood cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
Johnson lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
Simerly dh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
Perry dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Rahm 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
Brinley 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
MacWilliam ss | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
Yelich c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
Courson c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Farney 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
Totals | 32 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
Wichita St. | 020 | 200 | 000 | — | 4 |
Sam Houston | 000 | 300 | 000 | — | 3 |
E — MacWilliam, Farris. DP — WSU 2. LOB — WSU xx, SHS xx. 2B — Farris (1), Mucha (1). HR — Reding (1), Rader (1), Rahm (1), Brinley (1).
WSU | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | era |
Anderson W,1-0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 |
Hilliard S,1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Sam Houston | |||||||
Odom L,0-1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4.50 |
Holbert | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
WP — Odom. HBP — Rahm (by Anderson), Farris (by Odom). Umpires — home, Aaron Freeman; first, Jason McLester; Mike Mazza. T — 2:26. A — 983.
This story was originally published February 14, 2015 at 6:06 PM with the headline "Wichita State baseball beats Sam Houston 4-3."