ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Towson University softball team bunched all of its runs together in the fourth inning and that was enough to grab a 3-2 victory over Wagner in the opening game of the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational Tournament Friday morning.
 
How It Happened

• Wagner scored single runs in the first on Hana Gilbert's RBI double and in third on Megan Moore's homer.
• Trailing 2-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, the Tigers sprung to life by generating four hits in the frame.
• Shelby Stracher provided the big blast of the inning with a two-run homer that tied the game, 2-2. Scoring ahead of her was Daria Edwards, who led off with a walk.
• Three straight two-out singles from Kaylen Minnatee, Caroline Reid and Bailey Boyd produced the go-ahead run for the Tigers.
• Jessica South, who pinch-ran for Minnatee, scored the eventual winning run.
• The pitching tandem of Blakely Thrower and Ambar Hickman made the lead stand-up.
• Thrower earned her third win in the circle by allowing two earned runs in five innings.
• Hickman retired the side in order in the sixth inning and left the potential tying run in scoring position as the game ended.

 
Inside The Boxscore

• Stracher extended her hitting streak to four games.
• She leads the Tigers with five multi-RBI games.
• Olivia Yarbrough and Bailey Boyd extended their hitting streaks to three games.
• Towson is 1-2 in one-run games this season.
• Stracher and Edwards have reached base in every game this season for Towson.
• The Tigers are 22-for-22 in stolen bases.
• Wagner outhit Towson, 7-6.

 
Up Next
Towson completes the first day of the tournament by taking on Winthrop University at 5 p.m.