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Melissa Herman smacked a solo home run to center field to cut HBU's deficit to 2-1, but Texas Southern answered with two runs in the fifth and sixth to defeat the Huskies, 6-1, Wednesday afternoon at Husky Field.
Libby Brown led HBU (0-6) with two hits, as she hit her second double of the season. Herman,
Victoria Granchelli,
Nicole Shedd,
Alyssa Burnett, and
Caitlin Gunn had a hit apiece.
Shannon O'Connor took the loss in the circle, as she allowed four hits, two runs, and one walk while striking out three in 4.0 innings.
Emily Mueller and
Laci Belovsky pitched the final two innings and had two strikeouts apiece.
Gisella Paranich went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI to lead Texas Southern (1-5). Chelsea Guenther led the team with three RBIs. Madison Staton earned the win in the circle, as she gave up six hits, one run, and one walk with one strikeout in 5.0 innings. Samantha Jimenez tossed the final two innings and allowed one hit while striking out two.
There was no scoring until TSU scored twice in the top of the third. Paranich hit an RBI double, then, later scored on an RBI groundout by Guenther.
Herman and the Huskies cut the deficit to one, as she led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot to center. Brown followed with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, putting the tying run in scoring position. But Staton and the Lady Tigers regrouped and got a fly out and a strike out to end the inning.
Mueller replaced O'Connor in the circle to start the top of the fifth and gave up a two-run double to Guenther to put TSU up, 4-2. The Lady Tigers would add two more in the top of the sixth on a two-run double by Briana Parker.
HBU will compete in the three-day, four-game Lion Classic II Feb. 13-15.
