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Late Lead Slips Away at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
February 23, 2025 | Baseball
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (February 23, 2025) – Washington State had it's two-run seventh-inning lead slip away as Texas A&M – Corpus Christi rallied to hand the Cougars an 8-6 defeat in the final game of the Kleberg Bank Collegiate Classic at Whataburger Field Sunday afternoon.
WSU leadoff hitter Max Hartman matched a career high with four hits, drove in three runs, scored twice and stole a base while freshman second baseman Ollie Obenour added two hits and drove in three runs. Cougar starting pitcher Luke Meyers allowed three first-inning runs but answered with four scoreless frames and gave way to the bullpen after the fifth inning with a 5-3 lead. Meyers struck out four over five innings, Luke Thiele collected two hits and Noah Thein scored twice.
WSU built a 6-3 lead in their half of the sixth before the Islanders scored once in the sixth, twice in the seventh and took the lead with a pair of unearned runs in the eighth.
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the first inning after three hits including a two-run homer. The Cougars answered right back with a four-run second frame with back-to-back two-out two-run singles to right field by Max Hartman and Ollie Obenour for a 4-3 advantage.
WSU picked up another run in the fourth as Noah Thein pulled a single to right, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a perfectly-placed RBI-bunt single down the third base line for a 5-3 lead.
TAMCC put runners on second and third with out in the fourth by Meyers worked around the threat with a strikeout looking and a popout to Thein behind home plate.
Hartman was at it again in the sixth, turning a softly-hit ball into right-centerfield into a hustle double and Obenour lined the first pitch he saw the other way over a leaping second baseman for an RBI-single and a 6-3 Cougar lead.
TAMCC scored a run on a balk in the sixth before a two-out two-run double just inside the right field line tied the game at six. The Islanders took the lead with a pair of runs in the eighth after a pair of hits, a throwing error on a double steal allowed a run to score and TAMCC made it 8-6 with an RBI-squeeze bunt.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman bunted the 1st pitch of the game for a leadoff single
Hartman doubled in the 6th for his fourth career 4-hit game
Ollie Obenour singled in the 6th for his 1st career multiple-hit game
Ricco Longo had his 4-game hitting streak snapped
NEXT UP
WSU will face the same Texas A&M – Corpus Christi team Monday in non-tournament competition with first pitch set for 11 a.m. (PT) / 1 p.m. (CT).
WSU leadoff hitter Max Hartman matched a career high with four hits, drove in three runs, scored twice and stole a base while freshman second baseman Ollie Obenour added two hits and drove in three runs. Cougar starting pitcher Luke Meyers allowed three first-inning runs but answered with four scoreless frames and gave way to the bullpen after the fifth inning with a 5-3 lead. Meyers struck out four over five innings, Luke Thiele collected two hits and Noah Thein scored twice.
WSU built a 6-3 lead in their half of the sixth before the Islanders scored once in the sixth, twice in the seventh and took the lead with a pair of unearned runs in the eighth.
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the first inning after three hits including a two-run homer. The Cougars answered right back with a four-run second frame with back-to-back two-out two-run singles to right field by Max Hartman and Ollie Obenour for a 4-3 advantage.
WSU picked up another run in the fourth as Noah Thein pulled a single to right, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a perfectly-placed RBI-bunt single down the third base line for a 5-3 lead.
TAMCC put runners on second and third with out in the fourth by Meyers worked around the threat with a strikeout looking and a popout to Thein behind home plate.
Hartman was at it again in the sixth, turning a softly-hit ball into right-centerfield into a hustle double and Obenour lined the first pitch he saw the other way over a leaping second baseman for an RBI-single and a 6-3 Cougar lead.
TAMCC scored a run on a balk in the sixth before a two-out two-run double just inside the right field line tied the game at six. The Islanders took the lead with a pair of runs in the eighth after a pair of hits, a throwing error on a double steal allowed a run to score and TAMCC made it 8-6 with an RBI-squeeze bunt.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman bunted the 1st pitch of the game for a leadoff single
Hartman doubled in the 6th for his fourth career 4-hit game
Ollie Obenour singled in the 6th for his 1st career multiple-hit game
Ricco Longo had his 4-game hitting streak snapped
NEXT UP
WSU will face the same Texas A&M – Corpus Christi team Monday in non-tournament competition with first pitch set for 11 a.m. (PT) / 1 p.m. (CT).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shea, B (1-0)
L: Chambers, Bryce (0-2)
S: Soliz, C (2)
Batting:
2B: Hartman, Max 1
RBI: Hartman, Max 3 ; Obenour, Ollie 3
SH: Obenour, Ollie 1 ; Shull, Jonah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hartman, Max 2 ; Thiele, Luke 1 ; Thein, Noah 2 ; Watterson, Cole 1
SB: Hartman, Max 1 ; Thein, Noah 1
HBP: Longo, Ricco 1
Batting:
2B: Sanchez, C 1 ; Russell, A 1 ; Crane, T 1 ; Blount, J 1
HR: Russell, A 1
RBI: Sanchez, C 1 ; Russell, A 4 ; Persons, M 1
SH: Persons, M 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, J 2 ; Sanchez, C 2 ; Russell, A 2 ; Blount, J 1 ; Krowka, K 1
SB: Crane, T 1 ; Krowka, K 1
Game Leaders
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