Brock collects first win as Montana splits

Saturday, March 13

College Station, Texas

11:30 AM (MT)

Montana

5-12

Louisiana Tech

5-10

Louisiana Tech

Montana

Photo by: Derek Johnson

3/13/2021 8:13:00 PM | Softball

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By: Montana Sports Information

Freshman Allie Brock collected her first collegiate win on Saturday, pitching the Montana softball team to a 7-5 victory over Louisiana Tech at the Davis Diamond Classic in College Station, Texas.

The Grizzlies would drop their second game of the day, 6-0 to host Texas A&M.

Montana, which lost to the Lady Techsters in 13 innings on Friday, took an early lead in the first inning on a leadoff home run by Kylie Becker. McKenna Tjaden later singled in a run to make it 2-0.

The Grizzlies would never trail in the game, but the Lady Techsters would tie it at 2-2 with a run in the second, another in the third.

That set the stage for Maygen McGrath to do what she does best.

After an error allowed for an extended inning in the bottom of the fourth, McGrath came up with two on and two outs and hit a three-run shot over the left-field fence.

Her sixth home run of the season, the 18th of her career, gave Montana the lead for good.

Tjaden added an RBI single in the fourth, Julie Phelps an RBI double in the sixth.

Brock held Louisiana Tech to two runs and two hits through five before running into trouble in the sixth.

She was relieved by Tristin Achenbach with two outs and the bases loaded and the score 6-3. Achenbach allowed a two-run single that made it 6-5 before pitching her way out of the inning.

Achenbach pitched a 1-2-3 seventh to give Brock her first win. Achenbach picked up her third career save.

Becker, Tjaden, Phelps and Jessica McAlister all had two hits, with Becker and Kendall Curtis both scoring a pair of runs.

Becker's home run was her first of the season, the third of her career. It was McGrath's team-leading sixth game of the season with multiple RBIs.

One day after falling 17-2 to Texas A&M, Montana faced the Aggies again, this time with Achenbach getting the start.

Texas A&M scored one in the first, two in the second and one in the third before Achenbach kept the Aggies off the scoreboard in the fourth and worked a 1-2-3 fifth.

The Aggies made it 6-0 in the sixth on a two-run home run.

Achenbach went the distance, allowing 10 hits, nine of which went for extra bases, seven doubles, a triple and a home run. She struck out three.

Becker led off the game with a single. Tjaden added a single in the second, Cami Sellers a single in the third.

Elise Ontiveros led off the top of the fifth with a single and was on second with two outs when Becker came to the plate.

Becker came through with her second hit of the game, an infield single, but the inning came to an end when Ontiveros was thrown out at the plate on a close play.

Montana went down in order in the sixth and seventh innings.

Becker went 2 for 3 to finish 4 for 7 on the day.

Montana will face Texas A&M at 9 a.m. (MT) on Sunday.