April 9, 2008

Box Score

POCATELLO, Idaho - Utah State softball defeated Idaho State, 7-0, on Wednesday afternoon at a snowy and chilly Rainey Park in Pocatello, Idaho. Game two was cancelled as the weather worsened.

Utah State improved to 11-21 on the year and picked up its third straight win, while Idaho State fell to 5-22. USU is now 20-6 all-time against ISU, tallying its fifth-straight win against the Bengals.

Freshman shortstop Kelley Kaneshiro started off the Aggie scoring in the first inning by hitting a single to short and later scored on a double to left by junior first baseman Aubrie Stroman.

USU scored two more runs in the second inning as freshman catcher Shasta Tyteca singled and senior third baseman Amy Schaible doubled to lead off the inning. Both players then scored on a double by sophomore right fielder Nicole Rupp.

Schaible singled to start the fourth and was brought in again on a Rupp single to put the Aggies up, 4-0. Utah State tallied three more runs on three hits in the visitor half of the fifth as Stroman hit a two-out single to left, while junior designated player Kayla Dunn single to third and Tyteca walked. Schaible knocked a single into right center to score Stroman and Dunn and junior second baseman Jeanine Hernandez finished the rally by knocking in Tyteca on a single to round out the Aggie scoring.

Junior pitcher Lindsey Benson earned her first shutout of the season for USU, as she improves to 10-14 overall. Benson pitched seven complete innings and tied her season high of 10 strikeouts.

Kaneshiro extended her hitting streak to 14 games, the longest of any Aggie player this season and currently the longest streak in the Western Athletic Conference.

The Aggies continue WAC action at home with a three-game series against New Mexico State on Friday and Saturday, April 11-12. Friday's single contest starts at 3 p.m. and the doubleheader on Saturday begins at 1 p.m. All home games are played at LaRee and LeGrand Johnson Field and admission is free.