Sam Houston Are 2-0 After Win Against Bears

By Cheval John

Sam Houston State starting pitcher Andrew Godail started off the game by walking lead-off hitter Ryan Yamane.

That led to Northern Colorado’s first run of the game after Nick Miller’s RBI single.

It could have gone downhill from there.

Instead, Godail settled down and pitched a solid game which allowed the Bearkats offense to string together some runs that led to the 9-1 victory over the Bears at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas.

Godail went 5 2/3 innings for his first win of the season.

Offensively, Sam Houston (2-0) got timely hits when it counted.

Hayden Simerly went 3 for 5 with two RBIs.

Luke Plucheck contributed big time with a 3 for 4 night and scored three runs.

With the Bearkats trailing 1-0, they responded with three runs in the bottom of the first inning for a 3-1 lead.

Simerly hit a two run, triple that scored Corey Toups and Anthony Azar to make it 2-1.

Toups led off the inning with a walk and stole second base.

A batter later, Azar followed with a walk and then both scored on Simerly’s triple.

Simerly scored the third run on Ryan O’Hearn’s sacrifice fly.

Sam Houston increased their lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning on a RBI single by Ryan Farney.

It seemed as if the Bears (0-2) was going to make a game out of it in the top of the fifth inning.

With two outs, Brandon Vaugh hit a single to left and advanced to third on a single by Colby Harrison, who advanced to second on the throw to third base.

However, they did not capitalized when reliever Ryan Brinley, who came in the game in place of Godail, struck out Andrew Coffman to end the threat.

That was all the Bearkats needed as they scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to increase the lead to 6-1.

Sam Houston added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for an 8-1.

The Bearkats have a chance to win the series tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Game 4 will take place on Monday at 4 p.m.