UTC second baseman Sara Poteat (22) throws out a Miami base runner after a diving stop. UTC faced Miami in the Frost Classic at Frost Stadium on Saturday.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team almost let a certain victory get away before stretching its winning streak to six games Friday in its Frost Classic at Warner Park.
The Lady Mocs won 10-6 over Miami of Ohio on Kasey Tydingco’s grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning at Jim Frost Stadium.
But then the streak ended with a thud as Boston College beat the Lady Mocs 6-1 despite a 3-for-4 game for UTC leadoff batter Sara Poteat.
After the start of the day’s games were backed up an hour because of Friday night’s rain, UTC was cruising along with a 4-0 lead behind freshman pitcher Rachel Albritton, but Miami scored two runs in the sixth inning on its second hit of the game — a double by Shanyn McIntyre — and rallied for three in the seventh even after UTC made it 5-3 in the bottom of the sixth.
Third baseman Sarah Beth Roberts had RBI doubles in the first and third innings for UTC but made a fielding error on a slow grounder that could’ve ended the game with a win for Albritton and a save for Kaisey Carson. Shortstop Alyssa Taylor added an error on the same play, and then sophomore pitcher Taylor Deason came in and gave up a tying single to center by leadoff batter Kayla Ledbetter.