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<b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 19, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Falls to Oregon, 10-4</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">THE RUNDOWN<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">WACO, Texas -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Baylor's sixth inning rally fell short Saturday afternoon as 13th-ranked Oregon defeated Baylor, 10-4, in
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The Bears got off to a slow start in the game three matchup, trailing 3-1 after the first three innings. BU scored its first run in the third when Josie Bower was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Dariana Orme, who started in the circle for the Bears, struck out three through the first three inning.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Oregon held the 3-1 lead through the top of the sixth after Orme and Aliyah Binford combined to allow no runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The Bears rallied back in the bottom of the sixth, plating three runs to knot the game at 3-3. Rhein Trochim led things off with a walk before Zadie LaValley was hit by a pitch and they both advanced on a wild pitch.
McKenzie Wilson, who was 2-for-3 on the day, had a two-run double down the right field line to plate two runs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">With the game tied heading into the final inning, the Ducks brought seven runs across to take the 10-3 lead.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The top of the sixth saw pitching outings from Rachel Hertenberger and Maren Judisch.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Binford hit a leadoff double in the bottom of the seventh, eventually coming around to score on freshman Caroline Rowatt's RBI groundout. The Bears loaded the bases with an error, a Taylor Strain single and Kaci West
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Sydney Collazos was 3-for-4 with a double<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Aliyah Binford and Dariana Orme combined for seven strikeouts<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Ashlyn Wachtendorf saw her first playing time this season<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">All five Bear hits came from McKenzie Wilson and Sydney Collazos<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">STAT OF THE GAME<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">21 - All 21 players on Baylor's roster have now played in a game this season<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Glenn Moore<span style="background-color:white"> on the game…</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">“Over all, this was a productive weekend for us. We can’t let the final inning of a great game define the weekend. We played a veteran team; we are young and inexperienced. The things that beat us will not continue to beat us.”<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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