Baylor SB Falls to Iowa State

[Pirtle, Krista]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 24, 2021

SB Falls to Iowa State
Lady Bears outhit the Cyclones, 7-5
Media link: http://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSoftball
For more information contact: Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610, Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu<mailto:Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
AMES, Iowa – Baylor softball dropped a back-and-forth contest to Iowa State on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 6-4 at Cyclone Sports Complex.

The Lady Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Emily Hott and Goose McGlaun hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats. That marked the first time Baylor has blasted back-to-back bombs since doing so at Houston on March 10, 2020.

Iowa State came back to tie things up in the bottom of the frame, but Baylor answered in the top of the fifth when Lou Gilbert hit a solo shot over the right field wall to give the Lady Bears back the lead.

A two-spot in the bottom of the fifth gave the Cyclones the lead, but Baylor tied the score back up an inning later.

Taylor Ellis led off with a single up the middle but was thrown out at second when Josie Bower reached on a fielder’s choice to second. Zadie LaValley brought Bower home with a double to the gap in center field.

The game remained tied heading into the bottom of the seventh before Iowa State walked it off.


HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Lou Gilbert continued her hot streak as she’s recorded a hit in five-straight games. The third-year sophomore is 6-for-8 through two games in Ames with three RBI and four runs scored. Gilbert now has 12 multi-hit games this season.
  *   Gilbert hit her second homer of the season and fourth of her career in the fifth inning.
  *   Emily Hott has reached base safely in 23-straight games. That ties her for No. 8 in program history alongside Kayce Walker (2009).
  *   Hott hit her third homer of the season and second of her career in the third inning.
  *   Goose McGlaun hit her fifth homer of the season and 34th of her career. She’s sixth in the program record books, behind Kelly Osburn’s 38 (2003-06).
  *   Sidney Holman-Mansell and Aliyah Binford combined for 10 strikeouts on the day. Mansell sat down six, and Binford struck out four of the seven batters she faced.
  *   Four of Baylor’s seven hits went for extra bases.
  *   So far against the Cyclones, the top of the order for Baylor (Gilbert, Hott and McGlaun) are hitting .619 with 13 hits, nine RBI, 10 runs scored and six extra-base hits. The trio each hit a solo homer on Saturday.

STAT OF THE DAY
3 – Number of home runs on the day for the Bears

TOP QUOTES
Baylor head coach Glenn Moore on the game…
“Again, the top of the order was strong for us, but we weren’t consistently effective throughout the lineup. As we know, (Iowa State) can score, so we have to match them. We need to really play well tomorrow as this series is very important.”

UP NEXT
Baylor goes for the series win in Ames as the Lady Bears take on Iowa State at noon on Sunday in the series finale.


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Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610

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