Baylor SB Shows Off the Power in Saturday Sweep

Sat Mar 13 18:10:57 CST 2021

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 13, 2021

SB Shows Off the Power in Saturday Sweep
Baylor outscored its opponents 20-3
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For more information contact: Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610, Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu<mailto:Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Baylor offense put on a show on Saturday as the Lady Bears combined for 29 hits, nine of which went for extra bases. BU started the day with an 8-1 win over Northern Illinois before blasting three home runs in a 12-2 win over GCU.

GAME 1 – BAYLOR 8, NIU 1
After NIU took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, Baylor put up a three-spot an inning later to take the lead for good.

Emily Hott and Taylor Ellis each singled to right field to put runners on first and second with two outs for Maddison Kettler who cleared the bases with her double to left field. Kettler scored shortly after when Nicky Dawson singled up the middle.

Baylor added two more runs in the fifth inning. Dawson led things off with a single through the left side, stole second and later scored off an RBI single by Goose McGlaun. Josie Bower then knocked McGlaun home with a single up the middle.

The Lady Bears weren’t done at the plate as they put up three more in the top of the seventh. McGlaun crushed her first triple of the season and scored when Josie Bower singled to right field. Hott singled to put two runners on for Ellis who hit a two RBI single to center field.

Maren Judisch went the entire way for BU in the circle as she gave up one run off five hits with a strikeout.

Baylor’s 16 hits against the Huskies marked the most for BU in a game since hitting 17 against Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 17, 2018.

GAME 2 – BAYLOR 12, GCU 2
The Lady Bears flexed their muscles in the final game of the day with seven of their 13 hits going for extra bases in a 10-run win over the host team.

Aliyah Binford – who was a triple short of hitting for the cycle – got the party started with a two-run home run, her first of the season, in the top of the first inning.

GCU would plate a run in the bottom half of the frame, but Baylor answered with a three-spot in the third inning. Lou Gilbert led things off with a bunt single, and Emily Hott followed with a walk to put two runners on with two outs for Maddison Kettler whose single through the left side loaded the bases.

Taylor Ellis then stepped to the plate and reached base safely off an error by GCU that allowed two runs to score. Shortly after, Kettler stole home to put the Lady Bears up by four.

Again, GCU added a run in the third, but would be held scoreless the rest of the way.

In the top of the fourth, Nicky Dawson hit her fifth triple of the season and came home when Gilbert blasted an opposite field home run, the first of the season for her and the second of her career.

Hannah Smith kept the home run derby going an inning later as she smashed her first career home run over the left field wall for a two-run shot.

The Lady Bears would go on to score three more runs in the top of the seventh when Binford hit a three RBI double to center field.

Binford not only went 3-for-5 at the plate with five RBI but also picked up the win in the circle for Baylor as she gave up two runs off six hits through four innings of work.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Six different Lady Bears had a multi-hit game against Northern Illinois. The top three hitters in the lineup – Nicky Dawson, Lou Gilbert and Goose McGlaun – combined for 6-for-11 at the plate.
  *   McGlaun hit a triple, the first of the season and third of her career, vs. the Huskies.
  *   Maddison Kettler recorded her first double of the season vs. NIU.
  *   Maren Judisch moves to 3-0 on the season as she threw her second complete game.
  *   Aliyah Binford hit her first home run of the season, and sixth of her career, against GCU.
  *   Lou Gilbert hit her first home run of the season, and second of her career, against GCU.
  *   Hannah Smith hit her first career home run vs. GCU.
  *   Binford was a triple away from hitting for the cycle vs. GCU.
  *   Taylor Ellis hit her first career triple vs. GCU.
  *   Dawson hit her fifth triple of the season vs. GCU. She now has 12 in her career as Baylor’s all-time leader in triples. Dawson is now tied for second in program history for triples in a season alongside Kyla Walker (2017), Carrie Leerberg (2004) and Kelly Osburn (2005). Harmony Schwethelm had six triples in 2005.
  *   Binford moves to 3-1 on the season in the circle.
  *   Ten different Lady Bears recorded a hit vs. GCU.

STAT OF THE DAY
3 – Number of home runs against GCU.

TOP QUOTES
Baylor head coach Glenn Moore on the day…
“I’m very pleased with the team’s approach today. We started the way we finished yesterday and really never let up. We also got some great work from our whole bench. The team had some fun today and took care of business.”

UP NEXT
The Lady Bears gear up for a rematch at No. 9 Arizona State at noon (CT) on Sunday before flying back to Waco.

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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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