Baylor Softball Falls to Iowa State in the First Round of the Big 12 Championship, 2-1

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 12, 2022


Baylor Softball Falls to Iowa State in the First Round of the Big 12 Championship, 2-1
Bears take the Cyclones to extra innings
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Baylor softball fell Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, 2-1, to Iowa State at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.

The Bears and Cyclones battled tough through the game, putting up only zeros until the top of the sixth inning.

Baylor retired Iowa State in order in the first two innings, not allowing a hit until the bottom of the third. The Bears were able to string together singles in the first three innings, but no runs came across to score.

After a scoreless fourth and fifth, the Bears were able to capitalize with the go-ahead run in the sixth.  After Aliyah Binford reached on a fielder’s choice, she stole second and third before coming home on a throwing error by the Cyclones.

Getting the start in the circle as well, Binford sat Iowa State down in order in the bottom of the sixth, picking up her seventh strikeout of the game.

Binford picked up her last strikeout of the game in the bottom of the seventh to put two outs on the board, but a single and a walk put runners on second and third for Iowa State. To knot the game at 1-1, a passed ball brought home the Cyclones’ first run of the game.

As the Bears headed into their fourth extra-innings game of the season, Kaci West and Taylor Strain each singled in the top of the eighth, but Strain was thrown out at home to stop the Bears from scoring a run. The Cyclones loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning before a sacrifice fly secured their 2-1 victory in the first round of the tournament.

The Bears will look to go to the postseason during the NCAA Softball Selection Show at 5 p.m Sunday on ESPN2.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Aliyah Binford pitched 6.2 innings with eight strikeouts
  *   McKenzie Wilson and Kaci West each went 2-for-4 at the plate, the only Bears with multiple hits in the game
  *   Maren Judisch recorded her first at-bat of the season, just the fourth of her career
  *   Fourth extra-innings game this season
  *   Before 2021, the last extra-innings game at the Big 12 Softball Championship was Baylor vs. Iowa State in 2008, where the Cyclones won in the 10th inning.
TOP QUOTES
Glenn Moore on the game…
“Aliyah pitched one heck of a game. They never hit her hard. I feel terrible for her and the team knowing we let another win slip through our fingers. Aliyah had to come out due to her hand cramping and although Maren got us out with minimal damage, we couldn’t hold them off long enough to create more offense.”

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Katy Gilmore | Associate Director of Athletic Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182

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