No. 18 Baylor Softball Takes Barn-Burner Over Texas Tech, 16-11

Sat Apr 15 20:59:28 CDT 2023

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 15, 2023

No. 18 Baylor Softball Takes Barn-Burner Over Texas Tech, 16-11
Bears set new season high ns runs scored

For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

LUBBOCK, Texas - No. 18 Baylor Softball’s offensive outburst pushed the Bears past Texas Tech, 16-11, to take game two of the three-game series Saturday afternoon at Rocky Johnson Field.

The Bears, now 33-10 on the season, set a new season high in runs scored with 16, while three different Bears hit home runs in the matchup.

Baylor was lifted to the win by a seventh-inning grand slam by Ana Watson, the first of her career.

THE RUNDOWN

The Bears got off to a hot start, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. After McKenzie Wilson was hit by a pitch and Amber Toven walked, Shaylon Govan hit a three-run opposite-field home run to give Baylor the 3-0 lead. Sydney Collazos followed up the home run with a double and Ana Watson was hit by a pitch before a call to the bullpen was made. After two-outs, Kaci West singled to load the bases before Collazos came home on a wild pitch.

Texas Tech cut the Bears’ 4-0 lead in half in the bottom half of the first, after two doubles and a single brought home two Red Raiders.

Baylor fought back in the top of the second, with Wilson leading off again with a single up the middle. After a strikeout, Govan walked and Collazos singled to load the bases, before a wild pitch brought home Wilson. Watson walked to reload the bases, before Emily Hott laced a double into center field, bringing home two more runs. The Bears then took the 8-2 lead after a groundout in the second.

Starting pitcher RyLee Crandall struck out two while sitting the Red Raiders down in order in the bottom half of the second inning.

Texas Tech tied the game at 8-8, after back-to-back three run innings for the Red Raiders.

Retaking the lead, BU plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning, after a leadoff single from West and a follow-up double from Wilson brought home the first run. Collazos then recorded her third hit of the game, a single to center field, to make it a 10-8 ballgame.

TTU got a run back in the bottom of the fifth, but Emily Hott’s solo home run in the top of the sixth had the Bears leading by two again.

After Texas tech tied the game at 11-11 in the bottom of the sixth, the Bears were down to their last chance in the top of the seventh.

Leading off yet another inning, Wilson singled to get the Bears’ rally started, before Toven doubled and Govan was walked to load the bases. Another walk issued to Collazos brought home the Bears’ first run, before a grand slam by Watson put the Bears up 16-11.

The Red Raiders got two on in the bottom of the seventh, but Dariana Orme came in to pitch and recorded the last two outs to secure the Bears’ win.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   The Bears scored a season-high 16 runs, Baylor’s fourth game with double-digit runs
  *   This is BU’s 13th game this season with double-digit hits
  *   Ana Watson hit her sixth-career home run, second-career grand slam
  *   Shaylon Govan added to her home run lead for the Bears, now with nine on the season
  *   Emily Hott hit her third long ball of the season
  *   This was the Bears’ fifth game of the season with multiple home runs
  *   Sydney Collazos was 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs
  *   McKenzie Wilson was also 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI
  *   Kaci West and Emily Hott were each 2-for-5, with Hott adding a double and a home run
  *   Eight different Bears combined for hits
  *   RyLee Crandall got the win in the circle, improving to 12-4 on the season

WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears will face Texas Tech in the series finale Sunday, April 16, at 12 p.m. CT.

- BaylorBears.com -

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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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