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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 17, 2023</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">No. 21 Baylor Softball Takes Down Houston, 7-1</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bears drive seven runs home in the sixth inning</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Katy
Gilmore; 254-252-2182, </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> No. 21 Baylor softball’s
late-inning surge powered the Bears past the Houston Cougars, 7-1, Friday night at Getterman Stadium.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears, now 20-5 on the season, plated all seven runs in the sixth inning and took down their future Big 12 foe to win the opening
game of the three-game series. </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">After four scoreless innings on both sides, the Cougars got on the board first after a one-out home run put Houston ahead, 1-0.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears threatened in the bottom of the fifth, when Josie Bower was hit by a pitch and pinch-runner Taylor Strain stole second. With
a runner on and no one out, Strain tried to make the most of an overthrown ball at third but was thrown out at the plate.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">After 1-2-3 top of the sixth, Baylor’s bats came to life in the bottom half of the inning. Sparked by a walk from Shaylon Govan, Emily
Hott and Amber Toven laid down perfect bunts to load the bases for Sydney Collazos. Collazos recorded her third hit of the game, a single to left field to tie the game at 1-1.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Ana Watson followed that up with a bases-loaded single to plate another run and put the Bears up. With the lead, Kaci West laced a
double down the right-field line to bring home two more runs and make it a 4-1 game.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">A single from Taylor Strain and a fielder’s choice plated two more before a single up the middle and a strikeout put the Bears up,
6-1 with two outs. The last run of the inning came off of a single from Hott, her second hit of the inning, and scored McKenzie Wilson from second.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Sydney Collazos tied a career-high with three hits in a game. Emily Hott also had a multi-hit game, with two singles in the same inning.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Kaci West recorded the only extra-base hit of the game, a two-RBI double.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dariana Orme pitched her seventh complete game of the season, striking out six and not issuing a single walk.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">This is the Bears’ seventh game this season winning by six or more runs.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Six different Bears recorded at least one RBI and eight different Bears recorded a hit.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The series continues with game two of a three-game series at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at Getterman Stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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