April 18, 2002
Box Score
WACO, Texas - No. 23 Baylor broke out of a mild hitting slump with 16 runs and 18 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Sam Houston State here Thursday night. The Lady Bears won the first game 8-2 and then blanked the Bearkats 8-0 in the nightcap.
Baylor (44-13) had not run-ruled an opponent since blanking Stephen F. Austin State 10-0 in five innings Feb. 22 prior to the second game. Furthermore, the Lady Bears had plated more than four runs against a Division I opponent just four times in 28 games since March 1 before the eight-spot in the opener. Baylor's 10-hit outing in the first game was also just the sixth time this season the Lady Bears reached double figures in hits.
In the opener, Sam Houston State (11-22) scored a couple of unearned runs on two Baylor errors in the top of the fifth inning to take a 2-0 lead. However, Baylor answered with four runs on four hits in the bottom of the frame. Stephanie Pomes had an RBI triple, Holly Fields had an RBI single and Kristen Lancaster had an RBI double in the inning.
The Lady Bears tacked on four more runs in the sixth one four more hits. Pomes and Levesque both drove in runs during the frame with a single and a double, respectively.
Katie Decker (11-2) tossed her fourth complete game of the season for the victory. She allowed two unearned runs, scattered eight hits and struck out six with only one walk.
Sarah Caudle went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Pomes finished 2-for-4 with two runs and a pair of RBI.
In the nightcap, Baylor jumped out early with a pair of runs in the first inning. Lancaster drove in both runs with a one-out double to right-center. The Lady Bears are now 16-1 this season when scoring in the first inning.
Baylor got two more runs on three hits in the fourth, thanks to an April Luce RBI groundout and a Cristin Vitek run-scoring single. After a double steal and a SHSU throwing error allowed Kim Wilmoth to put Baylor up 5-0 in the fifth, Lancaster drove in Caudle with her ninth home run of the season. Nan Wilkins put the game away in the sixth with a bases-loaded, pinch-hit single up the middle to plate Lena Keine from third.
Vitek (17-6) pitched her staff-best eighth complete game for the win. The freshman southpaw allowed just two hits and struckout six.
Lancaster finished 3-for-3 in the nightcap with a run and four RBI. Wilmoth scored twice and was one of five Lady Bears with one hit.
