April 2, 2002
Box Score
WACO, Texas - After managing just two hits in its last 21 innings, Baylor exploded for 20 hits in a doubleheader sweep of two-time NAIA defending national champion Oklahoma City. The Lady Bears took the first game 8-1 and the nightcap 5-1.
Baylor improves to 37-10 with the wins, now one victory shy of the school record for wins in a season established last season and in 1997. Oklahoma City falls to 28-8.
Nan Wilkins was the star for Baylor in both games. In the opener, she was 3-for-3 with two runs and a pair of RBI. All three hits were doubles, a Baylor record for two-baggers in a game. In the second contest, Wilkins blasted her second home run of the season, a two-run shot that easily cleared the left-field wall.
The Lady Bears took an early lead in the first game with two runs on two hits and an OKC error in the bottom of the second. Danelle Arnold led off with a triple to right center and then scored on Wilkins' first double of the night. Wilkins later scored on a Stars' throwing error.
Oklahoma City scratched for a run in the top of the fourth, but Baylor answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning and four more in the bottom of the fifth. Kristen Lancaster had the big hit in the fifth, a two-run homer that gives her a team-best seven on the season.
Joni Miller (14-4) picked up the win for Baylor, she allowed one run on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts in five innings of work. Cristin Vitek pitched the final two innings, allowing a pair of hits and striking out four. Sarah Caudle was also 3-for-3 at the plate for Baylor.
In the nightcap, Baylor scored a run in the second and two more in the third. That set the stage for Wilkins' two-run homer in the fifth. OKC rallied for a run on two hits in the top of the seventh, but the Stars could get no closer.
Katie Decker (8-1) went the distance for Baylor. She allowed a run on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Baylor returns to action Thursday, hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for a doubleheader at 5 p.m. CST.
