Feb. 14, 2014

Baylor (4) vs. UAB (2) box | Baylor (4) vs. Drake (2) box
Tournament Central

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas. - It wasn't quite the offensive barrage that Baylor saw at UNLV's tournament last weekend, but the No. 14/16 ranked Lady Bears took 4-2 wins over UAB (1-5) and Drake (0-6) Friday night at Getterman Stadium to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Clare Hosack hit a 3-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Whitney Canion struck out 13 in a complete-game effort as Baylor took down UAB in extra innings. In the nightcap, Lindsey Cargill's 2-run homer highlighted the Lady Bears' 4-2 win over Drake.

Canion went the distance allowing just two hits over nine innings, she allowed one earned run, walkd three and struck out 13 to move to 3-1 on the season in Baylor's win over UAB. BU starter Heather Stearns followed with her third victory of the seaosn striking out six and allowing only a run to Drake to move to 3-0.
HIGHLIGHTS

• Whitney Canion struck out 13 giving her 23 career games with at least 12 strikeouts.
• The win for Canion vs. UAB was the 95^th of her career and her 93^rd complete game.
• Kaitlyn Thumann extended her hitting streak to seven games by collecting a hit in each game Friday night.
• Thumann collected her 100^th career hit, a single, in BU's win over Drake.
• Jordan Strickland extended her hitting streak to six games, tying a career high, with a hit in each game for Baylor.
• Clare Hosack's walk-off home run was the first homer of the season for the senior and the 13^th of her career.
• Hosack's three hits vs. UAB tied a career high, and marked the third time this season already that she's had three hits in a game.
• Lindsey Cargill's home run vs. Dake was the second of the season for the freshman, and both home runs have been two-run shots.
• Justine Young picked up her first RBI of the season vs. Drake in the fourth inning.
• Holly Holl picked up her first RBI of the season vs. UAB, and it was her 70^th career run driven in.
• Liz Paul picked up her third career save with a three-inning relief appearance vs. Drake.

STAT OF THE GAME I
18 - Whitney Canion retired 18-straight hitters vs. UAB from the last out in the second inning through the eighth inning.

STAT OF THE GAME II
.588 - Clare Hosack's batting average through seven games is .588 (10-for-17), and she was a career .248 hitter in 314 at bats coming into the season.

THEY TWEETED IT

By the way @wcanion11 is a BEAST! @BaylorSoftball #cantgetenough #SicEm

-- Haley Alloway (@haydawg) February 14, 2014