April 2, 2015 Box Score
Records: Baylor (25-7, 3-1); Texas Tech (16-21, 0-4) |
Attendance: 828
WACO, Texas -
Heather Stearns pitched a five-hit shutout and Jessie Scrogins gave the No. 15 Baylor softball team a clutch catch in the bottom of the seventh inning to help BU hold on for a 3-0 win over Texas Tech at Getterman Stadium Thursday.
Stearns fanned 10 batters to improve to 11-5 on the season and threw her first shutout since Feb. 14. With one out and two runners on in the bottom of the seventh, Scroggins made a diving catch on a deep fly off the bat of Kristi Belshe and collided with the centerfield wall to uphold the shutout and send the Red Raider base runners retreating. Stearns struck out Sarah Weber to end the game.
Kaitlyn Thumann,
Shelby Friudenberg and
Sarah Smith all had RBI singles to provide the offense for Baylor (25-7, 3-1).
HIGHLIGHTS ?
Heather Stearns pitched her second shutout of the season and seventh of her career. Her seven career shutouts ties her for eighth all-time on the BU career shutouts list (7,
Liz Paul, 2011-2014).
? Stearns' 10 strikeouts marked the fifth time this season and 12th time in her career she's had double-digit strikeouts.
? Kailtyn Thumann put up her 10th multiple-hit game of the season and drove in a run. She has 58 career multiple-hit games and took sole possession of sixth place all-time on BU's career list.
? Thumann extended her hitting streak to seven games, and her on-base streak to 10.
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Ari Hawkins extended her hitting streak to 10 games, and her on-base streak to 12 with a 1-for-2 performance.
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Sarah Smith extended her on-base streak to 10 games with a 1-for-1 performance at the plate.
STAT OF THE GAME I 60 -
Heather Stearns has 60 strikeouts in her six complete games this season over a 41 inning span, which gives her an average of 10.24 strikeouts per seven innings in those six games.
THEY SAID IT Glenn Moore on Heather Stearns' performance ... "We made some good plays. I thought we swung the bat well, I thought we played a solid game. [Cara] Custer was throwing hard tonight. It's hard to see the ball at this time of the day and we only struck out twice. I'm pretty happy with the way we performed. I still don't think we're anywhere where we need to be, but I think we're headed in the right direction."
Glenn Moore on Jessie Scroggins' catch in the seventh ... "One of the best catches I've ever seen in my life right there. She was playing somewhat in and had to turn and run and get it. Who knows, it might have saved the game on that catch, they certainly had the momentum in their favor, if they get a couple of runs right there, it's going to be tough to come back from."
THEY TWEETED IT I THEY TWEETED IT II
WHAT'S NEXT Baylor takes on Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. on Fox Sports Southwest Plus for game two of the three-game Big 12 series.
