Box Score April 4, 2018 Box Score
THE RUNDOWN ABILENE, Texas - No. 16/17 Baylor softball (21-9, 0-3 Big 12) picked up an 8-5 win over Abilene Christian (12-18, 6-6 Southland) on Wednesday evening at Poly Wells Field.
Regan Green (6-2) took the win in the circle, going 5.0 frames, allowing four hits and three runs, two earned, with five strikeouts and no walks.
Goose McGlaun worked the final 2.0 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, striking out two and walking one.
The Lady Bears opened the game strong, grabbing a two-run lead in the top of the first.
Kyla Walker laced a single through the left side of the infield, stealing second to move into scoring position.
A full-count walk worked by Jessie Scroggins put two on, with Carlee Wallace singling up the middle to drive in Walker and move Scroggins to third.
A double steal allowed Wallace to draw the throw down to second, with a muffed catch on the play erasing any chance on a play at home to allow Scroggins to walk across for the second run.
A solo home run for the Wildcats cut back into the lead, with BU leading 2-1 after the first, but the Lady Bears took it back in the top of the second.
Maddison Kettler led off the inning reaching safely on the first of five Wildcat errors, moving to second on a sac bunt by Taylor Ellis.
A single over the third baseman's head clipped the chalk for Walker, scoring Kettler from second and pushing the BU lead back to two at 3-1.
The scrappy Wildcat squad tied the game back with a two-out, two-RBI single in the third, knotting the score at 3-3 through three.
BU again responded in the top of the fourth, with Caitlin Charlton launching a solo home run to left field, taking back a lead the Lady Bears would not relinquish, up 4-3 after four.
Baylor added another in the fifth on a second solo shot, with Goose McGlaun drilling a bomb over the scoreboard in left field to push the BU lead to 5-3.
Adding what would prove to be some crucial run insurance in the top of the sixth, Nicky Dawson laced a one-out double off of the wall in right field, coming around to score on an RBI double by Walker.
Scroggins would reach on another Wildcat error, moving Walker to third.
A stolen base for Scroggins turned into a run for the Lady Bears, with the throw down to second being booted into the outfield grass, allowing Walker to trot across for the run and moving Scroggins to third.
A third single for Wallace pushed across Scroggins for the third run of the frame, pushing the BU lead out to 8-3 through six.
Despite a two-run final frame for the Wildcats, McGlaun was able to work out of the bases-loaded jam, striking out the potential game-winning run on three pitches to finish off the 8-5 BU win.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Baylor snapped a three-game losing skid, improving to 3-1 in midweek games in 2018.
- Carlee Wallace (3-for-4, 2 RBI) and Kyla Walker (3-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 runs scored) led the way for the BU offense, accounting for six of BU's eight runs produced.
- Goose McGlaun hit her team-best ninth home run of the season, the 20th of her career.
- Caitln Charlton (2-for-4, HR, 2B) hit her second home run of the season and the ninth of her BU career.
- Regan Green had her first start of the year with no walks, tying her opening weekend win over Northwestern State (Feb. 10) for her second-most strikeouts in a game on the season with five.
- Jessie Scroggins (240 career hits) now sits seven away from tying Naomi Fitzgerald (247, 1998-2001) for No. 2 on BU's all-time career hits leaderboard.
- The Lady Bears improved to 6-0 all-time versus the ACU club, including 3-0 in 2018.
- BU's single strikeout by the Lady Bear hitters marked the 10th time this season the Lady Bears have struck out one or fewer times in a game.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Lady Bears continue out west, opening the Big 12 road slate with a three-game series in Lubbock at Texas Tech, running April 6-8.
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