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Moore gets 900th career win as SB goes 2-0 to start Getterman Classic
2/14/2020 9:28:00 PM | Softball
Lady Bears start home slate 3-0
By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
Hard-pressed to name a favorite after recording his 900th career victory Friday night, Baylor softball coach Glenn Moore couldn't pick just one.
"But I know we've been in environments that didn't give us a lot of chances to win," said Moore, referring to NCAA Super Regionals at Georgia and Arizona. "Those are pretty special whenever you beat the odds, but I just love to see the girls celebrate after a big win, especially those years when you're able to get to the big show and represent Baylor at the World Series."
Going into the Getterman Classic needing two more wins to get to 900, Moore took care of that in Friday's opening day of the tournament with the Lady Bears (5-2) knocking off Prairie View A&M, 7-4, and then blasting Grand Canyon, 10-2, in a run-rule victory.
Already Baylor's all-time wins leader for all sports with 761, Moore has a career record of 900-416 that includes 139 combined wins at LSU and William Carey College.
"I'm a blessed man," he said, "to be able to do what I want to do and being surrounded by so many people that make that happen. First the players and certainly the other coaches. I've got a coach on my staff (Britni Sneed Newman) that is the reason I've got 900, the early part of that, for sure. And then Coach (Mark) Lumley. They're loyal, hard workers. I'm just very, very blessed to be here at Baylor and to coach softball this long."
Sophomore Josie Bower, who hit her second career home run and drove in six runs over the two games, said it was "special to be part of a big legacy like that, and that's what we were playing for."
"A lot of us wanted to bring it home tonight, the 900th win, and that's what we were playing for today," Bower said.
Falling behind in both games, the Lady Bears overcame an early 1-0 deficit against Prairie View (1-6) with a five-run explosion in the bottom of the second inning. Bower had a two-run triple and Taylor Ellis capped it with a two-run double that made it 5-2.
The Lady Panthers rallied to close the gap to 5-4, scoring two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth off starter Sidney Holman-Mansell (1-1). But, Baylor answered with two in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI triple by Lou Gilbert and an RBI double by Bower.
Gilbert was 3-for-3 and Bower 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead Baylor's 11-hit attack in the opening win over Prairie View.
"I feel like I'm seeing the ball a lot better," said Bower, who is hitting .625 for the season (5-for-8). "I've worked with Coach Lumley a lot to fine-tune my swing, and I feel like I'm finally getting that done."
In the last of four opening-day games, freshman pitcher Aliyah Pritchett (2-0) went the distance in the 10-2, five-inning win over Grand Canyon (2-6). She gave up two runs in the second, but scattered three hits over the last three frames and retired the last five batters in order.
"I definitely knew I was nervous in the beginning," Pritchett said. "But knowing I had my team behind me made me step it up for them."
Pritchett, who wasn't even born when Moore came to Baylor in 2000, said it was "amazing" to get Moore's 900th career win. "It really built us even more as a team and a family, and it was awesome."
Baylor broke through with a run in the third on a two-out, RBI triple by Nicky Dawson and had a seven-run fourth inning highlighted by Bowers' three-run homer.
"I just saw a ball and I knew I had to hit it really far, and that's what I did," Bower said. "I knew Aliyah was battling in the circle, and I just wanted to get her a little more cushion for sure."
The Lady Bears capped the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on singles by Maddison Kettler and Emily Hott and a double by Kyla Walker, who went 3-for-4 in raising her batting average to .400.
Baylor will finish the round-robin schedule with a matchup against Western Illinois (2-5) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, with the semifinals at 3 and 5:30 p.m. In Friday's other games, Western Illinois rallied late to beat Prairie View, 6-5, before falling to Grand Canyon, 4-2.
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – Baylor head coach Glenn Moore recorded the 900th win of his career Friday night at Getterman Stadium. The Lady Bears opened the Getterman Classic 2-0 with wins over Prairie View A&M and Grand Canyon.
Overall, Baylor totaled 17 runs off of 21 hits. Eight of those hits went for extra bases. Sophomore Josie Bower led the way at the plate going 3-for-5 with a double, triple and a three-run home run.
GAME 1: BAYLOR 7, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 4
Fueled by a five-run second inning, the Lady Bears topped Prairie View A&M, 7-4, to start out the Getterman Classic on a winning note.
Bower's first career triple brought two runs home for the Lady Bears to give them a 2-1 lead over the Lady Panthers. Casey Shell followed as she recorded the first RBI of her career with a single to left field. A double by Taylor Ellis plated two more runs in the inning. In total, Baylor had five extra-base hits against Prairie View A&M.
The Lady Bears scored two more runs in the fifth inning. Alyssa Avalos led off the frame with a single and later scored off a triple by Lou Gilbert. She then came home off a double from Bower.
Meanwhile, Sidney Holman-Mansell shut things down in the circle as she was one shy of her career high as she struck out 10 of the 23 batters she faced. Gia Rodoni came on in relief and struck out the side in the top of the sixth.
GAME 2: BAYLOR 10, GRAND CANYON 2 (5)
After trailing Grand Canyon for the first three innings, the Lady Bears put together a seven-run fourth inning to run rule the Lopes, 10-2. The win marked the 900th career coaching victory for Baylor head coach Glenn Moore.
BU got its first hit of the game in the third inning off a single by Kyla Walker, who scored soon after off a triple by Nicky Dawson.
Baylor took the lead early in the fourth when Emily Hott reached base off an error by the GCU second baseman which allowed a pair of Lady Bears to score. Bower followed that up with the first home run of the 2020 season for Baylor at Getterman Stadium with a three-run bomb to left field. Two more runs came home for Baylor when Aliyah Pritchett singled to left.
Pritchett went the distance in the circle for BU, giving up two runs off six hits in five innings of work.
HIGHLIGHTS
6 – Number of RBI Josie Bower finished with on the day
TOP QUOTES
Glenn Moore 900 wins…
"I'm a blessed man to be able to do what I want to do [while] being surrounded by so many people that make that happen. First the players and certainly the other coaches, I've got a coach on my staff that is the reason I've got 900, the early part of that for sure … talking about coach (Britni) Newman for me at LSU. Then coach (Mark) Lumley, they're loyal and they're hard workers. I'm very, very blessed. (It) means a lot that they showered me with water … but it covered up a few tears I might add. I'm very blessed to be here at Baylor and to coach softball this long."
Josie Bower on her home run…
"I just saw a ball and I knew I had to hit it really far, and that's what I did. I knew Aliyah (Pritchett) was battling in the circle and I just wanted to get her a little more cushion for runs."
Aliyah Pritchett on Moore's 900th win…
"It was amazing being able to win that for him. It really built us even more as a team and a family. It was awesome."
Baylor Bear Insider
Hard-pressed to name a favorite after recording his 900th career victory Friday night, Baylor softball coach Glenn Moore couldn't pick just one.
"But I know we've been in environments that didn't give us a lot of chances to win," said Moore, referring to NCAA Super Regionals at Georgia and Arizona. "Those are pretty special whenever you beat the odds, but I just love to see the girls celebrate after a big win, especially those years when you're able to get to the big show and represent Baylor at the World Series."
Going into the Getterman Classic needing two more wins to get to 900, Moore took care of that in Friday's opening day of the tournament with the Lady Bears (5-2) knocking off Prairie View A&M, 7-4, and then blasting Grand Canyon, 10-2, in a run-rule victory.
Already Baylor's all-time wins leader for all sports with 761, Moore has a career record of 900-416 that includes 139 combined wins at LSU and William Carey College.
"I'm a blessed man," he said, "to be able to do what I want to do and being surrounded by so many people that make that happen. First the players and certainly the other coaches. I've got a coach on my staff (Britni Sneed Newman) that is the reason I've got 900, the early part of that, for sure. And then Coach (Mark) Lumley. They're loyal, hard workers. I'm just very, very blessed to be here at Baylor and to coach softball this long."
Sophomore Josie Bower, who hit her second career home run and drove in six runs over the two games, said it was "special to be part of a big legacy like that, and that's what we were playing for."
"A lot of us wanted to bring it home tonight, the 900th win, and that's what we were playing for today," Bower said.
Falling behind in both games, the Lady Bears overcame an early 1-0 deficit against Prairie View (1-6) with a five-run explosion in the bottom of the second inning. Bower had a two-run triple and Taylor Ellis capped it with a two-run double that made it 5-2.
The Lady Panthers rallied to close the gap to 5-4, scoring two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth off starter Sidney Holman-Mansell (1-1). But, Baylor answered with two in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI triple by Lou Gilbert and an RBI double by Bower.
Gilbert was 3-for-3 and Bower 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead Baylor's 11-hit attack in the opening win over Prairie View.
"I feel like I'm seeing the ball a lot better," said Bower, who is hitting .625 for the season (5-for-8). "I've worked with Coach Lumley a lot to fine-tune my swing, and I feel like I'm finally getting that done."
In the last of four opening-day games, freshman pitcher Aliyah Pritchett (2-0) went the distance in the 10-2, five-inning win over Grand Canyon (2-6). She gave up two runs in the second, but scattered three hits over the last three frames and retired the last five batters in order.
"I definitely knew I was nervous in the beginning," Pritchett said. "But knowing I had my team behind me made me step it up for them."
Pritchett, who wasn't even born when Moore came to Baylor in 2000, said it was "amazing" to get Moore's 900th career win. "It really built us even more as a team and a family, and it was awesome."
Baylor broke through with a run in the third on a two-out, RBI triple by Nicky Dawson and had a seven-run fourth inning highlighted by Bowers' three-run homer.
"I just saw a ball and I knew I had to hit it really far, and that's what I did," Bower said. "I knew Aliyah was battling in the circle, and I just wanted to get her a little more cushion for sure."
The Lady Bears capped the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on singles by Maddison Kettler and Emily Hott and a double by Kyla Walker, who went 3-for-4 in raising her batting average to .400.
Baylor will finish the round-robin schedule with a matchup against Western Illinois (2-5) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, with the semifinals at 3 and 5:30 p.m. In Friday's other games, Western Illinois rallied late to beat Prairie View, 6-5, before falling to Grand Canyon, 4-2.
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – Baylor head coach Glenn Moore recorded the 900th win of his career Friday night at Getterman Stadium. The Lady Bears opened the Getterman Classic 2-0 with wins over Prairie View A&M and Grand Canyon.
Overall, Baylor totaled 17 runs off of 21 hits. Eight of those hits went for extra bases. Sophomore Josie Bower led the way at the plate going 3-for-5 with a double, triple and a three-run home run.
GAME 1: BAYLOR 7, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 4
Fueled by a five-run second inning, the Lady Bears topped Prairie View A&M, 7-4, to start out the Getterman Classic on a winning note.
Bower's first career triple brought two runs home for the Lady Bears to give them a 2-1 lead over the Lady Panthers. Casey Shell followed as she recorded the first RBI of her career with a single to left field. A double by Taylor Ellis plated two more runs in the inning. In total, Baylor had five extra-base hits against Prairie View A&M.
The Lady Bears scored two more runs in the fifth inning. Alyssa Avalos led off the frame with a single and later scored off a triple by Lou Gilbert. She then came home off a double from Bower.
Meanwhile, Sidney Holman-Mansell shut things down in the circle as she was one shy of her career high as she struck out 10 of the 23 batters she faced. Gia Rodoni came on in relief and struck out the side in the top of the sixth.
GAME 2: BAYLOR 10, GRAND CANYON 2 (5)
After trailing Grand Canyon for the first three innings, the Lady Bears put together a seven-run fourth inning to run rule the Lopes, 10-2. The win marked the 900th career coaching victory for Baylor head coach Glenn Moore.
BU got its first hit of the game in the third inning off a single by Kyla Walker, who scored soon after off a triple by Nicky Dawson.
Baylor took the lead early in the fourth when Emily Hott reached base off an error by the GCU second baseman which allowed a pair of Lady Bears to score. Bower followed that up with the first home run of the 2020 season for Baylor at Getterman Stadium with a three-run bomb to left field. Two more runs came home for Baylor when Aliyah Pritchett singled to left.
Pritchett went the distance in the circle for BU, giving up two runs off six hits in five innings of work.
HIGHLIGHTS
- With a bunt single vs. Prairie View A&M, Lou Gilbert had recorded a bunt single in back-to-back games.
- Gilbert tied her career high with a 3-for-3 outing at the plate vs. Prairie View A&M.
- Taylor Ellis has four multi-RBI games this season, and 20 in her career, as she had two RBI against Prairie View A&M.
- Casey Shell had her first career RBI in the second inning vs. Prairie View A&M.
- Josie Bower hit her first career triple vs. Prairie View A&M, then followed that up with her second-career home run vs. Grand Canyon. Her three RBI vs. Grand Canyon marked a new career high.
- Kyla Walker and Nicky Dawson have reached base safely in every game this season, bringing their overall streaks to nine and 10 games, respectively.
- Sidney Holman-Mansell was one strikeout shy of her career high (11, vs. Iowa on Feb. 12, 2017 at ACU) as she struck out 10 of the 23 batters she faced.
- Baylor had a couple of defensive web gems as Kendall Cross made a spectacular catch in foul territory, and Nicky Dawson laid out to stop a scorching grounder up the middle and get the out at first.
6 – Number of RBI Josie Bower finished with on the day
TOP QUOTES
Glenn Moore 900 wins…
"I'm a blessed man to be able to do what I want to do [while] being surrounded by so many people that make that happen. First the players and certainly the other coaches, I've got a coach on my staff that is the reason I've got 900, the early part of that for sure … talking about coach (Britni) Newman for me at LSU. Then coach (Mark) Lumley, they're loyal and they're hard workers. I'm very, very blessed. (It) means a lot that they showered me with water … but it covered up a few tears I might add. I'm very blessed to be here at Baylor and to coach softball this long."
Josie Bower on her home run…
"I just saw a ball and I knew I had to hit it really far, and that's what I did. I knew Aliyah (Pritchett) was battling in the circle and I just wanted to get her a little more cushion for runs."
Aliyah Pritchett on Moore's 900th win…
"It was amazing being able to win that for him. It really built us even more as a team and a family. It was awesome."
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Binford, Aliyah (2-0)
L: Y. Morrison (0-2)
Batting:
2B: K. Holland 1
3B: K. Dietrich 1
RBI: K. Fifield 1 ; K. Dietrich 1
SH: S. Tourville 1 ; K. Holland 1
SF: K. Fifield 1
Base Running:
RUNS: G. Nicoletti 1 ; J. Reid 1
HBP: L. Bishop 1
Batting:
2B: Walker, Kyla 1
3B: Dawson, Nicky 1
HR: Bower, Josie 1
RBI: Walker, Kyla 1 ; Dawson, Nicky 2 ; Binford, Aliyah 2 ; Bower, Josie 3
SH: Gilbert, Lou 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Kyla 2 ; Dawson, Nicky 1 ; Binford, Aliyah 1 ; Gilbert, Lou 1 ; Kettler, Maddison 2 ; Hott, Emily 2 ; Bower, Josie 1
SB: Kettler, Maddison 1 ; Hott, Emily 1
HBP: McGlaun, Goose 1
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