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No. 21 SB Records Series Win Over Kansas
4/1/2023 9:20:00 PM | Softball
Bears win both games of the Saturday doubleheader to take the series
By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
Unlike the day before, when No. 21 Baylor softball stranded 10 runners in a 2-1 loss, the Bears made the most of every opportunity and swept both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, 3-1 and 4-0, to win its third-straight series against the Kansas Jayhawks.
Dariana Orme (11-4) picked up her second save of the season by striking out two of the three batters she faced in game one, then tossed a complete-game two-hitter in the nightcap while getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning.
"I wasn't worried. I knew we were going to get out of that," Orme said. "I try to not get tense in those moments and trust the defense because I know they've got me."
Just like the day before, the Bears (27-9, 2-4) got three runners on base in the first inning with an Amber Toven double sandwiched between a pair of walks. Kate Brooks (4-3) limited the damage by retiring the next three batters, but Baylor got on the board when McKenzie Wilson scored on Sydney Collazos's fielder's choice grounder to the right side.
"We got balls on the ground, sacrifice flies, and just did what we needed to get done to get runs across the plate," Collazos said. "We hit the ball well (Friday), but we came out today with a deeper vengeance and knew we had to do our job."
In an almost identical situation, Baylor got its first three runners on base again in the second inning. Wilson drove in pinch-runner Caroline Rowatt with a sacrifice fly to center to make it 2-0, but Emily Hott popped up to shortstop to leave the bases loaded.
Kansas (19-14, 1-2) threatened in the fourth with a pair of two-out hits, but freshman pitcher RyLee Crandall (9-4) snuffed out the threat by getting Lyric Moore on a liner to third and Ashlyn Anderson on a groundout to third.
The Jayhawks made things interesting when they scored an unearned run in the top of the fifth, when 9-hole hitter Haleigh Harper drove in pinch-runner Peyton Renzi with a single up the middle to make it 2-1. But the Bears responded with a run in the bottom of the frame, with Shaylon Govan drawing her third walk and pinch-runner Ashlyn Wachtendorf coming home on a wild pitch.
Kaci West got the last two outs in the sixth, then Orme had a 1-2-3 seventh inning to preserve the win for Crandall.
"Philosophically, coaches have to decide how much pressure to put on in a situation like this, how to be real with them" Baylor coach Glenn Moore said. "I said I'm just going to be real with you. Finishing at the bottom of the Big 12 is not acceptable. We've got to get some wins."
Dominant in Friday's 2-1 victory, KU starter Kasey Hamilton (7-5) was touched up for three runs (two earned) on three walks, one hit and a wild pitch in the first three innings.
In the second, Emily Hott led off with a double down the right-field line and came around to score when Hamilton overthrew third base on Presleigh Pilon's fielder's choice grounder. Leadoff walks by Wilson and Toven in the second led to a pair of runs on a Collazos sac fly and another wild pitch to make it 3-0.
The Bears tacked on an insurance run in the fifth. Toven reached on an error, Josie Bower was hit by a pitch and Collazos singled to load the bases before Pilon came through with an RBI single up the middle that scored Bower to give Baylor a four-run cushion.
Orme sat down the first seven batters and faced just two over the minimum through the first six innings. Kansas loaded the bases, but the junior pitcher got out of it and ended the game when Sara Roszak grounded to second base.
"I thought I was on but I only had three (strikeouts)," Orme said, "so that means my teammates were back there working their butts off to get those outs. I think it was all of us that were on today. The defense was amazing."
Getting a break from Big 12 play, the Bears will play fourth-ranked Tennessee and Mercer twice each in the Tennessee Invitational next Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, in Knoxville, Tenn.
WACO, Texas – No. 21 Baylor Softball defeated Kansas 3-1 in game one and 4-0 in game two to take the series win over the Jayhawks Saturday afternoon at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears, now 27-9 on the season and 2-4 in conference play, bounced back after falling to Kansas in game one to secure the 2-1 series victory.
After deciding to play a doubleheader due to incoming inclement weather, Baylor only allowed six Jayhawk hits and one unearned run.
THE RUNDOWN
The Bears came out swinging in game one. After a leadoff walk from McKenzie Wilson, Amber Toven doubled to left-center putting two on for Shaylon Govan who was intentionally walked. With the bases loaded, Sydney Collazos reached on a fielder's choice and brought home Toven from third.
After retiring the Jayhawks in order for the second-straight inning, the Bears capitalized on a bases-loaded bottom of the second. Zadie LaValley walked before Pilon reached on a fielder's choice, as pinch-runner Caroline Rowatt was also safe on the play due to a dropped ball. With two on, Taylor Strain reached on a catcher's interference call and Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield that brought home Rowatt.
Starting pitcher RyLee Crandall and the Bears' defense sat the Jayhawks down in order again in the top of the third, before allowing the first Kansas hit in the top of the fourth.
After a Baylor error in the top of the fifth, Kansas brought home its lone run of the game on a single up the middle.
Baylor scored its last run in the bottom of the fifth when pinch-runner Ashlyn Wachtendorf came home on a wild pitch.
In game two, the Bears got on the board early again when Emily Hott led off the second inning with a double down the right-field line and then came around to score on a fielder's choice and Jayhawk error.
The Bears were able to capitalize again in the bottom of the third when back-to-back walks and two stolen bases put runners on second and third with one out. Collazos, who had the first RBI in game one, picked up another one with an RBI sacrifice fly to right field. During the next at-bat, Toven scored from third on a wild pitch and made it a 3-0 ballgame.
BU scored its final run in the bottom of the fifth after loading the bases on an error, a hit batter and a single. Presleigh Pilon then knocked a single up the middle to bring home Josie Bower.
After a quiet fifth inning, Kansas loaded the bases in the top of the seventh, but a strikeout, fly out ad fielder's choice erased the Jayhawks' threat and secured the Bears' 4-0 win.
HIGHLIGHTS
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Glenn Moore
"I said that after the game to the girls that we did some things situationally that paid off, whether it was taking an extra base or getting a sacrifice fly. We got a little soft slap by Presleigh Pilon, and just made some things happen. We were a little frustrated with our short game, our bunting and making contact at the right contact spot. We did a little better job at that today. We didn't do a great job early, but we made adjustments and ended up producing more because of it. We didn't swing the bat as well as I'd like. I'm not sure how much I need to attribute to their pitching, but we were up there fighting. Shaylon is always a factor and having to take her out of the game was going to make a difference in how they pitch us."
Pitcher Dariana Orme on her game …
"I thought I was on but I only had 3 Ks, so that means my teammates were back there working their butts off to get those outs. I think it was all of us that were on today, the defense was amazing."
Catcher Sydney Collazos on the games …
"We came in today knowing these two games were really important. We didn't let it intimidate us or make us anxious. We took it as a challenge. We were excited coming into today and we won. Even though it was long and tiring, we played great as a team."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will hit the road to Knoxville, Tenn., for the Tennessee Invitational, where they will take on the No. 4-ranked Volunteers and the Mercer Bears on April 6-7.
Baylor Bear Insider
Unlike the day before, when No. 21 Baylor softball stranded 10 runners in a 2-1 loss, the Bears made the most of every opportunity and swept both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, 3-1 and 4-0, to win its third-straight series against the Kansas Jayhawks.
Dariana Orme (11-4) picked up her second save of the season by striking out two of the three batters she faced in game one, then tossed a complete-game two-hitter in the nightcap while getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning.
"I wasn't worried. I knew we were going to get out of that," Orme said. "I try to not get tense in those moments and trust the defense because I know they've got me."
Just like the day before, the Bears (27-9, 2-4) got three runners on base in the first inning with an Amber Toven double sandwiched between a pair of walks. Kate Brooks (4-3) limited the damage by retiring the next three batters, but Baylor got on the board when McKenzie Wilson scored on Sydney Collazos's fielder's choice grounder to the right side.
"We got balls on the ground, sacrifice flies, and just did what we needed to get done to get runs across the plate," Collazos said. "We hit the ball well (Friday), but we came out today with a deeper vengeance and knew we had to do our job."
In an almost identical situation, Baylor got its first three runners on base again in the second inning. Wilson drove in pinch-runner Caroline Rowatt with a sacrifice fly to center to make it 2-0, but Emily Hott popped up to shortstop to leave the bases loaded.
Kansas (19-14, 1-2) threatened in the fourth with a pair of two-out hits, but freshman pitcher RyLee Crandall (9-4) snuffed out the threat by getting Lyric Moore on a liner to third and Ashlyn Anderson on a groundout to third.
The Jayhawks made things interesting when they scored an unearned run in the top of the fifth, when 9-hole hitter Haleigh Harper drove in pinch-runner Peyton Renzi with a single up the middle to make it 2-1. But the Bears responded with a run in the bottom of the frame, with Shaylon Govan drawing her third walk and pinch-runner Ashlyn Wachtendorf coming home on a wild pitch.
Kaci West got the last two outs in the sixth, then Orme had a 1-2-3 seventh inning to preserve the win for Crandall.
"Philosophically, coaches have to decide how much pressure to put on in a situation like this, how to be real with them" Baylor coach Glenn Moore said. "I said I'm just going to be real with you. Finishing at the bottom of the Big 12 is not acceptable. We've got to get some wins."
Dominant in Friday's 2-1 victory, KU starter Kasey Hamilton (7-5) was touched up for three runs (two earned) on three walks, one hit and a wild pitch in the first three innings.
In the second, Emily Hott led off with a double down the right-field line and came around to score when Hamilton overthrew third base on Presleigh Pilon's fielder's choice grounder. Leadoff walks by Wilson and Toven in the second led to a pair of runs on a Collazos sac fly and another wild pitch to make it 3-0.
The Bears tacked on an insurance run in the fifth. Toven reached on an error, Josie Bower was hit by a pitch and Collazos singled to load the bases before Pilon came through with an RBI single up the middle that scored Bower to give Baylor a four-run cushion.
Orme sat down the first seven batters and faced just two over the minimum through the first six innings. Kansas loaded the bases, but the junior pitcher got out of it and ended the game when Sara Roszak grounded to second base.
"I thought I was on but I only had three (strikeouts)," Orme said, "so that means my teammates were back there working their butts off to get those outs. I think it was all of us that were on today. The defense was amazing."
Getting a break from Big 12 play, the Bears will play fourth-ranked Tennessee and Mercer twice each in the Tennessee Invitational next Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, in Knoxville, Tenn.
WACO, Texas – No. 21 Baylor Softball defeated Kansas 3-1 in game one and 4-0 in game two to take the series win over the Jayhawks Saturday afternoon at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears, now 27-9 on the season and 2-4 in conference play, bounced back after falling to Kansas in game one to secure the 2-1 series victory.
After deciding to play a doubleheader due to incoming inclement weather, Baylor only allowed six Jayhawk hits and one unearned run.
THE RUNDOWN
The Bears came out swinging in game one. After a leadoff walk from McKenzie Wilson, Amber Toven doubled to left-center putting two on for Shaylon Govan who was intentionally walked. With the bases loaded, Sydney Collazos reached on a fielder's choice and brought home Toven from third.
After retiring the Jayhawks in order for the second-straight inning, the Bears capitalized on a bases-loaded bottom of the second. Zadie LaValley walked before Pilon reached on a fielder's choice, as pinch-runner Caroline Rowatt was also safe on the play due to a dropped ball. With two on, Taylor Strain reached on a catcher's interference call and Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield that brought home Rowatt.
Starting pitcher RyLee Crandall and the Bears' defense sat the Jayhawks down in order again in the top of the third, before allowing the first Kansas hit in the top of the fourth.
After a Baylor error in the top of the fifth, Kansas brought home its lone run of the game on a single up the middle.
Baylor scored its last run in the bottom of the fifth when pinch-runner Ashlyn Wachtendorf came home on a wild pitch.
In game two, the Bears got on the board early again when Emily Hott led off the second inning with a double down the right-field line and then came around to score on a fielder's choice and Jayhawk error.
The Bears were able to capitalize again in the bottom of the third when back-to-back walks and two stolen bases put runners on second and third with one out. Collazos, who had the first RBI in game one, picked up another one with an RBI sacrifice fly to right field. During the next at-bat, Toven scored from third on a wild pitch and made it a 3-0 ballgame.
BU scored its final run in the bottom of the fifth after loading the bases on an error, a hit batter and a single. Presleigh Pilon then knocked a single up the middle to bring home Josie Bower.
After a quiet fifth inning, Kansas loaded the bases in the top of the seventh, but a strikeout, fly out ad fielder's choice erased the Jayhawks' threat and secured the Bears' 4-0 win.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Six different Bears recorded hits over the two games
- Presleigh Pilon was the only batter to record multiple hits on the day, going a combined 2-for-6
- Sydney Collazos brought home two RBI over the two games
- RyLee Crandall picked up the win in game one, improving to 9-4 on the season
- Dariana Orme picked up her second save of the season in game one, before picking up the win in game two and improving to 11-4 on the season. She had five strikeouts on the day
- The Bears didn't allow an earned run on the day
- BU picked up its 10th shutout of the season
- Josie Bower is now tied for 2nd all-time in Baylor softball history in hit by pitches (25), tying Kelley Levesque
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Glenn Moore
"I said that after the game to the girls that we did some things situationally that paid off, whether it was taking an extra base or getting a sacrifice fly. We got a little soft slap by Presleigh Pilon, and just made some things happen. We were a little frustrated with our short game, our bunting and making contact at the right contact spot. We did a little better job at that today. We didn't do a great job early, but we made adjustments and ended up producing more because of it. We didn't swing the bat as well as I'd like. I'm not sure how much I need to attribute to their pitching, but we were up there fighting. Shaylon is always a factor and having to take her out of the game was going to make a difference in how they pitch us."
Pitcher Dariana Orme on her game …
"I thought I was on but I only had 3 Ks, so that means my teammates were back there working their butts off to get those outs. I think it was all of us that were on today, the defense was amazing."
Catcher Sydney Collazos on the games …
"We came in today knowing these two games were really important. We didn't let it intimidate us or make us anxious. We took it as a challenge. We were excited coming into today and we won. Even though it was long and tiring, we played great as a team."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will hit the road to Knoxville, Tenn., for the Tennessee Invitational, where they will take on the No. 4-ranked Volunteers and the Mercer Bears on April 6-7.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Crandall, RyLee (9-4)
L: Brooks, Katie (4-3)
S: Orme, Dariana (2)
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Batting:
2B: Bruno, Olivia 1
RBI: Harper, Haleigh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Renzi, Peyton 1
SB: Renzi, Peyton 1
Batting:
2B: Toven, Amber 1
RBI: Wilson, McKenzie 1 ; Collazos, Sydney 1
SF: Wilson, McKenzie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, McKenzie 1 ; Wachtendorf, Ashlyn 1 ; Rowatt, Caroline 1
CS: Pilon, Presleigh 1
HBP: Collazos, Sydney 1
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