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Friday, April 26
Collins Family Softball Complex
7 PM
Tulsa
31-16, 12-4
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29-21, 10-6
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Photo by: James Taylor
No. 25 Tulsa Falls to Visiting Wichita State on Friday Night, 4-0
4/26/2019 9:31:00 PM | Softball
Box Score | Season Stats
TULSA, Okla. – Wichita State scored all four of its runs over the final three innings and rode a one-hitter from Erin McDonald to defeat No. 25 Tulsa, 4-0, on Friday night to open a three-game American Athletic Conference series at the Collins Family Softball Complex.
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Mikayla Whitten had the only hit of the night for the Golden Hurricane (31-16, 12-4), with a two-out single in the fifth inning. Kassidy Scott did not allow a hit until the fourth but fell to 8-5 on the season after she allowed four runs on six hits through 5.2 frames.
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Meanwhile, McDonald improved to 12-10 as she went the distance and tallied five strikeouts against one hit and two walks. Neleigh Herring hit a two-run homer for her fifth blast of the season to help pace the offense for the Shockers (29-21, 10-6).
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Both pitchers came out on fire to start, matching each other zero for zero. Scott retired the first 10 batters that she faced before Ryleigh Buck's one-out single in the fourth. The junior got the next two hitters out to avoid any damage, but Wichita State broke through with two runs an inning later.
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Bailee Nickerson started the inning with a double and it looked as though Scott might escape the jam, but Herring took the first pitch of her at-bat over the wall for a two-out, two-run homer. The Shockers doubled the advantage to 4-0 with two more runs in the sixth.
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Tulsa's best scoring opportunity came in the bottom of the fifth, when it loaded the bases with two outs. Alexis Perry was hit by a pitch before Whitten's single put the tying run on base. The Shockers pitched around Julia Hollingsworth to load the bases, but McDonald got out of the jam with a flyout.
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The WSU hurler retired the final seven batters that she faced to close out the 4-0 victory, handing the Golden Hurricane its first league loss at home this spring.
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Game two of the series is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27.
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TULSA, Okla. – Wichita State scored all four of its runs over the final three innings and rode a one-hitter from Erin McDonald to defeat No. 25 Tulsa, 4-0, on Friday night to open a three-game American Athletic Conference series at the Collins Family Softball Complex.
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Mikayla Whitten had the only hit of the night for the Golden Hurricane (31-16, 12-4), with a two-out single in the fifth inning. Kassidy Scott did not allow a hit until the fourth but fell to 8-5 on the season after she allowed four runs on six hits through 5.2 frames.
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Meanwhile, McDonald improved to 12-10 as she went the distance and tallied five strikeouts against one hit and two walks. Neleigh Herring hit a two-run homer for her fifth blast of the season to help pace the offense for the Shockers (29-21, 10-6).
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Both pitchers came out on fire to start, matching each other zero for zero. Scott retired the first 10 batters that she faced before Ryleigh Buck's one-out single in the fourth. The junior got the next two hitters out to avoid any damage, but Wichita State broke through with two runs an inning later.
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Bailee Nickerson started the inning with a double and it looked as though Scott might escape the jam, but Herring took the first pitch of her at-bat over the wall for a two-out, two-run homer. The Shockers doubled the advantage to 4-0 with two more runs in the sixth.
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Tulsa's best scoring opportunity came in the bottom of the fifth, when it loaded the bases with two outs. Alexis Perry was hit by a pitch before Whitten's single put the tying run on base. The Shockers pitched around Julia Hollingsworth to load the bases, but McDonald got out of the jam with a flyout.
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The WSU hurler retired the final seven batters that she faced to close out the 4-0 victory, handing the Golden Hurricane its first league loss at home this spring.
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Game two of the series is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McDonald, Erin (12-10)
L: Scott, Kassidy (8-5)
Batting:
2B: Nickerson, Bailee 1 ; Reese, Adi 1
HR: Herring, Neleigh 1
RBI: Derrico, Laurie 1 ; Reese, Adi 1 ; Herring, Neleigh 2
SH: Reese, Adi 1
SF: Derrico, Laurie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Buck, Ryleigh 1 ; Perrigan, Madison 1 ; Eck, Kasidee 1 ; Herring, Neleigh 1
Base Running:
HBP: Perry, Alexis 1 ; Whitten, Mikayla 1
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