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Box Score 2 BETHANY, Okla. — Hannah LeBeau hit a walk off single in the bottom of the eighth to lift Southern Nazarene to a 7-6 win over East Central in the first game of the doubleheader. ECU took the second game of the night 8-0.
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The freshman went 3-for-5 with three RBIS and one run scored in helping the Crimson Storm (11-18, 5-13 GAC) break an eight-game skid in the Great American Conference.
Lindy Fluman also went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two run scored, while
Kylie Lang went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
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Kayla Wyatt (6-7) threw all eight innings for SNU allowing six runs on six hits.
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The Crimson Storm jumped out to a 4-0 lead with two in the first and one each in the bottom half of the second and third. LeBeau drove in both runs in the first with a double to left to put the Storm on top 2-0. Lang laced a single to left in the second to make it 3-0 before
Kylee Webb hit a sacrifice fly to center to give SNU the 4-0 lead.
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ECU cut into the lead with two in the fourth, but SNU got a two run shot to left by
Lindy Fluman to put the Storm back up 6-2 in the bottom half of the inning. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the seventh with four runs, but LeBeau came through once again in the bottom of the eighth.
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In the nightcap, SNU was held to just four hits as ECU scored four in the first and two each in the fourth and seventh innings. All four hits for the Storm came from different players as
Andee Frazier (4-7) took the loss. The freshman gave up six runs, three earned, on seven hits in 3.2 innings of work.
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The Crimson Storm now get set to travel to Oklahoma Christian, Tuesday, for a 5 p.m. doubleheader.Â