BETHANY, Okla. — Kristin Shumaker drove in the game-winning run in extra innings to help Southern Nazarene get a 5-4 win the second game of a Great American Conference doubleheader with Oklahoma Baptist. The Bison took the first game with a 4-2 victory Wednesday afternoon.
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After a scoreless first, Southern Nazarene (12-26, 8-18 GAC) scored the first run of the day in the second.
Katelyn Brown led the inning off with a single to left then came around to score after
Riley Brown doubled to deep right center.
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Both teams were held scoreless in the third and fourth. Oklahoma Baptist took the lead in the fifth after scoring three runs to put the score at 3-1. The Crimson Storm were able to get one run back in the bottom of the fifth.
Riley Brown led the inning off with a double to right center.
Kriston Shumaker moved
Riley Brown over to third after hitting a single up the middle. With runners on the corners, a
Kyndall Freer-Christopher fielder's choice scored
Riley Brown to make it a 3-2 game.
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The Bison added a run in the seventh and were able to hold the Storm scoreless in the bottom of the seventh on their way to a 4-2 win.
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Katelyn Brown (9-11) took the loss after giving up four runs, on eight hits, in seven innings of work.
Riley Brown went 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI, and one run scored. Sauer went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.
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In the nightcap, Oklahoma Baptist got out to an early lead, as the Bison were able to score two runs in the first. SNU knotted the game up at 2-2 after plating two runs in the third.
Jacey James singled to right, then one batter later, a Sauer home run to right center tied the game up.
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Oklahoma Baptist scored one run in the fourth to take the lead at 3-2. The Storm answered with a run of their own in the fourth. With a runner on third, Freer-Christopher hit a sacrifice fly ball to center to score
Katelyn Brown. The game didn't remain tied for long as OBU added another run in the fifth to make it a 4-3 game.
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Southern Nazarene tied the game up at 4-4 in the fifth after
Riley Brown singled through the left side of the field to score
Kai Sanchez.
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Neither team were able to score in the sixth or the seventh. The Bison led the eighth inning off with a double and were able to load the bases up with just one out.
Katelyn Brown recorded the second out of the inning after she struck out the OBU pinch-hitter. With two outs and the bases loaded, the next Bison batter hit a fly ball to center. The ball looked like it was going to drop for a hit and score the possible go ahead run for Oklahoma Baptist. However, a diving Sanchez was able to make an incredible catch in shallow center field to record the third out of the inning. The catch kept the game tied up at 4-4 going into the bottom of the eighth.
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Amy Reynolds led the inning off with a double to right center and was pinch run for by
Logan Sundbye.
Kendal Stockstill laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Sundbye over to third with one out, then a Shumaker fielder's choice scored the game-winning run for the Crimson Storm.
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Katelyn Brown got the win as she came in and pitched three innings of relief.
Jacey James,
Riley Brown, and
Katelyn Brown all recorded two hits each. Sauer went 1-for-1 with three walks and a two-run home run. With hits in both games today, Sauer extended her hitting-streak to 12 games.