After the rough first inning, Meika Lauppe settled in and took over in the circle. She retired 12 straight hitters from the end of the first inning into the fifth inning. When Baylor put two on in the fifth, she again forced a groundout to end any scoring threats the Bears had.
Lauppe earned her ninth win of the season by holding Baylor to two runs (one earned) on three hits in five innings. She added three strikeouts and didn’t walk any
The Sun Devils added an insurance run in the sixth. Allen singled to right and reached second on an error. Grace Molitor came on as a pinch runner and scored from second on a single into the gap by Hall.
Kenzie Brown closed out the win by working the final two innings for ASU. She allowed a pair of hits, but struck out four to notch her fourth save of the season.
Hall’s two hits led the Sun Devils. She also picked up a pair of stolen bases.
Notable
- Hall’s home run was the 40th of her career and 10th this season.
- Tiare Ho-Ching singled in the fifth inning to extend her hitting streak to eight games.
- It’s her second eight-game hitting streak of the season and it started the first game after the previous streak ended.
- Allen extended her hitting streak to a career-best four games and she now has a hit in seven of the last nine outings.
- Mejia’s home run was No. 13 on the season, making her just the fifth freshman in program history with at least 13 in their debut season.
- Mejia has recorded an RBI in nine of the last 11 games.
- With four strikeouts, Brown moved to 12th in program history for strikeouts in a season with 234. She needs four to move into 10th.
- This was the 11th time this season the Sun Devils overcame a deficit to win a game.
Quotable
Head Coach Megan Bartlett
On the offensive performance
“Timely hitting wins a lot of ball games. Ashleigh kept doing her thing, and then it was nice for Kelsey to come back to us. The fact that she got through a couple of balls was great for the ball club and great for Kelsey’s confidence. We’re pretty excited.”
On having the chance to complete the sweep tomorrow
“Super proud of the girls. We just have to keep taking care of business and play to our capabilities. Hopefully, we will start the game a little bit stronger than we did tonight, but just very proud of the girls.”
Up Next
The Sun Devils play their final home game of the season on Saturday at 1 p.m. Senior Day will also be celebrated after the game.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Kimberlie Haner
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