Lady Bison Split with NWOSU

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist split a doubleheader with Northwestern Oklahoma State Friday, losing the first game 9-5 before recording an 8-1 win.
 
OBU trailed 3-0 in the opener before Morgan Hughes singled in Shelby Savage to make it 3-1 in the second.
 
Down 5-1, Sam Barry homered in the fifth.
 
OBU scored three times in the seventh with an RBI single by Bailee Saye, and RBI grounders by Shelby Savage and Miranda Garza.
 
OBU had 10 hits in the game, including a home run, double and single by Barry, a double and a single by Madison Vaughan, two singles by Saye and a double by Jill Shipman.
 
OBU fell behind 1-0 in the fourth inning on an unearned run, but took the lead in the home half of the inning on an RBI single by Morgan Hughes and a run-scoring error.
 
Hughes added a sacrifice fly to start the scoring in a six-run sixth inning. Rachel Birchfield ripped her first home run with a runner aboard to make it 5-1. Saye singled in two more runs before scoring on an error.
 
McKenzie Jones allowed one unearned run to get the win while Haylee Zimmerman recorded a nine-out save with three shutout innings.
 
Barry made a pair of dazzling catches facing the left field wall to quell Northwestern rallies.
 
OBU had 10 hits in the game, including two each by Birchfield and Savage.
 
The teams meet for a noon doubleheader Saturday at Lady Bison Park.