SHAWNEE –
The Oklahoma Baptist softball team put up three innings worth of crooked numbers and took advantage of seven Arkansas Tech errors to roll to a 14-3 win in five innings on Friday evening at the OBU Softball Complex.
The Bison pounded out 10 hits, scoring six runs in the third and five runs in the fifth while Arkansas Tech struggled defensively all game.
The Golden Suns were the ones who struck first, scoring two in the top half of the second to take an early 2-0 lead.
OBU responded with three runs in the bottom half of the second thanks to three Tech errors in the inning.
Asia Henry drove home a run on a RBI single while
Kylie Kawamura added a two RBI single.
Tech evened the game with a solo shot which saw
Aspen Younce enter the game. Younce was terrific, allowing no hits the rest of the way and slowing down the Golden Suns offense.
OBU opened the game up with six runs in the third inning behind a RBI single from
Emily Richardson, a RBI double from
Kaytlyn Marsh, and a RBI single from
McKenna Anderson. Henry and Kawamura added RBIs on deep fly balls.
In the fourth, OBU added five more runs on a three RBI single from Henry and followed with two more runs on an error by Tech.
Younce finished the game off and earned the win, pitching 3.0 scoreless innings with two strikeouts to go with two walks.
Henry was 2-for-3 on the day with five RBI and three runs scored while Kawamura was 1-for-2 with three RBI.
Shelby Savage was 2-for-2 with two runs scored while Anderson was 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored. Marsh was 1-for-3 with a double, a RBI, and two runs scored.
OBU will return to action against the Golden Suns with a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 12 p.m.
