No. 16 Baylor Takes Two From Cyclones

WACO, Texas – Tori Torrescano hit her 11th home run of the season on Friday as Iowa State (14-18, 0-2 Big 12) dropped two at No. 16 Baylor (28-7, 2-2 Big 12), losing game one, 0-13, and rallying to tie game two in the seventh inning before falling, 3-4 in 10 innings.

With the Cyclones trailing, 3-1, in the second contest of the day, Erica Miller got the Cyclones on base in the final frame with a leadoff single before Torrescano teed off on the first pitch she saw from reliever Whitney Canion (15-4), sending the ball into the parking lot beyond the left field wall for the tie score.

Canion helped her cause with a lead-off single in the 10th, setting herself up to score the winning run on Katie Thumann's sacrifice fly to deep center. In the circle for six innings, giving up five hits and two runs while walking three and striking out 11.

Freshman Brittany Gomez swiped her 21st base of the season in game two, further separating herself from Iowa State's former base-stealing stars.

The scoreboard was quiet until Linsey Hays singled to drive in a run in the bottom of the third for the 1-0 lead and Hays would put the Bears on top again in the bottom of the fifth with her second RBI single of the game, her fourth RBI single on the combined day.

Although Iowa State had at least one baserunner in each of the first four frames, the Cyclones did not convert runners into runs until the fifth when Jorden Spendlove lifted a single over the Baylor first baseman's head with two outs, scoring Gomez, who walked to lead off the inning. In the end, Iowa State would put runners on base each of the game's first nine innings.

Cyclone starter Riley Fisher took a no-decision, after allowing just three Baylor hits and a lone run through four innings before absorbing Baylor's two fifth inning runs. In total, Fisher gave up three runs on six hits while walking five and fanning one.

Junior reliever Taylor Smith (5-5) took the loss after giving up the final run of the game. In four an two-thirds innings of work, Smith allowed four hits, walked two and struck out none.

In game one, Thumann led the Bears with four RBI as Baylor posted eight runs in the first inning, collecting six hits and benefiting from two Cyclone errors. In the second, Baylor extended its lead to 13-0 on the back of a two-run homer from Jordan Strickland.

Torrescano (7-8) took the loss, throwing one and two-thirds innings, allowing 11 hits, 13 runs, eight earned, while walking four and striking out one.

Miller, Lexi Slater and Spendlove each had hits for the Cyclones against Canion who recorded the win, not allowing a run on three Iowa State hits; she walked no one and struck out five in her three innings in the circle.

The teams take to the field for the final time on Saturday, scheduled for a noon CDT start.

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