Feb. 24, 2006
Box Score
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. --- The No. 18 Baylor softball team split a pair of games on the first day of action at the Palm Springs Classic, falling to Pacific 4-1 before defeating No. 22 Oregon 9-6. With the split, Baylor moves to 7-4 on the season.
In game one against Pacific, the Tigers jumped out to an early lead on Baylor with two runs in the top of the first inning when Jennifer Curtier and Kristen Allen recorded RBI singles.
Following a RBI single by Pacific's Gina Carbonatto in the top of the fourth inning, Baylor finally managed to get on the board when Brette Reagan blasted a solo home run down the left field line to lead off the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 3-1. The home run was Reagan's fourth of the season as the freshman leads the team in home runs and has reached base in every game this season.
Pacific added a run in the sixth to make the score 4-1 as it would be more than enough for the Tigers who went on to claim the three-run victory.
Chelsea Engle got the win for Pacific to improve to 2-2 on the season after tossing 3.2 innings of no-hit relief while striking out four.
Ashley Monceaux fell to 2-2 on the season after allowing three earned runs on seven hits in five innings of work.
In a wild game against No. 22 Oregon, Tessa Lynam's two home runs and four RBI lifted the Lady Bears to a 9-6 victory over the Ducks.
Baylor jumped on Oregon pitching early as two key, two-out hits in the top of the first gave the Lady Bears an early 4-0 lead. Reagan started the scoring as she singled through the left side, scoring Kelly Osburn and Harmony Schwethelm to give the Lady Bears a two-run advantage. Lynam followed with a mammoth blast over the center field wall as Baylor grabbed the early four-run lead.
Oregon cut the lead in half on a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the inning; but, Baylor extended the lead back to four when Lynam, in the top of the third, hit another two-run home run to straight-away center field as the Lady Bears took a 6-2 lead. The two home runs in a game tied the school record and marked the fourth time in Lynam's Baylor career she has hit two home runs in a single contest.
The Ducks managed to chip away at the Baylor lead; however, as Kayleen Hudson hit a solo home run in the fourth as Oregon added two unearned runs in the fifth to make the score 6-5.
After each team traded runs in the sixth, Baylor managed to put the game away with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh. Aggressive base-running allowed Reagan to score from second on an infield single by Kylie Conroy as Lauren Parker put the finishing touches on the Lady Bears 9-6 victory with a RBI single to score Conroy from second.
Senior Sarah Hausner, who came into the game in the sixth, retired the Ducks in the bottom of the inning to pick up her first career save after allowing no runs in two innings of work.
Lisa Ferguson picked up the win for Baylor to improve to 3-1 on the season after allowing two earned runs on six hits in five innings of work.
Amy Harris (4-4) suffered the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits in three innings of work.
Lynam led the way with two home runs, two sacrifice hits and four RBI as Conroy added three hits and Regan three runs for the Lady Bears in the victory.
Baylor will return to action at the Palm Springs Classic when the Lady Bears face No. 6 Stanford at 3:00 p.m. followed by a meeting with No. 11 Oregon State at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.
