Box Score

HONOLULU, Hawaii - No. 21/22 Baylor softball (19-5) finished with a perfect 5-0 record on the weekend, defeating the hosting Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (12-14), 3-0, on Saturday afternoon at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Heather Stearns (9-2) would go the distance, pitching her second complete game of the weekend. Stearns allowed just one hit and no runs, shutting out Hawaii for the win.

The Lady Bears plated three runs on nine hits, but got off to a slow start pushing the first run across on a passed ball, with Shelby Friudenberg scoring after leading off with a single.

The two sides stayed locked up through most of the game until the top of the sixth, when Baylor picked up a pair of insurance runs for some breathing room.

Friudenberg picked up her second hit of the day, followed by a single from Jessie Scroggins. Sydney Christensen picked up a pinch-hit single, loading the bases and bringing up Caitlin Charlton.

Charlton, hitless on the weekend, broke through with a two-RBI double stroked down the third base line into the corner, scoring both Friudenberg and Scroggins to extend the BU lead to 3-0.

Stearns was lights out down the stretch, retiring the final six batters to secure the victory for BU.

STAT OF THE DAY #1
14-2 - the record for Baylor over the course of a 16-game road trip

STAT OF THE DAY #2
8 - Linsey Hays' team-best RBI total for the weekend, helped by three home runs and two doubles

STAT OF THE DAY #3
.556 - Jessie Scroggins' batting average over the five games in Hawaii, leading the team for the second-straight weekend

WHAT'S NEXT
The Lady Bears return home for the first time in 23 days, hosting Cleveland State for a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 15, starting at 5 p.m.

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