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Cowgirl Softball Squeaks Past Texas Tech, 3-2
March 25, 2001 | Cowgirl Softball
March 25, 2001
Stillwater, Okla. - Oklahoma State first baseman Stephanie Hodges hit a two-run home run just out of the reach of Texas Tech's Eva Harshman, propelling the Cowgirls to a 3-2 win over the Red Raiders and a split in the weekend series here Sunday afternoon. It was Hodges' first homer of the season.
After a nine-inning game Saturday in which the Cowgirls lost, 1-0, Oklahoma State went with freshman pitcher Tiffany Paper. OSU started out shaky defensively, committing two errors and a passed ball in the top of the first. The Red Raiders scored one run when Paper threw a wild pitch, but with the bases loaded, she got a force out at home and struck out Emily Bone to end the inning.
Tech added a run in the third. After Sandy Butler led off with a base hit, Shauna Briggs knocked her in with a double to left-centerfield.Butler was 2-for-3 on the day, as was leadoff hitter Tracy Cartier for Texas Tech.
Oklahoma State got on the board for the first time this weekend in the bottom of that inning. Senior Lezli Leathers walked to lead off the inning, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Casey O'Neill. Leathers then scored on a base hit by Lauren Bay down the rightfield line.
Paper threw the top of the fourth, sitting the Red Raiders down in order. In the bottom half of the stanza, senior Amanda Hayes reached on a single and scored on Hodges' dinger.
Bay moved to pitcher for the bottom of the inning, and threw three complete innings for her second save of the season.
Oklahoma State, now 18-11 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 action, will face the Wichita State Shockers on Wednesday, March 28, at 5 p.m. in Wichita, Kan.
Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2 TTU 101 000 0 - 2 7 1 OSU 001 200 x - 3 6 3 Renfro and Briggs. Paper, Bay (5) and Realmuto. WP: Paper (4-2). LP: Renfro (19-10). S-Bay (2). 2B: TTU-Briggs (6). HR: OSU-Hodges (1). T-1:57. A-314.
