ST. LOUIS - Missouri Baptist picked up a pair of wins over the Stephens Stars at home led by stellar plate appearances and commanding pitching on the defensive end.

 

Game One Recap

Brooklynn Fischer, the game one starter, came out firing for the Spartans as she struck out a pair of Stars in the top of the first inning. Missouri Baptist's offense responded to the shutout top of the first with a trio of runs as Makayla Johnson and Jacie Dees came around to score on a three-run homer off the bat of Alexi Sanchez.

 

The Spartans tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the second inning as Miranda Ladson, Emily Wright, and Grace McGinnis, pinch running for Jacie Dees, all came around to score.

 

Fischer and the Spartan defense continued to keep the Stephens offense at bay before Camryn Kessler blasted a homerun over the left field fence with Jenna Achs on base, making the score 8-0. Ladson followed up the homerun with a double and came around to score before the inning concluded.

 

Allison Leigraf and Achs scored in the bottom of the fourth inning on a Kessler double, and the Stars went down in order in the top of the fifth to wrap up the Spartans 11-1 win in the first of two games.

 

Winning Pitcher: Brooklyn Fischer (11-2)

Losing Pitcher: E. Kendrick (4-6)

 

Batting Leaders

Camryn Kessler: 2-for-3, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, R

Jenna Achs: 3-for-3, 2B, 2 R

Jacie Dees: 1-for-1, 2B, BB, RBI, R

Makayla Johnson, 1-for-1, RBI, R, SB

 

Game Two Recap

The Spartans carried their dominant performance from the first game into the second as they posted a zero in the top of the first and rallied for four runs in the bottom half with Achs driving home a run on a bases loaded walk and Kessler's bases clearing triple. Fischer tacked on another run with a sacrifice fly that brought Ladson across the plate in the second inning. 

 

The third inning was a big one for the Spartans as they scored five runs on six hits to give themselves a double digit lead over Stephens heading into the fourth inning. Missouri Baptist tacked on four more runs on four hits in the fourth inning to make it 14-0, and Taylor Whitehead was able to shut down the Stars for one more inning to give the Spartans the sweep over Stephens.

 

The Spartans lit up the scoreboard in game two, scoring three big innings and putting up 14 hits with five of them going for doubles.

 

Whitehead was prolific for the Spartans in the circle for game two as she struck out 12 of the Stephens batters in her five inning complete game shutout.

 

Winning Pitcher: Taylor Whitehead (10-1)

Losing Pitcher: K. Dennis (4-4)

 

Batting Leaders

Jenna Achs: 2-for-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB

Alexi Sanchez: 3-for-3, 3 R

Camryn Kessler: 2-for-2, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI

 

Records

Missouri Baptist: 24-4 (6-0 AMC)

Stephens: 10-14 (4-2 AMC)

 

Next Game

The Spartans are back at it tomorrow at Spartan Softball Field as they host Columbia for another AMC doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.

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