CANYON, Texas – The #12 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M connected on five homeruns and senior
Kilee Halbert tossed another gem in the circle as WT raced past the visiting Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico, 14-1 on Friday night at Schaeffer Park in Canyon.
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The Lady Buffs and Greyhounds wrap-up the regular season on Saturday afternoon with a Senior Day doubleheader scheduled for 1 p.m. at Schaeffer Park in Canyon, Texas.
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THE BASICS:
-Â Game Score:Â #12 West Texas A&M 14, Eastern New Mexico 1 (5 Innings)
- Records:Â WT (36-10, 19-6 LSC) / ENMU (18-32, 9-19 LSC)
-Â Location:Â Canyon, Texas
-Â Venue: Schaeffer Park
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HOW IT HAPPENENED:
Ashley Hardin connected on her 79
th career homerun to give the Lady Buffs an early 1-0 lead with a leadoff solo homerun to center field followed later in the inning by a two-run frozen rope to left center by
Suka Van Gurp for a 3-0 lead.
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Stevie McLemore led off the second with a triple to left field followed by an ENMU fielding error to make it 4-0, Hardin continued her big senior campaign at the plate as the senior crushed her 80
th career homerun to left center for a two-run shot. WT wasn't done yet as
Kourtney Coveney blasted a solo shot to right field followed later in the inning by an
Allie Smith sac fly to center to make it 8-0.
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Eastern got on the board in the top of the third inning with a bloop double down the right field line for their first hit of the game to leadoff the frame followed by a grounder to the circle and an infield single to make it 8-1, WT added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as
Shayne Starkey tripled to the right center field gap with two outs and the bases loaded to score three more and run the lead to 11-1.
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The Lady Buffs added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as
Alyx Cordell crushed a two-run shot to left center with one out followed by a Hardin single thru the left side that turned into a stolen base and a pair of throwing errors to make it 14-1.
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That's all that
Kilee Halbert would need as the Dalhart native moved to 19-6 overall on the season, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts in the complete game victory.