CANYON, Texas – Candace Abrams picked up her 200thwin at West Texas A&M as the No. 21 Lady Buffs defeated MSU Texas 3-1 on Thursday night in front of 215 fans at Schaeffer Park behind strong performances from Alyx Cordell and Kyra Lair. The second-year head coach has now gone 200-44 (.820) since joining the program in 2015.
The Lady Buffs finish the three-game series against the Mustangs with a doubleheader on Friday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
THE BASICS
Score:West Texas A&M 3, MSU Texas 1
Records:West Texas A&M (13-4, 7-0 LSC), MSU Texas (9-7, 2-5 LSC)
Location:Canyon, Texas
Lair retired the first nine batters that she faced including four strikeouts before Tucker Caraway registered a walk in the top of the fourth inning. She would make her way to third with one out on a single from Lauren Lindgren before Lair buckled down and forced back-to-back fly balls to end the threat. WT would open the scoring in the bottom half of the inning as Cordell singled down the line to plate two Lady Buffs. After consecutive strikeouts, Shanna McBroom singled through the left side followed by a walk by India Holland and hit by pitch by Erica Vessels. Cordell hit a blooper down the left field line to plate McBroom and Holland and make it 2-0.
The Mustangs got one back in the top of the fourth following a one out single to left field by Ashley Turner. Caycee Griffin followed that up with a double to the gap in left center but would go no further as Lair retired the next two batters to keep the Lady Buffs up one. The Lady Buffs would add an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on a pinch hit double to the gap in left from Miranda Grotenhuis to score Holland for the second time in the game.
Lair (8-0) sat the Mustangs down in order in the top of the seventh to pick up her eighth win of the season holding the visitors to one run (one earned) on five hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
