Missouri Southern, trailing 3-2, scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and defeated Northwestern State (Okla.) 5-3 in the second game of a doubleheader Monday at Lea Kungle Field.
Northwestern State won the first game 1-0 on a seventh-inning home run by third baseman Alyssa Taylor.
Michala Wood started the Lions’ sixth-inning rally with a one-out single and Brooklyn Farrell was hit by a pitch. With two out, Chloe Brown’s single scored Farrell, Alana Hester’s single drove in pinch hitter Sara Stearns, and a single by Brooke Swadley drove in Brown.
Missouri Southern took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on pitcher Haley Pypes’ two-out single that drove in Hester, who was 3-for-4 and led off the inning with a single and stole second.
The Lions added a run in the second inning when Farrell singled, was sacrificed to second, stole third and scored on Hester’s single.
Pypes (5-3) allowed three hits and one earned run in seven innings. She walked six and struck out six.
In the first game, MSSU pitcher Sarah Williams allowed a run on six hits, struck out two and walked six.
The Lions (14-10) will play 23rd-ranked Winona State (Minn.) in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. today at Lea Kungle Field.
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Large-school state track and field competition begins today
Globe File Carl Junction's Alex McMullen (left), pictured during the district track meet on May 11, is part of the Bulldogs' 4x400 relay team that has qualified for the Class 3 state meet in Jefferson City.
Shane Williams of Mount Vernon is among the favorites in three events at the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Dwight Reed Stadium in Jefferson City.
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