Cyclones Swept In Stillwater

GAME ONE STATS | GAME TWO STATS

STILLWATER, Okla. - After combining for three runs in game one of their weekend series, Iowa State (12-28, 1-11 Big 12) and Oklahoma State (21-16, 5-6 Big 12) put up 29 runs in a doubleheader Saturday, with the Cowgirls walking away with the 7-6 (8 innings) and 10-6 wins and a series sweep.

Jorden Smith, Sara Davison, Erica Miller and Tori Torrescano each hit home runs on Saturday; Miller's seventh four-bagger of the season went over the batter's eye in dead centerfield to score two runs in game two and move the junior to third all-time at Iowa State with 90 career RBIs. Miller and Torrescano each boast 25 career home runs, just one shy of second-place all-time at Iowa State.

Smith (2 RBIs) and Davison's dingers in the second and third innings, respectively, gave Iowa State an early 3-0 lead in game one but the Cowgirls were not scoreless for long, plating an unearned run in their half of the third on sacrifice fly to left from Kelsey Anchors.

Cyclone Taylor Smith gave up her first earned runs of the contest in the fourth inning, on a two-run double before Smith fielded a grounder to end the inning with the scored knotted, 3-3.

Smith exited with runners on first and second with one out in the fifth, both runs scoring later in the inning on a sac fly and bases-loaded walk by reliever Madison Jones.

Slater got a run back for Iowa State with a single up the middle in the sixth to bring Jorden Smith home from third after Smith singled to reach base earlier in the inning and, after Kat Espinosa (12-8) walked Davison with two outs, Miller continued her clutch hitting with runners on base, smashing a double to centerfield to score both Smith and Davison and putting the Cyclones back on top, 6-5.

Anchors added another RBI to her day with a single in the seventh to tie the game and an RBI double off the bat of Tamara Brown in the bottom of the eighth secured the 7-6 win for Oklahoma State.

Torrescano (7-19) picked up the loss after pitching two innings, allowing four hits and one run, walking none and striking out none.

Espinosa pitched her second complete game of the weekend, giving up 11 hits, six runs, two walks and fanning six.

Game two started much like game one with the Cyclones taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on Miller's homer.

Another lead-off hit, a single by Jorden Smith, started the second and Slater drove in the Cyclones' third run of the game with a single up the middle, bringing Smith in from third with two outs.

Oklahoma tied the score, 3-3, in the bottom of the second with a double, an illegal pitch from Iowa State starter Lauren Kennewell and a single before Kennewell was lifted. The Cowgirls added another run in the third with an RBI-single to bring the score to 4-3. Each of OSU's first four runs was scored with two outs.

Oklahoma State loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth inning on back-to-back singles and a walk that ended Taylor Smith's day in the circle, replaced by Jones. Jones' gave up back-to-back doubles to Chelses Garcia and Amy Graham, adding four runs to OSU's lead for an 8-3 lead going into the sixth.

Kayla Hardiman drove in a two-out run for Iowa State in the sixth, singling to centerfield to score Dalyn Varela, who reached on a fielder's choice earlier in the inning, bringing the Cyclones within four runs of the Cowgirls.

Tarah Ettinger put up the Cowgirls' final runs in the bottom of the sixth with a line drive double to left and Torrescano capped the day's scoring with a two-run shot off the batter's eye for the 10-6 final.

On Wednesday, Iowa State returns home, hosting intrastate rival Iowa at 4:30 p.m. CST at the Southwest Athletic Complex.

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