OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Sydni Jones and Courtney Wray connected on back-to-back home runs as ninth-seeded Iowa State beat eighth-seeded Baylor, 6-4, in 10 innings Friday evening at the Big 12 Championships. The Cyclones advance to face top-seeded Texas A&M on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
The Cyclones (29-28) held leads in the seventh and ninth but Baylor (23-14) was able to scrap back on each occasion and keep the game going until Jones and Wray went yard in consecutive at bats in the 10th. Iowa State starter Rachel Zabriskie tossed a hitless bottom of the frame to give ISU its first win at the Big 12 tournament since 2002. It also marks the first time in tournament history that the nine seed has defeated the eighth-seeded team.
Iowa State put two on the board in the first inning as it strung together four hits off Baylor starter Kirsten Shortridge. With two outs, Alex Johnson got things started with a single down the left field line just over the outstretched arms of third baseman Brette Reagan. Ariel Coburn then singled to center and advanced to second on the throw as Johnson moved to third. Jones then poked a single to right field that plated both Johnson and Coburn for her 25th and 26th runs batted in on the season.
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