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Texas A&M pitchers Amanda Scarborough and Megan Gibson lifted the Aggie softball team to a pair of 1-0 victories over Nebraska in a brilliantly played doubleheader at the Aggie Softball Complex on Friday night. The Aggies knocked off Nebraska in the first game on their only hit, a run-scoring single by freshman Macie Morrow in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gibson (13-2) got the pitching victory with a five-hitter, out-dueling Nebraska's Molly Hill. In the second game, Gibson's hitting helped Scarborough (15-4) pick up the victory with a three-hitter on nine strikeouts. Gibson slammed a solo home run in the third inning, the school-record 40th homer of her career. The Aggies moved to 31-6 for the season and 5-3 in Big 12 action. Nebraska fell to 27-13 overall and 3-4 in league. The doubleheader, which was scheduled because of the threat of bad weather Saturday, featured two of the best pitching staffs in the league. Losing the first game dropped Hill to 12-7. The eighth-inning run by A&M shattered a Husker-record 26 1/3 consecutive innings of scoreless pitching. In the second game, Scarborough out-dueled All-Big 12 pitcher Ashley DeBuhr, who allowed four hits and struck out seven. Gibson allowed five scattered hits, but none of the runners reached third base. The winning run in the first game came in the eighth when freshman Bailey Schroeder of A&M Consolidated walked to lead off the inning, then moved to third on a groundout to the right side by Sharonda McDonald, who had a 21-game hitting streak stopped. Schroeder scored when Morrow sent a single up the middle. GAME 1: Texas A&M 1, Nebraska 0 (8 innings) GAME 2: Texas A&M 1, Nebraska 0 RECORDS: A&M (31-6, 5-3 Big 12), Nebraska (27-13, 3-4) NEXT: A&M hosts TAMU-Corpus Christi, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Scarborough had a good duel with DeBuhr in the second game. Scarborough struck out the side in the first inning to set the tone. A runner reached third base in the second inning, but the Cornhuskers was stranded when Scarborough struck out two in a row. The Aggies had several chances to score. McDonald and Morrow led off the second game with successive singles. Gibson's long drive to the warning track in center was pulled down by center fielder Meghan Mullin, then Scarborough struck out and Jamie Hinshaw popped up to end the Aggie threat. Gibson's long homer to left-center against a strong northerly wind should have been a two-run shot. McDonald led off the inning with an infield single, stole second and third base. When the throw to third got away, McDonald tried to score, but she was nailed at the plate on a strong throw by shortstop Devin Porter. Later in the inning, Scarborough's soft liner down the line in right was hauled in on a spectacular catch by Haley Long of Brenham. Long had three hits in the two games. A&M returns to action on Wednesday in a single game against the Islanders of Texas A&M- Corpus Christi. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex.
NOTES - Sharonda McDonald is a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, the award's selection committee announced this week.
A national media committee will select 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in April. Those ten names will then be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote beginning April 26 and concluding May 21. Fan balloting will be coupled with votes from coaches, media and sponsors to determine the recipient of the award. Winners will be announced during the week of May 28 during the 2007 NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma 8-3, Iowa State 0-2: NORMAN, Okla. Ð Second-ranked Oklahoma finished off a doubleheader sweep of Iowa State by beating the Cyclones 3-2 in 10 innings Friday night at the OU Softball Complex.
Traci Dickenson's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th scored Lindsey Vandever to end the game.
Former Brenham standout Lauren Eckermann earned the victory and pushed her Big 12-best record to 25-1 after coming in for relief of starter D. J. Mathis. Eckermann entered with one out in the sixth and the game tied 2-2. The junior gave up one hit and struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings of work.
Dickenson blasted two home runs and drove in four runs in Oklahoma's five-inning 8-0 shutout of Iowa State (20-30, 0-6) in the first game. Eckermann recorded her 10th shutout of the season to earn the victory, striking out five Cyclones and scattering three hits.
With the victories, Oklahoma improved to 41-4 overall and 7-2 in Big 12 play.
Oklahoma also earned its 14th straight 40-win season - 13th under head coach Patty Gasso.
Missouri 2, Oklahoma State 1: STILLWATER, Okla. - Missouri's Jen Bruck and Amanda Renth hit solo home runs, and Oklahoma State stranded nine runners in Missouri's 2-1 victory Friday at Cowgirl Stadium.
Bruck (12-4) earned the victory for Missouri (28-17, 4-0 Big 12), allowing eight hits and striking out a career-high 10.
Jessica Hoppock (12-11) took the loss for Oklahoma State (24-21, 2-4), allowing two runs on five hits.
Baylor 14, Texas Tech 9: LUBBOCK - Baylor rallied from a six-run, first-inning deficit to beat Texas Tech 14-9 on Friday at Rocky Johnson Field. Sophomore third baseman Brette Reagan led Baylor (36-9, 6-0 Big 12) with a school-record five hits, going 5 for 5 with two home runs, five RBIs and three runs scored.
Reagan also set a new Baylor record with 12 total bases, a mark that ranks 11th all-time in NCAA history in a single game.
Baylor trailed 7-1 after the first inning.
Baylor and Texas Tech (17-20, 0-6) were scheduled to play a doubleheader but moved the second game to 1 p.m. Saturday because of inclement weather.
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Texas A&M's Macie Morrow dives safely into second as the ball flies past Nebraska's Whitney Barrett in the fourth inning of A&M's 1-0 victory Friday in the first game of a doubleheader at the Aggie Softball Complex.
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