ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- Midwestern State's Katelyn Vinson homered in her fourth consecutive game and the Mustangs rallied for two runs in the seventh inning to secure a 4-2 non-conference victory over Ouachita Baptist Monday afternoon at Sully Anderson Field.
 
Vinson, a freshman from Southlake, connected for her 10th long ball of the season to lead off the second inning to extend her current collegiate best hitting streak to eight games.
 
The bomb gave MSU a 2-0 lead after Kim Jerrick plated an unearned run on an errant throw in the first inning after drawing a leadoff walk as the Mustangs loaded the bases with no outs. But Ouachita Baptist's Abbi Frakes fanned Kelley Schaefer, Shelby Carter and Christina Roosmalen swinging to end the threat.
 
Frakes notched 11 strikeouts - a season high against Midwestern - and held the Mustangs to just four hits through the first six innings of play.
 
Meanwhile, MSU starter Kat Batey coasted through the first five innings retiring 15 of the first 17 batters she faced allowing a lone single to Kailey Madden to leadoff the fifth inning.
 
But Parrish Reed led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double to the left-field gap, advanced to third on an illegal pitch and snapped the shutout by scoring on Jocelyn Jones' bunt single to pull OBU within 2-1.
 
Ouachita Baptist's Nici Starkey stole second and third and tied the game by coming plate ward on a throwing error after pinching for Jones to knot the game at 2-2.
 
But the Mustangs quickly loaded the bases as Chelsey Wall and Jerrick sandwiched singles around a pinch-hit walk by Laci Belovsky before Haley Howerton drew a bases loaded pass to force in the go-ahead. Senior outfielder Courtney Bingham added a sacrifice fly to center field to give MSU a 4-2 advantage.
 
Batey worked around an infield single in the seventh to improve to 10-4 in the circle. She allowed one earned run on four hits with six strikeouts and a walk.
 
Vinson finished the game by going 2-for-3 at the dish adding a double in the fourth inning to notch her eighth consecutive multi-hit game. She is hitting an impressive .720 (15-for-25) with two doubles, seven homers and 15 RBIs during the tear to raise her season batting average to an LSC-best .506. Vinson is just the second freshman to hit 10 homers in a season joining Jerrick, who had 11 in 2011.
 
Howerton added pair of singles for the Mustangs, who improved to 25-11 on the season.
 
Midwestern takes on Henderson State (Ark.) in a twin bill Tuesday afternoon at Dee White Field in Arkadelphia. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.