THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Senior Misty Muniz tossed Midwestern State's first shutout since the 2017 season and went 2-for-3 at the plate with five RBI, including a grand slam, as the Mustangs blanked Cameron 9-0 Saturday night at Mustangs Park.
 
MSU Texas won the series against the Aggies for the second-straight season to improve to 9-6 on the season and 2-4 in Lone Star Conference play.
 
Muniz saw her no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. On a 1-2 count, Cameron's Kaylyn Smith legged out a single on a ground ball to shortstop for the Aggies only hit of the night. The right-hander fanned Brenna Busby to close out the contest.
 
The Seabrook native matched a career-high with seven strikeouts and did not issue a walk to improve to 3-2.
 
Leading 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Mustangs broke the game open with a six spot and clubbing seven hits. Senior Tucker Caraway opened the inning with a single to center before being replaced by junior Kelsey Eropkin on a fielder's choice. Junior Lauren Lindgren and freshman Bailey Wamsley poked back-to-back singles through the infield to load the bags.
 
Muniz blasted Turner Whorton's full-count offering to straightaway center field to clear the bases and cushion her lead to 7-0.
 
After an infield single from senior Carli Woolsey, sophomore Caycee Griffin roped a double into the right-center alley to push across the eighth run for the Mustangs before freshman Daylan Inkman drove a single back through the box to plate Griffin from second, 9-0.
 
Caraway and Woolsey each logged a multi-hit effort as all nine players in the starting lineup recorded a hit for the Mustangs.
 
MSU Texas broke the scoring seal in the bottom of the first. After loading the bases with no outs, a line drive-double play erased Caraway at third. Muniz poked Rylee Willmon's first pitch offering down the left field line just onto the outfield grass to push Eropkin home and put runners on the corners. Woolsey grounded a single through the middle of the infield to score Lindgren and stake the Mustangs to a 2-0 edge.
 
The Mustangs tacked on an additional run in the bottom of the second following a Cameron miscue. Inkman reached on an error when Eropkin stroked a double into the right-center alley, 3-0.
 
Willmon fell to 3-2 for the Aggies allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits with a walk and two HBP over 1 2/3 innings.
 
GAME NOTES
- Midwestern State won its first Lone Star Conference series with a 9-0 shutout over Cameron at Mustangs Park
- MSU Texas recorded the first shutout since March 18, 2017, also against the Aggies (4-0)
- The Mustangs won the series with the Aggies for the second-straight season
- The six-run fourth inning by the Mustangs was the biggest frame of the season
- All nine starters for MSU Texas recorded a hit
- Senior Misty Muniz hurled the first shutout since Peyton Helton did so against CU on March 18, 2017
- Muniz worked 4.2 no-hit innings before allowing her first and only hit of the night
- The Seabrook native helped her own cause in the circle, driving in five, including a grand slam
 
UP NEXT
MSU Texas hits the road to face West Texas A&M Friday in Canyon. First pitch at Schaeffer Park is slated for 6 p.m.