EDMOND, Okla. –Bailey Brenek smacked her first collegiate home but the Mustangs dropped a 7-3 contest to the Fort Hays State (Kan.) Tigers on Saturday afternoon at the Broncho Softball Stadium.
Down 7-0 in the seventh and down to their final out, Brenek swatted a 3-0 pitch with two runners aboard over the wall in left. The freshman finished 2-for-4 and is hitting .295 on the season.
Fort Hays State scored four runs in the bottom of the second to break the scoreless game. Katie Adler smacked a two-run triple to right before scoring on a wild pitch. The Tigers added a run later in the inning on a Kristen Reed double.
Elise Capra's three-run home run in the fifth finished off the scoring for Fort Hays State.
Kathryn Wells started for MSU Texas and suffered the loss. Well (1-3) yielded four runs on five hits in two innings of work.
Lauren Lindgren finished 3-for-4 for the Mustangs to raise her batting average to .400.
The Mustangs close out play at the Edmond Regional Festival III on Sunday afternoon against Nebraska-Kearney. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.
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