A walk-off game winner for Iowa State Sunday afternoon saw Iowa State earn a three-game sweep over the Houston Cougars in Big 12 play. The win Sunday, evened the Cyclones Big 12 record at 3-3. Iowa State improved to 19-10 overall. Iowa State has won four games in a row. The Cyclones are home again this week, hosting Drake Wednesday at 4 p.m. Iowa State will travel to Lubbock, Texas this weekend for a three-game series at Texas Tech from Friday, March 27-Sunday, March 29.
Texas Tech led 2-0 after a two
run top of the first, but Iowa State pushed three runs home in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead after the first inning. Houston scored the next four runs over the next three innings to retake the lead, 6-3.
The Cyclones crept closer with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 6-6 after four innings. The Cyclones took a 7-6 lead with a run in the fifth. Houston didn’t quit, scoring a run in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 7-7.
Victoria Prado was the hero for the Cyclones with a walk-off at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning after a Houston error. Prado led the Cyclone offense going 2-for-4 with a RBI. Iowa State had four extra base hits in the game. Sydney Malott had a home run while Jessie Clemons, Tatum Johnson, and Reagan Bartholomew all hit doubles. Other hits came from Ashley Minor and Tiana Poole. Malott had a team high 3 RBI’s. Four others drove in one run.
Iowa State used three pitchers in the game with Jaiden Ralston starting. Ralston pitched two innings needing 60 pitches. She struck out one, walked two and gave up four runs on four hits. Ava Mullen pitched three innings in relief and used 34 pitches. Mullen struck out one, walked no one, and gave up two runs on three hits. Lauren Schurman picked up her tenth win of the year, pitching the final two innings. She did not walk or strike out any batters and needed 34 pitches. Schurman gave up one run on four hits.
Iowa State 8, Houston 7
Sunday, March 22
At Ames
Houston 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 7
Iowa State 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 8
WP – Lauren Schurman (10–2)
LP – Nicole Bodeux (2-3)
Records: Iowa State – Overall (19-10), Big 12 (3-3); Houston – Overall (17-17), Big 12 (1-8)
Batting – 2b – Jessie Clemons (1), Tatum Johnson (1), Reagan Bartholomew (1); 3b – none; HR – Sydney Malott (1). Sac – Isabelle Nasan (1). RBI’s – Sydney Malott (3), Tatum Johnson (1), Reaggan Bartholomew (1), Victoria Prado (1), Tiana Poole (1).
