WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State scored only one run in the first game of the day vs. Omaha, winning 1-0, but the bats came alive in the nightcap, run-ruling Missouri State, 13-2, Thursday at Wilkins Stadium on the first day of the Wichita State Tournament.

Wichita State (13-3) scored 10 runs in the second inning vs. Missouri State to avenge a sluggish offensive performance in the morning vs. Omaha.

Bailey Lange recorded her sixth win of the season behind a complete game shutout in game one. She gave up just four hits and struck out six. Madison Perrigan was 2-for-3 with a double.

Wichita State scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth on Ryleigh Buck's flyout to deep left. Lauren Johnson scored from second after a throwing error from the right fielder.

The Shockers belted four home runs vs. the Bears – a two-run shot, two three-run bombs and a grand slam – accounting for 12 of the 13 runs in the game. Perrigan and Addison Barnard both homered with four RBI apiece. Lauren Mills drove in three on her pinch-hit bomb and Neleigh Herring went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

Caitlin Bingham (2-0) got the start, pitching all 5.0 innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out three.

Wichita State opened the game with a leadoff triple from Sydney McKinney, followed by a Barnard walk. Perrigan immediately made the Bears pay by driving her sixth home run of the season over the left-center wall.

A 10-run second inning saw Barnard clear the bases with her first career grand slam and team-best eighth home run of the season. Two batters later, Herring hit a towering shot to right-center just clearing the wall to make it 9-0. Ryleigh Buck walked and Bailee Nickerson singled to bring up Mills to pinch hit for Camryn Compton. Mills delivered a monster shot to put the Shockers comfortably ahead 12-0.

The Shockers would add one more on a bases loaded walk by Perrigan.

Missouri State tallied both of its runs in the top of the third with an RBI groundout and RBI single.

Up Next
Wichita State continues play tomorrow vs. North Texas and Missouri State. The Shockers and Mean Green take the field at 12:30 p.m.