No. 6/9 Razorbacks Earn 7-2 Midweek Win at Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. – Senior LHP Robyn Herron’s 13-strikeout complete game performance and senior INF Karlie Davison’s 2-2 day that featured a three-run home run lifted the No. 6/9 Arkansas Razorbacks to a 7-2 win over Tulsa at the Collins Family Softball Complex on Wednesday evening.
Herron (13-4) was dominant in her 13th victory of the season. The Tampa, Fla., product fanned 13 batters while yielding just two runs on four hits and no walks in her seven innings of work. She registered her 16th career 10+ strikeout game, which tied Mary Haff (2018-22) for the most in program history.
Karlie Davison highlighted the Arkansas offense with a 2-2 night that featured a three-run shot and a hit-by-pitch. Davison opened the scoring with a three-run blast in the top of the second inning. Atalyia Rijo made it 4-0 in the third inning with an RBI single that drove in Brinli Bain before Arkansas increased its lead to five courtesy of an RBI double from Ella McDowell. Tulsa’s Daeya Moses made it a three-run ballgame in the bottom of the fourth with a two-run homer. The Razorbacks (37-8) added their final two runs of the contest in the top of the seventh by way of an RBI fielder’s choice from Ramsey Walker and an RBI single from Ashtyn Reichardt, making it the final 7-2.
In addition to Davison’s night at the plate, Ella McDowell (2-4, 2B, RBI), Atalyia Rijo (2-4, 2B, RBI) and Kailey Wyckoff (2-3, BB) each recorded multiple hits in the win. Kennedy Miller increased her reached-base streak to 13 games with a double while Brinli Bain drew a pair of walks.
Maura Moore (9-14) took the loss for Tulsa (17-27) after allowing four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out two batters in her three innings in the circle.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Robyn Herron made the start for Arkansas while Tulsa went with right-hander Maura Moore.
Ella McDowell recorded the first hit of the game by singling through the left side with two outs in the top of the first. Robyn Herron faced the minimum in the bottom of the first inning while picking up a pair of strikeouts.
Kennedy Miller laced a double to center field with two outs in the top of the second inning before Cam Harrison walked to put two runners on for the Hogs. Karlie Davison then smashed a three-run home run to left field to put Arkansas in front 3-0.
Herron faces the minimum in the bottom of the second while capping the stanza with her third strikeout of the contest.
Brinli Bain led off the top of the third inning with a walk, increasing her reached-base streak to nine games. She would later advance to second on a groundout and third on a wild pitch before scoring on an RBI single from Atalyia Rijo. Kailey Wyckoff followed with a single to right field to move Rijo to third, but Moore would escape the inning with a fielder’s choice.
The Golden Hurricane’s Annika Dill reached on a fielding error to lead off the bottom of the third. Herron would issue a popout before Rijo made an incredible catch in shallow left-center field for the second out of the inning. She then picked up her fifth strikeout of the night to complete the scoreless frame.
Alexa Hopkins pitched the fourth inning for Tulsa. Davison singled into shallow center field with one out in the top of the fourth inning. Reagan Johnson replaced Davison at first base with two outs after hitting into a fielder’s choice. Johnson then stole her 18th base of the season by swiping second. Bain followed with her second walk of the game. Kyler Del Duca entered as a pinch runner for Bain after the walk. McDowell stepped to the plate and doubled to left field to score Johnson and push the Arkansas advantage to five.
Tulsa made it a 5-2 ballgame in the bottom of the fourth. Claira Skaggs led off the inning with a double down the line in right field and then came around to score on a one-out two-run home run from Daeya Moses.
Brinly Maples replaced Hopkins in the circle during the top of the fifth inning. Kailey Wyckoff walked with one out in the visiting half of the fifth inning before being put out on a fielder’s choice. Ramsey Walker singled through the left side before Davison was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Walker previously entered the game in right field for Arkansas. Maples and Tulsa would escape the bases-loaded jam, however, with a fielder’s choice.
Herron picked up her ninth strikeout of the night while facing the minimum in the bottom of the fifth.
Maples retired the Razorbacks in order during the top of the sixth inning. Herron answered in the bottom of the sixth by striking out the side.
Rijo doubled down the right-field line to lead off the top of the seventh inning before moving to second on an infield single from Wyckoff. Rijo would later come around to score on an RBI fielder’s choice from Walker, increasing the Hogs’ lead to 6-2. Ashtyn Reichardt added the Hogs’ final run of the contest with a single to left field.
Herron closed out the complete-game performance with a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh while picking up her 13th and final strikeout of the night for the second out of the inning.
NOTABLES
- Reagan Johnson registered her 207th start batting leadoff, she previously broke the career program record of 205 games initially set by Devon Wallace (2012-2015).
- Reagan Johnson stole her 68th career base. She is now just eight stolen bases away from breaking Rachel LeMaster’s (2004-2007) program record of 75.
- Brinli Bain increased her reached base streak to nine games courtesy of a third-inning walk.
- Kennedy Miller increased her career-high reached base streak to 13 games with a second-inning double.
- Robyn Herron registered 13 strikeouts in a complete-game performance, marking her 16th career 10+ strikeout game which tied Mary Haff (2018-22) for the most in program history.
Up Next
Arkansas will return to Bogle Park for the final time during the regular season this weekend (April 24-26) when they host Missouri for a three-game series.
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