CLEARWATER, Fla. – Home runs from Rosie Davis and Micaela Wark helped lift the No. 9 Oklahoma State softball team to a 6-3 win over No. 23 Kentucky on Friday night at the Eddie C. Moore Complex.
The win improved the Cowgirls to 3-3 overall. The Wildcats dropped to 6-3 on the season.
After a quiet first two innings, Megan Delgadillo opened the scoring in the third with a single to score Megan Bloodworth.
Kentucky responded in the same inning with three unearned runs.
The Cowgirls reclaimed the lead with four runs in the fifth following two-run home runs from Davis and Karli Godwin.
A Wildcat error in the sixth inning allowed Delgadillo to add another insurance run and bring the score to 6-3.
Katie Kutz improved to 2-1 on the season after pitching four innings and not allowing an earned run. Julie Kennedy took the loss for the Wildcats to slip to 1-1 on the young season. Ruby Meylan earned her first save of the year, pitching three innings with five strikeouts and no hits.
Offensive standouts for the Cowgirls included Davis (2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs), Wark (2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs), and Delgadillo (2-for-4 with an RBI.)
The Cowgirls return to action at 9 a.m. tomorrow to face No. 5 Texas A&M. The matchup will be nationally televised on ESPN2 and streamed on the ESPN app, and it can be heard on the Varsity Network app.
