LAWTON, Okla. – Aggie softball split their home opening doubleheader against No. 22 Lubbock Christian on Friday thanks to a pair of long balls by
Breley Webb and
Maci McMurtrey in a game two win.
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Cameron and the Lady Chaps kicked off Lone Star Conference with a pair of games on Friday afternoon at McMahan Field. Both teams were trying to bounce back from losses their last time out.
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In game one of the doubleheader set with the Lady Chaps, the home faithful were treated to a pitcher's duel. Senior
Bethany Hines tossed seven innings of three-hit ball but allowed a pair of runs while turning in five strikeouts. LCU's Taylor Franco matched Hines with seven innings in the circle, only allowing one run with six strikeouts.
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Kyle French singled home the lone Aggie run of the contest when she laced a ball into left field to plate
Callie Busby in the fourth inning, that cut LCU's lead in half at 2-1. CU left six runners on base and tallied just five hits in the one-run loss.
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The Black and Gold would bounce back in game two, snapping their three-game losing skid with a 6-4 victory.
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Breley Webb would be the Aggies swiss army knife in the second game getting it done in the circle and at the plate. Webb logged 5.2 innings with a pair of punchouts but did give up four runs.
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The sophomore from Yukon, Okla. made up for those runs at the dish when she started the game with a bases-clearing double to plate C. Busby,
Mikayla Oaks, and
Khmari Edwards in the first frame. She topped that with a long two-run home run to right field in the third.
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Cameron's last insurance run came off the bat of freshman
Maci McMurtrey when she clubbed a one-out homer in the fourth inning, her first dinger of her collegiate career.
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Turner Whorton came in to slam the door on the Lady Chaps, pitching the final 1.2 innings to earn her third save of the year.
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McMahon Field's opening weekend continues Sunday, when the Aggies host another ranked opponent in No. 8 Angelo State. That LSC doubleheader is scheduled for a 1 p.m. game one first pitch.
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