Smith Hurls Complete Game Shutout In 3-0 Victory Over Tulsa

Friday, April 27

Memphis, Tenn.

5 PM

University of Memphis

35-16, 9-7

Tulsa

27-21, 7-9

Tulsa

Memphis

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Smith Hurls Complete Game Shutout In 3-0 Victory Over Tulsa

Apr 27, 2018 | Softball

Box Score

Baylee Smith’s third inning home run was the difference in a tight ball game

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A complete game shutout by Molly Smith and a three-run home run by Baylee Smith lifted the University of Memphis softball team to a 3-0 victory over Tulsa Friday evening. The Tigers improve to 35-16 on the year and 9-7 in American Athletic Conference play.

Molly Smith started off strong in the circle, striking out five in the first two innings of play. She finished the night with eight, which marked a season-high in a conference game.

With the score tied at 0-0 in a real pitcher's duel between Smith and Tulsa's Emily Watson, the Tigers took the only lead of the contest off the bat of freshman outfielder Baylee Smith in the third inning. Smith recorded her second home run of the season to left center field, driving in Erin Parker and Kyler Trosclair Klatt.

Smith improved to 23-6 on the year and is one win shy of matching the season record for wins in a year. She also sits just four strikeouts shy of matching the strikeout career record set by Ellen Roberts.

Tiger Tidbits

After being walked in the second inning, Addison Maxwell joined Delaney Smith with a team-high 20 walks on the season.
Baylee Smith launched her second home run of the season in the third inning, driving in three runs. The homer was her first since powering one against Mississippi State on March 14.
Baylee Smith recorded her team-leading 10^th game with multiple RBIs after bringing in three. She now leads the team with 36 runs batted in this season.
Molly Smith struck out eight batters, a season-high in an American Athletic Conference game this season. She now sits four K's away from tying Ellen Roberts' program record of 488 career strikeouts.
Kyler Trosclair Klatt recorded her 22^nd multi-hit game of the season. Baylee Smith also picked up a multi-hit game, her 15^th this year.

Scoring
Memphis 3, Tulsa 0
Bottom 3 – Erin Parker reached on a five-pitch walk, and Kyler Trosclair Klatt was hit by a pitch, putting two Tigers on with one out. Two batters later, Baylee Smith hit her second home run of the season, driving in three runs. (3 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base)

Next Up For The Tigers
Game two of the Tigers' final home series against Tulsa will be played tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at Tigers Softball Complex.

Tiger fans can follow the team's live scoring through the Official Memphis Tigers app by Sidearm, available in both Apple and Android app stores. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.