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Go Shocks!!
BSB: Shockers Beat Houston, 2-1
NORMAN, Okla. - Wichita State (45-20) won the first game of the NCAA Norman Regional, defeating the Houston Cougars (39-21), 2-1.
Wichita State struck early in the first inning. Senior Kenny Waddell led off with a base hit, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Josh Workman, and came around on a Matt Brown double.
WSU had runners in scoring position in the next four innings, including a bases loaded situation in the second, but could not manage to cross a run.
Houston knotted the score, 1-1, in the second inning. Pitcher Brad Lincoln hit a lead off infield single. A walk moved the runner to second and a double by Luis Flores plated one for the Cougars. Four scoreless innings for both sides followed. Houston threatened in the sixth with bases loaded and two outs, but a fly out ended the inning, the Shockers unscathed.
Wichita State regained the lead in the top of the seventh, 2-1. Workman drew a lead off walk and stole second base. Conor Gillaspie drove him in on a double down the right field line.
Brown and Gillaspie led the Shockers offensively, each with two hits and one RBI a piece. Lincoln was the only Cougar with a multiple-hit game and Flores had the team’s only RBI.
Freshman starter Aaron Shafer (11-3) threw seven complete innings, allowing one earned run and scattering six hits. Noah Booth went two innings of relief, giving up just one hit with two strikeouts.
Wichita State will take on the winner of tonight’s 7 p.m. game, tomorrow, Saturday, June 3, at 7 p.m. in Norman, Okla.
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