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Cyclones to Host Baylor in Final Big 12 Home Series
04.27.2023 | Softball
AMES, Iowa – Coming off a 7-4 Cy-Hawk victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State returns to the Cyclone Sports Complex this weekend to host the Baylor Bears in its final home Big 12 action of the 2023 season. The Cyclones will look to earn their first Big 12 series win of the season, having won three straight over the Bears.
The Matchup: Iowa State (19-27, 2-10 Big 12) vs. Baylor (35-13, 4-8 Big 12)
Where: Cyclone Sports Complex // Ames, Iowa
When: Fri - 4 p.m. // Sat - 1 p.m. // Sun - 12 p.m.
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Live Stats: cyclones.com
Sunday, April 30th, will also be Senior Day where the Cyclones will recognize Makaylin Powers, Janessa Jasso, Angelica Gonzalez, Sarah Tyree, Lea Nelson, Kasey Simpson, Ellie Spelhaug and Mikayla Ramos.
Quick Hits
- Iowa State defeated in-state foe Iowa for the fourth straight time on Wednesday evening, punctuating the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series with a win and pushing the school to its largest margin of victory in series history (17-8).
- Iowa State has won six of its last eight outings and the Cyclones are riding a three-game win streak for the fourth time this season as they meet the Bears in their final home weekend series of the season.
- Last week, Iowa State competed in three doubleheaders, going 4-2 across the six games.
- ISU defeated No. 3 Oklahoma State on Sunday, tying the program record for the highest-ranked team ever defeated - ISU also took down No. 3 Texas in Austin in 2005.
- It is the second-straight season ISU downed a top 10-ranked OSU team. The Cyclone win gave OSU its first Big 12 loss.
- ISU is up to 84 in the RPI, jumping roughly 40 since defeating OSU on 4/16. The Cyclones are one of four teams nationally to be in the top 100 RPI with a losing record.
- Milaysia Ochoa tallied her 100th career RBI on Wednesday, bringing four runs across the plate in her two-home run outing.
- ISU's Saya Swain (8.8) ranks among the top 50 nationally in strikeouts per seven innings.
- Coach Pinkerton earned a milestone victory, number 500, in Saturday's game one win over CSU. He is one of three active coaches leading three teams to the NCAA Tournament (ISU, Montana, Arkansas).
- Ten of ISU's losses have come to top ten teams this season, No. 6 Arkansas, No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 9 Texas and No. 3 Okla. State.
Leading the Cyclones
Milaysia Ochoa (.329) and Mikayla Ramos (.297) lead the team in batting average and are the only Cyclones with more than 30 hits on the season. Ochoa has a team-high 11 doubles and 11 home runs, while while also leading the team in RBI with 25. Carli Spelhaug has earned the most walks and has a team-high 12 stolen bases on the season.
ISU rotates four primary pitchers in the circle, as Karlie Charles (4-2) holds the lowest ERA on the team at a 2.86. Charles has walked just nine players this season, the fewest among Big 12 players. Saya Swain (5-8) has pitched the most innings, 82, of any member of the staff and leads the team in strikeouts, as she currently sits at 109. Freshman Jaiden Ralston and fifth-year senior Ellie Spelhaug round out the main pitching rotation for the Cyclones.
Series History
- Baylor leads, 44-20
- Last Meeting: 5/12/22 (W, 2-1, 8 Inn.)
- Last Cyclone Win: 5/12/22 (W, 2-1, 8 Inn.)
- Streak: W3
- Trends: Iowa State is 6-4 in its last ten matchups with the Bears dating back to 2019.
- Baylor had multiple stretches of consecutive wins against the Cyclones, owning streaks of 10 and 12 wins across the 43-year history of the two teams facing off.
On Deck
Iowa State will be back in action on Wednesday, April 3, when it welcomes the Drake Bulldogs to the Cyclone Sports Complex in what will be both the final home and nonconference game of the 2023 campaign. Wednesday's game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and is set to begin at 4 p.m.
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