Louisiana softball’s season came to an end with a 4-3 loss to Baylor on Sunday.
The No. 13 national seed Ragin’ Cajuns (44-19) lost to Baylor (35-20) by run rule 8-0 on Saturday. They returned the favor with a 13-0 run-rule victory over the Bears on Sunday to force the game seven.
Both teams started the rubber match strong. Baylor’s Emily Hott hit a home run on the third pitch she saw to get the Bears on the board, but Louisiana answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead. Laney Credeur, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and scored twice in the first game on Sunday, recorded another hit and scored in the inning on a sacrifice fly by Brooke Ellestad.
In the second inning, Baylor tied the game at 2-2 with a solo home run by Sydney Collazos, and Louisiana made an early pitching change. Chloe Riassetto, who played three dominant innings in the first game, was replaced by Sam Landry, who finished the first game after Louisiana went up by double digits. Landry retired the first three batters she saw, but Louisiana failed to answer in the bottom of the second.
Baylor’s RyLee Crandall, who struggled through one relief inning in the first game, started in the circle for the Bears. Her first two innings were solid as Louisiana was only able to score on a pair of sacrifice flyouts, but the Cajuns got a hold of her in the third inning. Alexa Langeliers and Ellestad hit back-to-back singles, and Langeliers scored on an RBI single by Cecilia Vasquez to reclaim the lead.
