Box Score

THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist softball won its third straight game Friday, opening a three-game series at Oklahoma Baptist with a 4-1 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Jillian Jones and Madison Miller's fourth-inning home runs made the difference as Miller went the distance in the circle.

Kirsten Shaw drove in the Tigers' first run of the game with an RBI single in the second inning. The Bison tied the game with a home run in the third.

Jones led off the fourth with her second home run in three games and her third of the season to put Ouachita back on top. Two batters later, Miller followed a Callie Jourdan single with a two-run blast to left.

Miller struck out one batter and walked one while scattering 11 hits. The Bison's lone run in the game was unearned.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- At 3-2, Ouachita is off to its best five-game start since the 2018 season
- Miller lowered her earned run average to 0.78 on the year
- Rebecca Holiman made her season debut at first base in Game 1

BY THE NUMBERS

2.192 - Miller increased her season OPS to 2.192
7 - Seven of the nine Tigers in the starting lineup collected base hits
9 - Miller's home run was the ninth of her career