THE RUNDOWN

Madison Miller's two-run home run broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh and gave Ouachita Baptist a 2-0 win over East Central on Saturday at Sully Anderson Field. Nikki Schneider earned the win in the circle, throwing a complete-game shutout.

After allowing two base hits in the top of the first, Schneider settled in, allowing just two more hits in the final six frames. ECU picked up a single in the second that was erased on a caught stealing and forced Schneider to work around a one-out single in the seventh. The freshman from Glen Rose, Arkansas, struck out four batters and did not allow a walk in the game.

Ouachita's best chance to score before the seventh came in the fourth inning. After the home nine went down in order in each of the first three innings, Hope Waid led off with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. She was retired in a rundown when Sloane Precure reached on a fielder's choice. 

Ouachita put runners on base in the fifth and sixth, but could not create any danger. With one out in the seventh, Callie Jourdan singled on a ball that was cut off in the gap by the East Central center fielder. Miller fouled off three of the first five pitches she saw - including one ball off the left field fence that was foul by roughly three feet - before lofting a 2-2 offering over the fence in fair territory.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

 - Ouachita broke a tie with East Central and now sits sixth in the Great American Conference standings
 - Miller's homer was her second in as many games
 - The win was the Tigers' third walk-off victory of the season

BY THE NUMBERS

1.95 - Schneider lowered her season earned run average to 1.95
4 - Miller's four homers are second-most on the team
7 - Schneider has limited opponents to one earned run or fewer in seven of 13 appearances this season

UP NEXT

Ouachita and East Central are scheduled to play a doubleheader at noon on Sunday.