Northwestern, Canney end Baylor's season Northwestern, Canney end Baylor's season
By Brian Sandalow
Published: June 3, 2007
Baylor head coach Glenn Moore gave himself a little extra time to think about starting pitcher Kirsten Shortridge instead of usual starter Lisa Ferguson.
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In the bottom of the third with Baylor trailing by six runs, Moore was ejected for arguing a called third strike against first baseman Ashley Monceaux.
"You know I can't talk about officials,” Moore said. "You have eyes, you can see the same thing I saw so you can write what you want.”
While Moore was ejected with the game out of reach, the decision to start Shortridge was more responsible for Baylor's season-ending 7-0 loss to Northwestern, played in front of a WCWS-record crowd of 8,222. The Wildcats (52-12) will play Tennessee and pitcher Monica Abbott at 2 p.m. today.
"She's a tough pitcher,” NU first baseman Garland Cooper said. "At this point, they're all tough pitchers. And we have a tough pitcher. It's going to be a battle.”
Shortridge was charged with three runs in only 1 1/3 innings of work. The last run charged to Shortridge scored when Northwestern shortstop Tammy Williams hit a three-run home run off Ferguson (in relief) to make the score 5-0. Cooper homered on the next pitch for a 6-0 lead, with the ball deflecting off Baylor (50-16) center fielder Miriam Romeros' glove.
Wildcats pitcher Eileen Canney recovered from a difficult Friday night against Washington by throwing a complete-game shutout.
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