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(Rolla, Mo.) – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners ran its winning streak to three games behind back-to-back 5-0 shutouts against Lincoln University on Tuesday afternoon in Rolla.

In the opener S&T (5-5) got on the board first scoring in the opening frame on Kristen Drage's double to left field that scored Becky Davis.

That would be all the run support Ashley Wallingford needed as she held the Blue Tiger (0-7) bats in check all afternoon facing the minimum number of hitters allowing only a hit and a walk. Both runners that reached were erased on the base paths thanks to a caught stealing and a double play.

The Lady Miners blew the game open in the third inning scoring three times. Drage and Kate Runyan each had RBI hits in the frame while Lauren Briggs scored on a wild pitch. S&T scored its final run in the sixth inning when Kassi Deibert brought home Stefani Moore with a sacrifice fly to right.

The Lady Miners had eight hits in the contest led by Drage with two. Six other players had one hit apiece.

Wallingford got the win to improve to 2-3 on the season pitching six innings of one-hit ball and struck out four. Briana Catanese threw a scoreless seventh.

In the nightcap it was a pitcher's duel threw the first three innings though each side had their chances. Lincoln's best chance to score came in the third when it loaded the bases with one out but Taylor Keal got a strike out and a fly out to right to get out of the jam.

S&T got the scoring started in the fourth scoring three runs. Kaylea Smith started it off with a one out walk and then was pinch run for by Moore. Wallingford then singled to left and the ball went by the left fielder all the way to the fence allowing Moore to score from first. After a wild pitch and a walk to Jennifer Sardigal, Deibert ripped a double to center field scoring both runs to make it 3-0.

The Lady Miners added to their lead in the fifth on a Runyan triple down the right field that scored Catanese, and then Smith doubled to center to drive in Runyan.

Keal finished it off by retiring six of the final seven hitters she faced to pick up her third win of the season and earned her first college shutout. She allowed three hits in seven innings of work while striking out seven and walking two.

S&T banged out nine hits in game two led by Catanese with two. Seven different players had one hit apiece. Deibert finished the game with a pair of RBIs.

The Lady Miners return to action this weekend when they host Bellarmine in a GLVC doubleheader on Saturday afternoon beginning at 12 p.m.