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Henderson State opened Great American Conference play dropping a double-header to East Central Oklahoma 6-3 and 7-3, Friday afternoon at Dee White Field.

In the opener, Henderson State built 3-0 lead through six innings before the Tigers erupted for six runs in the top half of the seventh.

The Lady Reddies, 4-9 overall and 0-2 in the GAC, took a 1-0 lead in the first-inning when Amber Klug singled home Amy Halter who led off the game with a single to center field.

Henderson made the score 3-0 in the fifth-inning when Jaylin Baldridge and Kailey Johnson had back-to-back solo home runs.

East Central scored six runs with two outs in the seventh-inning with the big hit being a three-run double by Lauren Reeves.

In the second game, the Tigers banged out 19 hits including a grand slam by Reeves in the fourth-inning.

The Lady Reddies plated a run in the second on a sacrifice fly by Ashlyn White, driving in Klug who led off the inning with a double.

Henderson scored two more runs in the sixth on RBI singles by White and Morgan South.

White was 3-for-5 in the twin bill with a pair of RBI, while Klug and Halter added two hits each.

The two teams will finish the four-game series with a double-header Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.