Lauren Bay Regula (born August 9, 1981 in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian former All-American left-handed softball pitcher. She began playing softball at age 12, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and holds several all-time OSU records. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 9th at the 2002 World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Bay Regula pitched in 2005 for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch; in 2006, Bay signed with the expansion Philadelphia Force.
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As a freshman, Bay broke into the Oklahoma State Cowgirls top-10 in strikeouts (196), innings pitched (201.0) and was selected All-Big 12.[1]
On March 8, 2001, Bay threw her first career no-hitter defeating the FIU Golden Panthers.[2]
For her junior season, Bay threw her second no-hitter and first perfect game on February 22, 2002 against the Tulsa Hurricanes.[3] She would add one more perfect game as well as breaking the school records for strikeouts and strikeout ratio. Her 19 wins, 230.2 innings and 7 shutouts were also all top-10 for a season.[4]
Bay's senior season boasted her fourth All-Big 12 selection, Big-12 Player of The Year and First Team All-American honors.[5][6] She posted her best strikeout ratio (12) and strikeouts total (451), both of which broke her own school records and remain the best. Bay also put up an 0.82 ERA, 26 wins and 10 shutouts, all ranking in the top-10 for a season.
On March 7, 2003, Bay tied the school single game record for strikeouts when she fanned 17 in regulation against the Maryland Terrapins.[7] Later that month on March 16, she broke and set the single game record with 23, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks with a game-winning RBI hit.[8]
Bay would leave with career top-10 records in wins, ERA, shutouts, innings pitched while setting the strikeouts and strikeout ratio marks that she continues to hold.
Having been a member since 1999, Bay made it to the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At both events overall, Bay owns a 5-5 win-loss record, posted 69 strikeouts while giving up 10 earned runs in 56.2 innings pitched for a 1.24 ERA.[9]
Bay entered the pros with the Chicago Bandits and played one full season over two years where the she also played for the Philadelphia Force. In 2005, Bay earned All-NPF West Team honors as well as sharing Pitcher of The Year with teammate Jennie Finch.[10][11]
On June 30, 2005, Bay recorded the first no-hitter for the Chicago Bandits vs. the Stratford Brakettes.[12]
That year Bay went 17-1 with 137 strikeouts and a 0.88 ERA in 111.0 innings pitched. Bay would also vie for the Cowles Cup Championship on August 28, 2005 but was pulled after four innings and eventually lost the title to the Akron Racers.[13]
Her older brother, Jason Bay, is an outfielder for Major League Baseball's New York Mets. Her husband, David Regula, was a place kicker for Dartmouth College, graduating as the second-leading scorer in school history.[14]
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| 2000 | 15 | 14 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 200.2 | 154 | 93 | 54 | 103 | 196 | 1.89 |
| 2001 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 173.2 | 112 | 56 | 31 | 78 | 190 | 1.25 |
| 2002 | 19 | 14 | 40 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 230.2 | 121 | 62 | 42 | 80 | 314 | 1.27 |
| 2003 | 26 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 248.1 | 98 | 42 | 29 | 109 | 451 | 0.82 |
| TOTALS | 75 | 49 | 148 | 108 | 84 | 28 | 8 | 853.1 | 485 | 253 | 156 | 370 | 1151 | 1.28 |