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No. 6/7 Softball Falls 10-2 to No. 1/1 Oklahoma at WCWS
06.01.2013 | Softball
June 1, 2013
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OKLAHOMA CITY - The No. 1 national seed Oklahoma Sooners (54-4) scored six runs in the third inning to erase a 2-0 deficit and defeat No. 4 national seed Texas 10-2 in five innings on Saturday afternoon in the Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.
Taylor Hoagland, Brejae Washington and Stephanie Ceo each had one hit in the game for the Longhorns.
Blaire Luna (31-6) took the loss for Texas, working two-plus innings and allowing three hits and four runs. Luna also walked five and fanned two. Kim Bruins tossed one-and-a-third frames, allowing five runs, three earned, on four hits and two walks. Holly Kern completed the Texas pitching effort with a third of an inning, surrendering a run on two hits. Keilani Ricketts (33-1) picked up the win for the Sooners, pitching all five innings and scattering three hits and four walks in addition to a pair of whiffs.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, when the Longhorns took the lead, scoring two runs in the top of the frame. A walk to Karina Scott opened the inning. After pinch runner Rachel Scott stole second, Ceo singled to put runners on the corners. The Sooners decided to intentionally walk Hoagland, and Washington followed with an RBI single, scoring Rachel Scott and giving Texas a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Bruins drew a bases-loaded walk to score Hoagland and give Texas a 2-0 advantage. UT had a chance to add to the lead, but Oklahoma center fielder Destinee Martinez made a running catch to rob Mandy Ogle of a hit with the bases loaded to end the inning.
OU responded with a six-run bottom of the third. After a walk and a single, Ricketts drove in the Sooners' first run with a double down the right-field line. Bruins replaced Luna and induced a strikeout and fielder's choice before Callie Parsons hit a two-run single to give the Sooners their first lead at 3-2. To conclude the scoring, Brianna Turang bunted and came all the way around to score on a three-base throwing error by Bruins in the circle. Parsons and Martinez also scored on the play, giving Oklahoma a 6-2 advantage.
The Sooners added three runs in the fourth with a trio of RBI singles and a final run in the fifth with a fourth run-scoring single to end the game with a 10-2 victory.
Texas returns to action at noon Sunday against the winner of the Nebraska-Florida matchup that will take place Saturday night. Sunday's UT game will be televised on ESPN.
Post-Game Notes
- Texas has scored eight runs in the 2013 Women's College World Series. The previous high for the team in this event was five runs scored in the 2003 WCWS.
- UT owns a .506 slugging percentage to its opponents .262 mark during this postseason.
- The Longhorns have outscored their opponents 37-17 during NCAA Tournament play this season.
- UT has scored 352 runs this season, the second most in a year in program history. The 2012 squad set the mark with 372 runs.
- The walk drawn by Kim Bruins was the 15th bases-loaded free pass by the Longhorns this season.
->Blaire Luna is 5-1 this postseason with 54 strikeouts and a 1.89 earned-run average in 37 innings pitched.
- Luna is 10-4 against ranked teams this season with 138 strikeouts.
- Pitchers Bruins and Luna have combined to allow just one hit with the bases loaded in 12 opportunities this postseason.
- Stephanie Ceois hitting .600 (three-for-five) in the 2013 Women's College World Series.
- Brejae Washington picked up her first run batted in against Oklahoma this season with her third-inning single. Washington has driven in three runs during the postseason.
- Freshman Rachel Scott stole her third career base during the third inning.
- The swipe made the Longhorns a perfect 15-for-15 in steals during the postseason.
- The 9,587 attendance figure is a WCWS record for any session.
