OKLAHOMA CITY — Ella Parker blasted a three-run walk-off residence run to elevate second-seeded Oklahoma to a 4-3 win over seventh-seeded Tennessee within the opening spherical of the Girls’s Faculty World Collection on Thursday.
The Sooners will tackle Texas on Saturday within the second spherical, whereas the Volunteers will face Florida in an elimination sport Friday.
With two outs within the seventh, Oklahoma was 0-for-13 with runners on base within the sport, their solely run approaching Parker’s first-inning residence run.
However after a leadoff stroll, Kasidi Pickering’s exhausting single up the center arrange Parker’s heroics.
Parker took the primary pitch from Karlyn Pickens earlier than blasting the second pitch over the middle subject wall to present the four-time defending champions one other unbelievable WCWS victory.
The Vols bought on the board rapidly in opposition to Sam Landry, with back-to-back hits from Gabby Leach and Taylor Pannell.
Leach got here across the rating on a handed ball and Pannell scored on Sophia Nugent’s sacrifice fly.
Oklahoma lower the lead in half within the backside of the inning on Parker’s 14th residence run of the season. The house run was simply the seventh surrendered by Pickens this season.
Tennessee scored an unearned run within the third when Oklahoma left fielder Pickering could not deal with McKenna Gibson’s sinking liner, permitting Ella Dodge to return round to attain.
However then Landry settled in, holding Tennessee off the board and giving the Sooners’ offense an opportunity to win it in the long run.
–Subject Stage Media