OKLAHOMA CITY – Kayden Henry broke a tie with a fifth-inning house run and Joley Mitchell blasted one other within the sixth to assist carry Texas to a 4-2 win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma within the Ladies’s Faculty World Sequence on Saturday.
The Longhorns will play within the semifinals Monday, needing one win in two tries to advance to the WCWS Championship Sequence for the third time in 4 seasons. The Sooners will play Oregon on Sunday in an elimination sport.
Texas had by no means overwhelmed the Sooners within the WCWS and hadn’t overwhelmed Oklahoma within the state of Oklahoma since 2014.
With one out within the fifth, Henry jumped on Sam Landry’s first pitch for a line-drive house run to place the Longhorns up 3-2.
Mitchell then led off the sixth together with her third house run of the WCWS to increase the lead.
But it surely wasn’t over.
Teagan Kavan hit Ella Parker, then allowed a single to Nelly McEnroe-Marinas with one out to deliver the go-ahead run to the plate.
However the Longhorns’ ace struck out Gabbie Garcia and Hannah Coor to flee the jam and transfer Texas inside three victories of their first-ever WCWS title.
Texas took a 2-0 lead within the first, however Oklahoma shortly responded with two within the second to tie it.
After that, although, the defenses and the pitchers settled in till Henry’s go-head homer.
–Discipline Stage Media
