Oklahoma Softball: Sooners Blast Past Iowa State in Game 2 of Double Header

NORMAN — Oklahoma didn’t have to stage any type of comeback in Recreation 2 of Friday night time’s double header.

The No. 1-ranked Sooners dominated the competition from the onset, as OU run dominated the Iowa State Cyclones 9-0 at Marita Hynes Discipline.

Patty Gasso’s offense fired on all cylinders, because the Sooners (41-1) notched run rule victory No. 33 for the season.

“That was one of the enjoyable video games they they performed (this season) as a result of it was very passionate,” Gasso mentioned after the sport. “It was nearly postseason-like, and it was good for us to really feel that.”

OU jumped on Iowa State (21-23) early, plating two runs and loading the bases earlier than the Cyclones recorded their first out of the competition.

Tiare Jennings was answerable for the primary run of the sport, as she singled to drive in Jayda Coleman.

Grace Lyons adopted up Jennings by laying an inch-perfect bunt up the primary final analysis which froze the Iowa State protection, permitting Jocelyn Alo to attain whereas Lyons reached base safely.

“There’s nothing worse than getting squeezed on by someone,” Gasso mentioned. “You’ll be able to’t defend it. You do not know what to do with it. 

“… It is actually troublesome with this group since you need to name issues, however they’re so highly effective that you are taking the bat out of their palms… So generally I’ve conversations in my very own thoughts like, ‘what are you doing?’”

Alyssa Brito scored the third run of the primary inning, grounding right into a fielder’s alternative that plated Lyons.

Oklahoma’s offense picked up proper the place it left off within the second inning.

Proper fielder Rylie Boone led off the second inning with a moonshot that cleared the bleachers in proper subject, which was simply the junior’s second dwelling run of the yr.

“There’s nothing higher than watching Boone run across the bases like that,” Coleman mentioned after the sport. “It simply makes your coronary heart full.”

Boone was so consumed together with her dwelling run trot that she did not even look to see the ball sail over the bleachers because it exited the stadium.

“I am trying on the dugout,” Boone mentioned with a smile after the sport.

Later within the inning, Jana Johns continued her productive Friday night time with an RBI single of her personal to push the result in 5-0.

Senior caption Lynnsie Elam added to her dwelling run complete with a solo blast within the third inning. The blast was Elam’s twelfth homer of the season, which moved her to fourth on the group in lengthy balls.

Lyons was the beneficiary of the gusting winds within the backside of the fourth inning.

Turiya Coleman reached second base after Gasso had the freshman pinch run for Alo, and Lyons popped a ball as much as left subject that landed within the grass after Iowa State’s Carli Spelhaug misplayed the ball. Coleman had no bother rounding third and heading dwelling to attain, extending the result in 7-0 on the finish of the fourth.

Brito walked the sport off within the backside of the fifth inning when she smashed a two-run shot to heart subject, capping off an explosive win.

Hope Trautwein dominated the Cyclone offense whereas the Sooners lit up the scoreboard.

The senior solely confronted 16 batters throughout 5 innings of labor, hanging out three Iowa State batters and solely permitting one hit.

Oklahoma will look to comb the Cyclones on Saturday again at Marita Hynes Discipline.

First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m., and the sport will probably be streamed on SoonerSports.TV. 

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