Oklahoma Softball: Jordy Bahl Silences Texas to Open Series With a Win

The No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners prolonged a few streaks on Thursday evening.

Opening up their extremely anticipated sequence towards the No. 18-ranked Texas Longhorns in Austin, Patty Gasso’s Sooners took the primary contest 3-0.

With the victory, OU (37-0) notched its thirty ninth straight victory, and the Sooners prolonged their successful streak over the Longhorns (30-11-1) to 22 video games.

Beginning her first OU-Texas sport, true freshman Jordy Bahl dominated within the pitching circle.

Taking the sector in entrance of 1,498 followers, the second-highest attendance in Purple and Charline McCombs Area historical past, the true freshman silenced the Texas lineup.

Bahl struck out 15 Longhorns on Thursday, permitting simply 4 hits whereas surrendering one hit batter and a stroll throughout seven shutout innings.

Bahl’s excellence was wanted because the Sooners mustered a season-low three hits.

The true freshman confirmed her battle within the backside of the sixth inning.

Again-to-back hits from Janae Jefferson and Mia Scott put runners on second and third with no outs to start out the inning, and introduced catcher Mary Iakopo as much as the plate.

As a substitute of placing one other runner aboard, the Longhorns then struggled to even make contact.

Bahl battened down the hatches and struck out the facet to get out of the jam and preserve her shutout intact.

Whereas Bahl cruised within the circle, her teammates backed her up with some environment friendly offense.

Tiare Jennings reached base on the primary at-bat of the sport after Texas third baseman Mia Scott let the ball dribble by means of her legs, and Oklahoma cashed in on the error.

OU catcher Kinzie Hansen grounded right into a fielder’s alternative, advancing Jennings to second base and setting the desk for Grace Lyons to place the Sooners in entrance.

Lyons’ RBI single not solely put Oklahoma up 1-0, however it prolonged her team-leading eight-game hitting streak.

Jayda Coleman doubled the Sooner lead within the first at-bat of the second inning when the sophomore smashed a ball off the highest of the wall and over the fence in middle subject.

Texas pitcher Hailey Dolcini then steadied herself and retired 10 of the following 11 OU batters, with Hansen solely reaching through a fielding error in her second at-bat of the sport.

Oregon switch Alyssa Brito busted up Dolcini’s groove within the fifth inning, nevertheless.

Brito turned on the second pitch she noticed, smoking the ball to left subject for Oklahoma’s second solo dwelling run of the day to increase the result in 3-0.

Regardless of placing the three runs on the board, OU solely registered three complete hits within the win and was outhit by the Longhorns 4-3.

The Sooners and the Longhorns meet once more in Sport 2 of the sequence on Friday, with first pitch scheduled for six p.m. in Austin. Sport 2 of OU-Texas may even be broadcast on the Longhorn Community.

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