Oklahoma Softball: No. 18 Texas Upsets the No. 1 Sooners to End Unbeaten Start

Oklahoma’s excellent begin to the season got here undone on Saturday afternoon.

The Sooner offense was unable to search out any solutions towards Texas, because the Longhorns gained a pitchers’ duel 4-2 at Crimson and McCombs Subject in Austin.

With the win, the No. 18-ranked Longhorns (31-12-1) snapped a 23-game dropping streak to the top-ranked Sooners (38-1), and Texas additionally ended Oklahoma’s 40-game unbeaten run relationship again to final yr’s Girls’s Faculty World Sequence.

The Sooners didn’t go down quietly, nonetheless.

Twice already this yr Oklahoma had produced walk-off homers when staring down defeat, and Patty Gasso’s staff rallied within the seventh inning.

Down 4-0, Kinzie Hansen launched her first residence run of the collection off of Texas pitcher Hailey Docini, driving in Jayda Coleman and reducing the result in 4-2.

Alyssa Brito and Taylon Snow had been unable to grab the momentum, nonetheless, because the pair recorded back-to-back outs after Hansen’s bomb to finish the sport.

Docini out-dueled Jordy Bahl, because the Longhorn senior held the Oklahoma lineup to only two hits for the afternoon.

Numerous Texas’ success containing the OU offense by means of two of the three video games within the collection got here all the way down to how properly the Longhorn pitching employees contained the highest of the Sooner lineup.

Tiare Jennings and Jocelyn Alo mixed to hit simply 1-for-19 throughout the three video games, an off weekend for the Sooner stars.

Whereas the offense struggled, Bahl battled within the circle.

Simply as she had all yr lengthy, Bahl rose to the event each time hassle gave the impression to be brewing.

Texas led off the third inning with back-to-back hits, however Bahl fired again.

The true freshman compelled three consecutive outs to get out of the jam and hold the Longhorns off the board.

However within the fifth inning, Texas lastly discovered a breakthrough.

Courtney Day led the inning off with a double, however Bahl appeared like she was going to get out of the menace. Mia Scott reached on an error to place runners at first and second, nevertheless it was Longhorn catcher Mary Iakopo who would play hero.

With two outs, Iakopo singled to shallow left discipline. Alyssa Brito was positioned too deep to make a play at residence, and Texas grabbed a 1-0 benefit, its first lead of the collection.

Bahl then received into extra hassle within the backside of the sixth inning.

Third baseman Mia Scott stepped in with the bases loaded and two outs, and the freshman delivered.

Scott smacked the ball off the left discipline wall, clearing the bases on a triple to place the Longhorns up 4-0 headed to the seventh inning.

Twice this season the Sooners have give you walk-off residence runs after they’ve been all the way down to their final out, however they discovered no such magic on Saturday.

For the afternoon, Docini allowed solely 4 baserunners, hanging out three Sooners in a dominant show.

Bahl was handed her first lack of her OU profession because the true freshman allowed 4 hits and three walks whereas hanging out 9 Longhorn batters.

The Sooners will now look to rebound in a mid-week street battle.

On Wednesday, Oklahoma will journey to Denton, TX, to hyperlink up with the North Texas Imply Inexperienced. The competition is scheduled for six:30 p.m., and will probably be streamed on ESPN+.

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