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Oklahoma Softball: Alyssa Brito Sparks Run Rule Victory Over No. 18 Texas
After a decent begin, an enormous fifth inning propelled Oklahoma on Friday night time.
Alyssa Brito launched a pair of house runs to assist beat the No. 18-ranked Texas Longhorns 9-1 at Pink and Charline McCombs Discipline.
The win saved the No. 1-ranked Sooners unbeaten at 38-0, and prolonged OU’s win streak over Texas (30-12-1) to 23 straight video games.
Via two video games this weekend, Brito has 4 RBIs, quadrupling Texas’ offensive output by herself.
For the second straight night time, Oklahoma opened the scoring.
Jayda Coleman drew a leadoff stroll to start out the second inning after OU was on the receiving finish of three straight strikeouts to start out the sport. Within the ensuing at-bat, Kinzie Hansen was hit by a pitch to advance Coleman to second, permitting Coleman to strain the Longhorn protection on the bottom paths.
Texas catcher Mary Iakopo overthrew first base attempting to catch Hansen sleeping, however she rocketed the ball into the outfield. Coleman was capable of activate the jets for a pair of bases to capitalize on the error and put OU up 1-0.
The lead didn’t final lengthy, nevertheless, as Texas first baseman JJ Smith leveled the sport with a solo house run off Nicole Could within the backside of the second inning.
Brito then took over the proceedings.
After launching a solo bomb in Thursday night time’s sequence opener, the Oregon switch outdid herself in Friday’s Recreation 2.
Brito smashed her first house run of the night time within the third inning to place the Sooners up 2-1, after which, after Jana Johns drove Hansen house within the fourth inning to make it 3-1, Brito returned to hit one other solo shot within the fifth to increase the result in 4-1.
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OU’s fifth inning injury didn’t cease with Brito, nevertheless.
With runners on the corners, Grace Lyons laid down an ideal bunt, concurrently reaching first base safely whereas plating Tiare Jennings.
The Sooners added one other run to push the result in 6-1 when Johns drew a bases-loaded stroll, after which Rylie Boone added one other two runs with a single by means of the appropriate aspect.
Boone’s two-RBI hit introduced Brito again up within the fifth inning, and she or he once more tormented Texas.
She didn’t blast her fourth house run of the sequence, however she did rating Johns on a single up the center to place her crew up 9-1 and put the run rule in impact, beautiful the file crowd of 1,687 within the course of.
Hope Trautwein entered the sport in reduction of Could to assist include the Longhorn offense.
Could pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowed a pair of hits and two walks whereas putting out one Texas batter.
Trautwein helped regular the competition within the third inning. She additionally gave up two hits and two walks, however the tremendous senior switch was capable of preserve the Longhorns off the board, bettering on her NCAA-leading earned run common.
Oklahoma will look to complete off the sweep on Saturday when the groups hyperlink again up at 1 p.m. With the sequence victory already in hand, the Sooners prolonged their unbeaten sequence streak in Huge 12 play to 63.
Saturday’s matchup might be broadcast on the Longhorn Community.
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Subpoena showdown: Will Robert Roberson testify at Texas lawmakers' hearing?
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is being called to testify at a state House committee hearing Friday at noon, as ordered by a new subpoena issued this week.
But whether the condemned man will be produced in person is unclear, after the state’s attorney general’s office filed a motion late Thursday allowing the prison to disregard the subpoena pending a hearing to resolve the motion. The office also resisted in October with a similar subpoena for a hearing with state lawmakers.
The new hearing requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to transport Roberson from his prison north of Houston to the state Capitol in Austin.
In a statement issued Thursday, the office of Attorney General Ken Paxton said, “In addition to presenting serious security risks, the subpoena is procedurally defective and therefore invalid as it was issued in violation of the House Rules, the Texas Constitution, and other applicable laws.”
Paxton said in October that there were safety concerns with having Roberson brought before lawmakers and cited a lack of a state facility near Austin that could temporarily house him. The state had said he could testify virtually.
In response, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence offered a compromise that its members could meet with Roberson in prison, saying they were uncomfortable with the video option, given his autism and unfamiliarity with the technology. The meeting, however, never materialized.
A Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson said Wednesday that it “doesn’t have a comment at this time” on whether it would abide by this latest subpoena.
The decision by House committee lawmakers to issue a second subpoena comes after the attorney general’s office challenged the initial one. The original subpoena was an unusual legal gambit that set off a flurry of litigation that put Roberson’s execution on hold mere hours before he was to be executed on Oct. 17. He would have been the nation’s first person to be executed for a “shaken baby” death after long maintaining his innocence. His 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, died in 2002.
The House committee members said they still want Roberson to be able to testify in his case as it relates to a 2013 “junk science” law that allows Texas inmates to potentially challenge convictions based on advances in forensic science.
“Robert’s testimony will shed important light on some of the problems with our ‘junk science writ’ process, a legal procedure Texas lawmakers expected to provide reconsideration in cases like this one,” committee chair and state Rep. Joe Moody, a Democrat, and committee member and state Rep. Jeff Leach, a Republican, said in a statement. “His perspective will be especially valuable as a person on the autism spectrum whose neurodivergence profoundly influenced both his case and his access to justice on appeal.”
Last month, the Texas Supreme Court sided with state officials that lawmakers could not use their subpoena power to effectively halt an execution, but said the committee members could still compel Roberson to testify.
The attorney general’s office has not set a new execution date.
Meanwhile, the lawmakers and Paxton have sparred publicly over Roberson’s case, with each accusing the other of “misrepresenting” details that led to his conviction in his daughter’s death and releasing their own reports in recent weeks rebutting each other’s claims.
Doctors and law enforcement had quickly concluded Nikki was killed as a result of a violent shaking episode, but Roberson’s defense says new understanding of so-called shaken baby syndrome shows that other medical conditions can be factors in a child’s death, as they believe it was in Nikki’s.
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Sunny weekend ahead for North Texas, rain expected early next week
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Freezing start forecast in North Texas for the first day of winter before rain on Christmas Eve
NORTH TEXAS — It was another cold start to the day with temperatures near or below the freezing line; however, the cold didn’t last long: highs in the afternoon topped out in the 60s.
Another freezing morning will also be expected Saturday morning due to a dry front moving across the area. It’s important to remember to bring indoors pets and plants as well as to protect your pipes.
A beautiful weekend is in store for North Texas, with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 50s. Saturday is the official start of Winter Solstice, which is the shortest day and longest night of the year. The high will be 56, which is where DFW normally sits.
The upper-level high-pressure system retreats to the west and a low takes power at the start of the next week. This will cause a big pattern shift, meaning rain will be back in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday.
Conditions look to significantly improve during the afternoon on Wednesday.
Chances for rain return at the end of the next week thanks to another front.
Enjoy Mother Nature’s gift of a beautiful weekend.
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