OKLAHOMA CITY — Ella Parker hit a three-run, walk-off homer with two outs within the backside of the seventh inning to raise Oklahoma to a 4-3 victory towards Tennessee within the Girls’s School World Sequence opener for each groups on Thursday.
Parker’s second homer of the sport off Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens strengthened the Sooners’ probabilities of successful a fifth straight nationwide title.
Pickens, a Nationwide Fastpitch Coaches Affiliation first-team All-American, had dominated many of the sport, together with her pitches commonly hitting 75 mph, earlier than faltering late.
Ailana Agbayani opened Oklahoma’s half of the seventh with a stroll. Pickens retired the subsequent two hitters earlier than Oklahoma’s pair of first-team All-People got here via. Kasidi Pickering singled and moved Agbayani to 3rd earlier than Parker’s blast to middle ended the sport.
Second-seeded Oklahoma (51-7) superior to face No. 6 seed Texas, a 3-0 winner over No. 3 Florida in its opener, on Saturday for a spot within the semifinals.
Oklahoma has overwhelmed Texas within the championship collection in two of the previous three years, and each applications jumped from the Large 12 to the Southeastern Convention this season.
No. 7 seed Tennessee (45-16) will face Florida in an elimination sport Friday.
Oklahoma pitcher Sam Landry, a second-team All-American, hung robust and obtained the win, regardless of trailing almost all the sport. She scattered eight hits and allowed only one earned run.
Tennessee jumped on Landry with two runs within the first. Parker hit a solo shot off Pickens to trim Tennessee’s result in 2-1. The Volunteers added a run within the third when Ella Dodge scored on a dropped fly ball.
Tennessee loaded the bases with one out within the seventh, however Oklahoma turned a double play and the Volunteers didn’t rating.
