Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. – 3 home runs from Karli Petty The 7th seed Oklahoma State softball team defeated Arizona 4-2 in the first match of the 2022 NCAA Women’s University World Series at the Oklahoma City Hall of Fame Stadium on Thursday.
With the victory, OSU improved to 47-12 this season and advanced to the WCWS winner’s bracket.
Kelly Maxwell (20-4) Aggregate her 15th This year’s double-digit strikeout game at 14 against Wildcats to win in the circle.She recorded 19th With a complete game this season, you can run twice with five hits. The 14 strikeouts were the best of the season for Arizona this year.
Her 14 strikeout nights raised the season total to 293. It ranks fourth in the history of the program. Was 15 years oldth This season Maxwell recorded a double-digit strikeout performance out of 26 starts (57%) this season.
Cowgirls first got on the board in the 4th inning Brianna Evans score Sydney Pennington One-out single, 1-0 with OSU at the top.Evans’s pinch ran for Miranda ElishThe person who doubled the turn at bat before.
A two-run home run from Sharlize Palacios later gave Wildcats a 2: 1 lead.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Elish took a walk in front of Pennington’s single, and Arizona’s error pushed the runners to second and third place without an out. The next OSU batter, Petty, hit a three-run homer in the fifth season’s center fielder, giving Cowgirl a 4-2 lead that wouldn’t surrender.
Wildcats opened in 7th place with a single in the middle before Maxwell finished the game with three straight strikeouts.
Then OSU takes on 14th-Saturday 6 pm CT sowed Florida. The contest will air on ESPN.
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