OU softball: Sooners hit three homers and pound out 15 hits in run-rule win over Kansas
OU softball hits three homers in run-rule win over Kansas
Oklahoma hit three home runs and had seven players knock in at least two runs as the top-ranked Sooners' softball team routed Kansas, 19-0, Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas.
Tiare Jennings, Jocelyn Alo and Lynnsie Elam all homered for OU (44-1, 13-1). Jennings was 3-for-4 in the game with three RBI and three runs scored.
Alo blasted a two-run homer in the second inning in her only official at bat. She was walked four times and scored four runs in the game.
Alyssa Brito was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. The Sooners had 15 hits in the game, including six for extra bases.
Taylon Snow had a two-RBI triple in the fourth inning. Both Elam and Jennings belted three-run homers in a 12-run fifth inning for the Sooners.
Hope Trautwein (13-0) pitched four scoreless innings to get the victory, allowing only thee hits. Nicole May pitched the fifth and final inning of the run-rule win.
OU goes for the series sweep against the Jayhawks (15-30, 2-12) at noon Sunday.
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OSU baseball rips Texas
Oklahoma State hit four home runs as the No. 7 Cowboys pounded No. 6 Texas, 14-3, on Saturday to win their second straight game over the Longhorns in Austin.
On Friday night, Zach Ehrhard ripped a two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning to break a tie game and send the Cowboys to a 8-6 win in the series opener.
On Saturday, no late game heroics were needed as OSU (30-13, 12-5 Big 12) scored seven runs in the sixth inning to lead 10-0. That inning was highlighted by a three-run homer from Griffin Doersching.
David Mendham and Jake Thompson hit solo homers earlier in the game. Nolan McLean homered in the seventh.
Bryce Osmond (4-1) worked 5 1/3 shutout innings to get the win, allowing just one hit and striking out six. Hueston Morrill pitched the final 3 2/3 innings and fanned five batters to collect his first-career save.
On Friday, Mendham homered twice for the Cowboys and McLean and Thompson also homered. McLean pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.
Trevor Martin (2-2) picked up the win on the mound in relief.
OSU, which leads the Big 12 conference standings, will go for the sweep over the Longhorns at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
OU baseball routs K-State
John Spikerman and Jimmy Crooks each had four hits as Oklahoma dumped Kansas State, 22-10, on Saturday at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.
Spikerman was 4-for-5 at the plate with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored. Crooks was 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored.
The Sooners (27-14, 9-5 Big 12) led 19-0 after the third inning, scoring a lone run in the first then plating seven in the second and 11 in the third.
Jackson Nicklaus was 3-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBI. He also scored three times. Blake Robertson homered and drove in three runs while Brett Squires doubled, had three RBI and scored three runs..
On Friday night, Jake Bennett pitched seven shutout innings and OU hit four home runs in a 14-2 series-opening victory over Kansas State.
Bennett (4-2) fanned 11 batters and allowed only two hits and no walks. Peyton Graham homered twice, Jackson Nicklaus went deep and Tanner Tredaway hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run eighth inning.
Twelve of Oklahoma’s 16 hits in the game were extra base hits, including seven doubles. Tredaway went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, a home run and five RBIs.
OU goes for the sweep on 2 p.m. Sunday at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Celtics confident entering series against Bucks
The only team to register a first-round sweep, the Boston Celtics enter their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup on Sunday with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks loaded with confidence.
Boston's defense stymied a Brooklyn Nets team featuring two of the league's elite scorers in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Celtics are a conference-best 37-10 since their buzzer-beating loss to the Knicks on Jan. 6.
Fully healthy again after Robert Williams' return, the Celtics now turn their attention to reigning NBA Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee.
The Bucks rolled to a 4-1 win over Chicago but may have to take on Boston's top-rated defense without Khris Middleton. He hasn’t played since spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in Game 2 against the Bulls.
Memphis advances to meet Golden State
Desmond Bane and Dillon Brooks each scored 23 points to steer a third fourth-quarter comeback victory in the series by the Memphis Grizzlies, who eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 114-106 victory Friday night in Game 6.
The Grizzlies advanced in the playoffs for the first time in seven years, this time to meet Golden State, the NBA champions in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Game 1 is in Memphis on Sunday.
Golden State got Stephen Curry back from injury for the playoffs to rejoin Draymond Green and Klay Thompson and again looked like a championship favorite while beating Denver in the first round.
Golden State is in its seventh Western Conference semifinal in 10 seasons. They're as healthy as they’ve been since reaching five straight NBA Finals between 2015 and 2019.
But first the Warriors have to get by a Grizzlies team that zoomed past them during the regular season to take second place in the West and home-court advantage for this series.
Bane went 27 for 56 on 3-pointers in the series against Minnesota. That's already the most makes in Memphis team history for a single postseason.
Extra points
OKC DODGERS 3, SUGAR LAND 2: Jake Lamb hit a two-run homer and Drew Avans tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Zach McKinstry to lift the Dodgers to victory on Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Starter Ryan Pepiot (2-0) became the first OKC pitcher of the season to complete six innings, allowing two runs on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. Relief pitchers Justin Hagenman and Yency Almonte then combined to hold Sugar Land without a run, hit or walk over the final three innings, recording six strikeouts.
DRAKE RELAYS: Oklahoma State won both the men's and women's Distance Medley Relays on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. On Friday, the Cowgirls 4x1600 meter squad defended its crown. The Cowgirls have now won three straight titles and five of the past six in the event at the Drake Relays.
—Staff and wire reports
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