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Kasidi Pickering, Sam Landry power OU to series win at Missouri

Bob Przybyloby:Bob Przybylo•03/23/25•

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OU sophomore Kasidi Pickering. (Bryan Terry The Oklahoman/USA TODAY Network).

A young OU softball team, you wondered how it would respond after the initial loss of the season. Losses are to be expected, but the 28-0 start had people wondering when it would come.

And Sunday wasn’t an emphatic response, but a timely one. A timely, clutch two-out, two-run home run by Kasidi Pickering in the top of the sixth proved to be the difference.

Pickering’s bat, Sam Landry in the circle and an OU victory, 5-1, to take two of three at Missouri this weekend.

The Tigers were playing with confidence after taking down the Sooners 3-1 on Saturday. Mizzou had a 1-0 lead through three innings via a solo home run.

But captain Nelly McEnroe-Marinas came through to tie it with a solo shot in the fourth. And Pickering came up huge. It was a 2-2 count with two outs. Dead center, breathe.

The Sooners tacked on two more in the top of the seventh, via RBI hits from Isabela Emerling and Hannah Coor.

You knew that would be enough because Landry was dealing. Outside of that solo shot, she was as dominant as you could ask.

Landry allowed four hits and struck out nine.

The Sooners are now 29-1 overall and 8-1 in the SEC.

Missouri 3, OU 1 (Saturday)

Nelly McEnroe-Marinas tried to get a rally going with a solo shot in the seventh inning. But that turned out to be the only run in the game.

Mizzou notched two in the first off Isabella Smith and put the pressure on OU the rest of the way. The Sooners had five hits and drew five walks, just couldn’t convert on anything.

OU 8, Missouri 0 (5)(Friday)

This isn’t a copy-and-paste job for OU softball, but it sure feels like it. It’s Gabbie Garcia and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas at the plate. Then Sam Landry in the circle. Combine it, and it’s an easy victory.

It worked again. The ‘magic formula’ or ‘secret recipe’ for head coach Patty Gasso traveled to Missouri as OU took out the host Tigers for another run-rule win.

Garcia got it started with a three-run home run in the top of the first. The freshman continues to tear it up, now a 14-game hitting streak.

Mizzou kept OU at bay for the next few frames. But then the Sooners put up a five-spot in the fifth and let Sam Landry do the rest.

It was a two-run shot by McEnroe-Marinas. And welcome back to the home run parade, Ella Parker.

The sophomore, who hadn’t been as effective, at least by her standards, cemented this one with a three-run shot of her own.

That was more than enough for Landry. The senior star needed just 74 pitches to mow down the Tigers in the five innings.

She allowed just one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.

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