OU softball wins absolute slugfest at Wichita State, 19-16
You can look at what OU softball did with one of two lines of thinking. One, the hitting, the power is absolutely there as the young team continues to grow up.
Two, you don’t see that type of pitching performance from the Sooners maybe ever. But a win is a still a win.
A lot longer than what head coach Patty Gasso would have wanted or anticipated, but the Sooners earned a () victory at Wichita State on Wednesday evening.
Usually when OU puts up an eight-spot in the first inning, it’s on its way to a very quick night. But that was not meant to be this time around.
You have to believe Gasso wanted to rest ace Sam Landry for the evening, but junior Kierston Deal struggled. And Paytn Monticelli had zero answers coming in relief.
Landry wasn’t sharp, either, but it was enough.
Deal went 2.1 innings pitched, allowing six hits and six earned runs. Monticelli went less than an inning and allowed five earned runs.
Landry gave up five runs herself in just a very strange pitching night.
Flip it over, though, and the offense had one heck of a night. Six players had two RBIs, and freshman Gabbie Garcia drove in four runs.
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Garcia added yet another home run. Kasidi Pickering had one of the stranger lines you’ll see. She was 1-for-1 with a two-run home run but scored four times because she was walked four times.
Catcher Isabela Emerling also had a home run. A great sign was Maya Bland with a three-hit night, scoring twice and driving in two runs to lift her average to .227.
Abby Dayton and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas each scored three times and had two RBIs.
OU scored eight in the first, two in the second, four in the third and five in the fifth. But the Shockers kept coming.
The teams combined for 35 runs, 31 hits and seven errors. A wild one in Wichita.
Up next
One day to get back at it. No. 2-ranked OU (30-1, 8-1 SEC) returns to SEC action and returns to Love’s Field with a three-game set against No. 14 Tennessee this weekend. These are the series everybody has been waiting for since joining the SEC. Should be one heck of an atmosphere in Norman.
