Oklahoma bats come alive late to top Texas, win second straight College World Series

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kinzie Hansen and Grace Lyons hit three-run homers, Jayda Coleman made two spectacular defensive performs and No. 1 seed Oklahoma defeated unseeded Texas 10-5 on Thursday night time to win its second straight Women’s College World Series title.

The Sooners (59-3) claimed the best-of-three sequence 2-0 after successful Game 1 16-1 on Wednesday. It was Oklahoma’s sixth total championship and fifth up to now 9 World Series.

Jocelyn Alo, the two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, was named Most Outstanding Player. She hit .666 for the match, tied Tiare Jennings for a World Series file 5 dwelling runs and set a World Series mark with 12 runs scored.

Alo hit a tough single in her last at-bat within the sixth inning and later scored. In the seventh, she stepped in to play left area and caught two fly balls for outs earlier than leaving the sport to a standing ovation. She went with no homer on Thursday and ends her profession with a Division I file 122 dwelling runs.

Jennings set a World Series file with 15 RBIs. Oklahoma scored 41 runs in its last three World Series video games.

Oklahoma’s Jordy Bahl (22-1), the NFCA Freshman of the Year, settled down after a tough begin. She allowed two runs and 4 hits in 4 innings.

Texas pitcher Estelle Czech (13-2) started the sport with three shutout innings, however bumped into hassle within the fourth and fifth and was changed.

Mia Scott hit a three-run homer and JJ Smith had two hits for the Longhorns (47-22-1), who had survived six elimination video games in NCAA match play earlier than Thursday.

The Longhorns loaded the bases with no outs within the first and scored two runs. Coleman jumped above the fence for a spectacular seize that robbed Courtney Day of a two-run homer and ended the inning.

Oklahoma lastly bought on the board within the fourth. After the Sooners bought their first run following a throwing error, Taylon Snow’s RBI single tied the sport at 2-all.

In the fourth, Coleman had one other defensive gem, throwing out a Texas runner at second from the warning monitor.

Alyssa Brito’s RBI double within the fifth gave Oklahoma the lead for the primary time, and Hansen’s blast later within the inning put the Sooners up 6-2.

The crowd stood for Alo’s at-bat within the sixth, hoping for yet another blast. Instead, her single loaded the bases. Two batters later, Lyons’ homer made it 10-2.

Scott’s 3-run homer got here within the seventh.

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