A&M Wins Slugfest, Takes Series From Softball

COLLEGE STATION, Texas The No. 9 Oklahoma softball team couldn't survive the first poor outing of the season by ace Kami Keiter as it lost a slugfest with Texas A&M, 5-4, Sunday afternoon at Aggie Softball Field in College Station. The Sooners' 0-2 start to the conference season is their worst since 1994, which includes the entire tenure of OU head coach Patty Gasso. The weekend sweep drops OU to 26-11-1, while A&M improves to 20-15 and 2-0 in Big 12 play.

In the first inning, it took one swing of the bat from Heather Scaglione to match the Sooners' offensive output over the last four games. On a 1-0 pitch from A&M starter Jill Weynand, Scagloine crushed a ball that easily cleared the 220-foot fence in centerfield. The tape-measure shot, which scored leadoff hitter Norrelle Dickson (single), ties the junior catcher for the Big 12 lead in home runs with 10.

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Freshman Jamie Fox appeared to be in control of the scoreboard as she laced a solo home run off the OU run slot on the scoreboard in left field. After the freshman's sixth blast of the year in the second inning the scoreboard read OU 3, A&M 0.

Aggie third baseman Laura Durham returned the favor with a two-run homer in the second inning to narrow the OU advantage to 3-2. In the third inning the Aggies roared ahead with back-to-back home runs by Adrian Gregory and Kristin Gunter that put the Sooners down 5-3.

Coach Gasso pulled starter Kami Keiter (4-5) after the third home run. The outing was easily the worst of the season for the All-American who gave up five earned runs in 2.2 innings of work. Keiter's previous season high in earned runs was two against McNeese State (2/13).

An RBI single by April Valdez in the fourth scored Mariee Mena and closed the gap to one run (5-4). The Sooners threatened with two runners in scoring position and one out in the top of the seventh. Unfortunately for Gasso's squad, Mariee Mena and Jamie Fox couldn't come up with the clutch hit.

The back-to-back losses mark the first time since 1984 that Texas A&M has defeated OU in consecutive meetings. The Aggies took three straight from the Sooners from 1982-84. The loss also drops OU to 5-9 in one-run games this season.

OU, which has lost three straight for the first time since April 17, 2002, doesn't get a break as it has to turn around and play Big 12-leading Baylor (30-6) on Monday. Baylor swept its Big 12 opening doubleheader against Kansas on Saturday. The Bears and Sooners will meet for a doubleheader at 2 p.m. at Getterman Field on the Waco campus.

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