University of Oklahoma Athletics
OU Run Rules Weber State for Third Win
February 11, 2012 | Softball
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Like they did in the first game of Friday, Oklahoma got off to a quick start by scoring in the first inning as Lauren Chamberlain singled to lead off for OU before advancing to second on a passed ball. After a Brianna Turang walk, Jessica Shults picked up her fifth hit of the season with a single to right field that sent Chamberlain around to home plate to put OU up 1-0.
After a two-run home run by Weber State's Lyndsey Minnich put OU down for the first time in 2012, Oklahoma erupted for six runs in the top of the third inning to grab a 7-2 lead after three. The speedy Turang led off by dropping a bunt over the head of the Weber State third baseman for a double before Shults followed with her second hit of the game to put runners on the corners for Oklahoma. A throwing error by the Weber State catcher sent Turang home to tie the game up for Oklahoma as Keilani Ricketts followed up with a walk.
With Shults and Ricketts on the base path, sophomore Brittany Williams became the third Sooner of the season with a home run as she sent a blast over the center field fence of Jim Rogers Field. Destinee Martinez followed with a bunt single before Javen Henson doubled to to left center to send Martinez home for OU's sixth run of the day.
Following a Weber State pitching change, OU got its second scoring double in a row as Erica Sampson knocked in Henson, who had stolen third, with a drive to left center.
The scoring run continued for the Sooners in the fourth as Weber State's second pitcher, Kelsie Vallies, walked Shults, Ricketts and Williams in order to load the bases. Pinch hitter Katie Norris hit into a fielder's choice that sent Shults home while a throwing error by WSU's second baseman sent pinch runner Allee Allen to the plate. After Henson and Sampson were hit by pitches in back-to-back at bats to load the bases, it was deja vu for OU as pinch hitter Callie Parsons hit into a fielder's choice that sent Norris home before Henson advanced to home due to a throwing error by the Weber State second baseman.
Oklahoma added its 12th and final run in the top of the fifth as Turang reached first and advanced to second on a throwing error by the WSU pitcher. An illegal pitch sent Turang to third before an Allee Allen sent her home for her second run of the game.