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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Friday, March 9
Norman
4:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
13
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0
Wichita State
Ricketts, Shults Hit Two HRs in 13-0 OU Win
March 09, 2012 | Softball
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NORMAN, Okla. -- The coaching staff of the No. 8 Oklahoma softball staff has stressed to its team lately to wait for the right pitch and take good swings. Friday afternoon against Wichita State, the Sooners did just that, with a 13-0 five-inning run rule victory over the Shockers to improve to 16-3. The Sooners connected for five home runs, the first time since doing so against No. 1 Washington on May 2007, 2010.
OU collected 11 hits, the third time this season with at least 10 hits this season while recording the largest OU win since defeating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15-0 on March 12, 2011. The five home runs were the most since Oklahoma hit six against Pacific on Feb. 23, 2008.
The Sooners Keilani Ricketts and Jessica Shults led OU at the plate with two home runs each while Michelle Gascoigne moved to 7-0 on the year in the circle, striking out seven of the 14 batters she faced in four innings of work. Kirsten Allen replaced the junior in the circle for the final inning.
The Sooners got on the board early in the first as Shults and Ricketts hit back-to-back home runs to left and right field, respectively, with one out. The pair became the first Sooners to accomplish the feat since Chana'e Jones and Dani Dobbs went yard against Missouri State on March 13, 2011, in Norman.
OU added two more runs in the bottom of the second when Lauren Chamberlain led off with a walk before stealing second and advancing to third on a Brianna Turang single. An Ali Vandever grounder to short sent Chamberlain home and Turang to second before scoring on a throwing error by Shocker first baseman Sammie Shook that sent the ball to the left field fence.
Oklahoma was the model of consistency in the third as it added two runs to the board for the third straight inning. Ricketts became the first Sooner since Shults in 2011 to hit two home runs in the game as she sent 3-0 pitch over the centerfield fence for her second homer in as many at bats.
In the fourth inning, the Sooners exploded when Shults hit her second home run of the game, a two-run shot after Destinee Martinez had walked to start the inning. Ricketts followed with a walk before being replaced at first by Callie Parsons. Erica Sampson and Kelley Reeves both followed with walks before Chamberlain hit a sacrifice fly to deep right that scored Parsons while Sampson scored on the throw from right as Reeves advanced to third.
With Reeves on third, Katie Norris stepped to the plate and sent the fifth OU home run over the left field fence. Oklahoma loaded the bases in the inning before a Martinez single up the middle scored Vandever who had got on base via a walk.
The game was the first of two on the day for the Sooners who take on Indiana following the win. OU is slated to return to action on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against Wichita State and 4 p.m. versus Indiana.
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