Bedlam Begins Wednesday for OU Softball

No. 22/15 Oklahoma (24-8, 3-0 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma State (19-14, 0-3 Big 12)
Date/Time	Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Location	Norman, Okla. \| Marita Hynes Stadium
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com
TV	Fox Sports Southwest Plus
Live Audio	KREF 1400 \| SoonerSports.tv ($)
Game Info	Tickets \| Game Notes \| Twitter

Sitting at 3-0 in the Big 12 and 24-8 overall, No. 22/15 Oklahoma welcomes Oklahoma State to Norman for the first of three Bedlam matchups scheduled for this season. The Sooners are on a season-high six game winning streak and have also won six straight versus the Cowgirls.

SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma has a 76-70 all-time advantage over Oklahoma State. In Norman, OU's record stands at 35-21 in the series, and the team is on a16-game home winning streak vs. OSU.

The Sooners' 76 wins are the most against any school in program history.

Opponent	Wins	Losses	Win. Pct.
Oklahoma State	76	70	.521
Iowa State	68	28	.708
Kansas	53	42	.558
Missouri	51	41	.554
Baylor	46	10	.821

In addition, the 146 combined matchups are the most for OU against another opponent.

Opponent	Total Games	Win-Loss Record	Win Pct.
Oklahoma State	146	76-70	.521
Iowa State	96	68-28	.708
Kansas	95	53-42	.558
Missouri	92	51-41	.554
Nebraska	85	41-44	.482

In each of the past 27 meetings dating back May 3, 2003, OU has held OSU to three runs or fewer, going 24-3 in those contests with an average winning margin of 6.2 to 1.1.

OU won all three games a year ago, outscoring OSU, 19-1. In the opening win in Oklahoma City, the Sooners hit four home runs en route to a 10-1, five-inning victory. On Senior Day in Norman, Oklahoma won 4-0 to capture its sixth Big 12 regular season title and 10th overall. In last season's finale, Keilani Ricketts threw a no-hitter and Lauren Chamberlain hit two home runs in a 5-0 Sooners win in Stillwater.

OWNERS OF THE BEDLAM CUP
Since the official start of the Bedlam Series in 2001, the trophy hasn't left Norman. OU has won it outright 10 of the 12 years and retained it after splits in 2003 and 2010. Since the start of Big 12 play, OU has done no worse than a split against OSU in the regular season series and claimed in-state bragging rights in 15 of the 18 seasons.

HOT STREAKS
A quick look at which Sooners have been enjoying recent success:

Player	G	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR	BB	K	SB	AVG/OBP/SLG
Casey	7	18	5	10	8	1	1	8	0	1	.556/.667/.889
Ellis	13	41	11	17	21	3	4	4	6	2	.415/.478/.780
Hatfield	2	6	4	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	.833/.875/1.500
Pendley	16	51	20	22	22	5	7	14	10	4	.431/.554/.941
Self	3	9	7	7	7	1	3	3	0	0	.778/.833/1.889
Vest	3	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	.667/.714/.667
Williams	7	16	7	6	2	1	0	7	2	0	.375/.600/.438

Pitchers

Player	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Pendley	6	9.2	3	0	0	5	5	0	0.00
Stevens	6	19.0	18	3	2	9	18	2	0.74

SELF NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For the first time in her career, sophomore Kady Self has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week. Self was nearly unstoppable in OU's three-game sweep at Iowa State. She reached safely in her first nine plate appearances of the weekend, going 7-7 with three home runs, a double and two walks before flying out to center field in the second inning of Sunday's contest.

For the weekend, Self led the Sooners in runs (7), hits (7), home runs (3), total bases (17) and slugging (1.889).

In Friday's opener, Self finished 3-3 with a pair of home runs, three runs scored and five runs batted in to establish career highs in each category. Self followed that performance Saturday by going 3-3 with three runs scored, two runs batted in, a home run and a walk. Sunday, she picked up another double and a walk as Oklahoma extended its winning streak over the Cyclones to 21 games.

Oklahoma has now won four weekly conference honors as Whitney Ellis (player) and Kelsey Stevens (pitcher) earned the awards on March 11, while Destinee Martinez was recognized as the Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 25.

FACING THE CREAM OF THE CROP
Oklahoma has played in 13 games against teams currently ranked in the top 25 of the RPI rankings, tying with Missouri for the third most in the nation (games through 3/30, # - RPI).

Team	RPI	Games vs. Top-25	Record vs. Top-25	Overall Record
Nebraska	7	16	7-9	23-11
LSU	25	16	4-12	19-15
Oklahoma	23	13	6-7	24-8
Missouri	8	13	5-8	25-9

In addition, OU's six wins over the RPI top-25 are tied for third most with Alabama and Florida and trail only UCLA (9) and Nebraska (7).

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Below is a list of all OU's top-25 rankings in the latest NCAA Statistics (Games through 3/30).

Stat	Player/Team	Total	Rank
Runs/Game	Team	7.69	3rd
Home Runs/Game	Team	1.38	5th
Double Plays/Game	Team	0.59	5th
Fielding Percentage	Team	.978	8th
Slugging Percentage	Team	.538	10th
Winning Percentage	Team	.750	22nd
RBI/Game	Shelby Pendley	1.25	11th
Doubles/Game	Shelby Pendley	0.41	17th
Slugging Percentage	Shelby Pendley	.835	18th
Runs/Game	Shelby Pendley	1.13	20th
Wins	Kelsey Stevens	16	13th

RUN-RULE STREAK STANDS AT 82
Oklahoma has not suffered a run-rule loss since losing to Texas 15-6 in five innings on March 28, 2009. In that time span, OU has rattled off 82 consecutive run-rule wins. Most recently, the Sooners defeated Iowa State, 11-0, in five innings on March 30.

Category	Stat
Run-Rule Wins	82
5-Inning Wins	62
6-Inning Wins	20
Shutout Wins	42
Postseason Wins	8
Run-Rule Wins vs. Ranked Teams	13
Highest-Ranked Team Run-Ruled	No. 2 Arizona; 11-1, 5 (2/12/11)
Most Run-Rule Wins vs. One Team	Iowa State (8)

PENDLEY'S HIT STREAK AT CAREER-BEST 13 GAMES
Shelby Pendley saw her career-best 14-game hitting streak end after going 0-4 at Iowa State on March 29. The streak dated back to a 4-4 performance in game two of a doubleheader against Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Feb. 28.

During the streak, Pendley hit .477 with 21 hits in 44 at-bats. In addition she's slugged 1.045 with a .589 on-base percentage. Pendley had seven home runs, four doubles, 21 RBI and 17 runs scored during her run, which is the longest by an OU player this season and the longest since Lauren Chamberlain's 17-game hitting streak from April 28, 2013 to Feb. 7, 2014.

PENDLEY JOINS 50-HR CLUB
Juniors Lauren Chamberlain and Shelby Pendley are two of five active student-athletes with 50 or more career home runs (through 3/30).

Player	School	Fr.	So.	Jr.	Sr.	Total
Lauren Chamberlain	Oklahoma	30	30	6	N/A	66
Jennifer Gilbert	Ball State	15	18	23	10	66
Kaila Hunt	Alabama	10	21	15	9	55
Shelby Pendley	Oklahoma	19	22	10	N/A	51
Haley Outon	Houston	5	22	16	7	50

DYANMIC DUO
Juniors Shelby Pendley and Lauren Chamberlain have combined to hit more career HR than any other duo in the nation (through 3/30).

Player (Total)	Player (Total)	Team	Total
Lauren Chamberlain (66)	Shelby Pendley (51)	Oklahoma	117
Jennifer Gilbert (66)	Taylor Rager (32)	Ball State	98
Kaila Hunt (55)	Jackie Traina (36)	Alabama	91
Patrice Jackson (42)	Lorena Bauer (41)	San Diego State	83
Taylor Edwards (46)	Tatum Edwards (37)	Nebraska	83

CHAMBERLAIN SIDELINED WITH BACK INJURY
A back injury, which occurred on March 13, has sidelined Lauren Chamberlain. According to the OU medical staff, the injury typically takes six weeks for recovery.

Chamberlain has not played since the Tulsa contest on March 9 (nine games) after after she had not missed a start in the first 148 contests of her OU career. Prior to her injury, Chamberlain was on a hot streak after a slow start to the 2014 season.

Stat	First 14 Games	Next 9 Games
AVG/OBP/SLG	.171/.442/.257	.545/.737/1.455
Hits/AB	6/35	12/22
Runs	13	18
2B/3B/HR	0/0/1	3/1/5
RBI	6	10
Total Bases	9	32
Walks/Strikeouts	16/9	16/2