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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Friday, February 20
Palm Springs, Calif.
12:30 PM
University of Oklahoma
5
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Georgia
OU Rally Falls Short in Top-10 Showdown
February 20, 2015 | Softball
Georgia
Oklahoma
6
5
OklahomaBox Score
| Inning-by-Inning | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| OU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| UGA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | x | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| Pitching | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
| W - Wilkinson (8-1) | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| L - Parker (3-2) | 5.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| S - N/A | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Individual Leaders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | HR | |
| OU - Parker | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| UGA - C. Emanuel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player of the Game |
|---|
 Paige Parker // Fr. // PFreshman Paige Parker hit the first home run of her career as OU's rally came up just short against Georgia. Parker went 2-3 with a run scored and a pair of runs batted in. She matched her career high in hits and RBI. In the circle, Parker came on in relief and threw the final 5.1 innings. After the Bulldogs scored twice in the first, she held them to four runs the rest of the way with four strikeouts. |
| Game Notes |
|---|
| Oklahoma now trails the all-time series against Georgia, 3-2 ... all three of Oklahoma's losses this year have come to teams ranked 21st or better ... Shelby Pendley hit the 44th home run of her OU career, tying Heather Scaglione (2002-05) for seventh on the school's all-time list ... Pendley also moved from 11th to a tie for ninth on the OU career RBI list with 164; she's now tied with Kelli Braitsch (2000-03) after passing former teammate Brittany Williams (162 from 2011-14) ... Paige Parker hit the first home run of her career in the second inning ... Erin Miller went 0-4 to snap her career best hitting streak at 10 games |
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – No. 4/3 Oklahoma (10-3) tried to rally back from a 6-2 deficit, but came up one run short in a 6-5 loss to No. 8/7 Georgia (12-1) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic Friday in Palm Springs, Calif.
The Sooners, who have seen all three losses come against ranked teams this season, entered the seventh inning trailing 6-2 to the Bulldogs.
Senior Callie Parsons got the comeback bid started with a single to right field. Freshman Nicole Pendley joined her on the bases when she was hit by a pitch. After a strikeout, senior Shelby Pendley stepped in and turned on the first pitch she saw, drilling a three-run homer to right field.
It was Shelby Pendley's third home run of the season and the 44th of her OU career, tying Heather Scaglione (2002-05) for seventh on the school's all-time list. It was also Pendley's 63rd career home run.
Her three runs driven in gave Shelby Pendley 164 in her Sooners' career to move her past former teammate Brittany Williams (162 from 2011-14) and into a tie for ninth all-time with Kelli Braitsch (2000-03) on the OU career ledger.
Oklahoma couldn't get any closer than the 6-5 margin, though as a flyout to left and grounder to second ended the contest.
The loss was handed to OU freshman Paige Parker, who entered in relief of Shelby Pendley after the latter got two outs in the first inning. Parker threw the final 5.1 innings, giving up four runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts and one walk while seeing her record drop to 3-2.
Georgia took the lead in the first inning with the help of a defensive miscue from Oklahoma.
With one out and Sydni Emanuel on first, Paige Wilson executed a hit-and-run with a single to center field. Emanuel broke for third, and centerfielder Nicole Pendley tried to throw her out but the ball short-hopped Kelsey Arnold at third base and skipped away. That allowed Emanuel to score and make it 1-0.
Alex Hugo then made it 2-0 when she followed with an RBI single.
Oklahoma answered, however, in the top of the second.
Junior Whitney Ellis led off with a five-pitch walk to bring Parker to the plate. On the very first pitch she saw, Parker drove it to right center for her first career home run. The two-run blast tied it at 2-2.
After a scoreless third, Georgia took another two-run lead in the fourth.
Niaja Griffin led off with a ground-rule double down the left field line, while a sacrifice bunt moved her to third. Cortni Emanuel batted next and hit a sharp grounder to Shelby Pendley, who was drawn in at shortstop. Pendley immediately fired home but it wasn't in time to get Griffin. A run-scoring single from Wilson then made it 4-2.
The Bulldogs then doubled their lead in the fifth.
Tina Iosefa and Kaylee Puailoa led off with back-to-back singles. Parker came back to get a flyout and strikeout, but Samantha LaZear hit a slow roller up the third base line to load the bases. Cortni Emanuel then lined a shot off the glove of a diving Shelby Pendley at shortstop. The ball deflected to senior Jessica Vest at second base, but her attempt to tag the bag for the final out was not in time and a run scored.
Sydni Emanuel drove in the sixth run with a sharp single to left field, though left fielder Lea Wodach prevented another run from scoring as she threw out LaZear at the plate.
Oklahoma closes out play at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Saturday. First up, OU faces No. 11/9 Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. CT before taking on Loyola Marymount at 10 p.m. CT.
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