NORMAN — Despite a howling wind, the potent Oklahoma Sooner (25-2) bats pummeled five home runs as OU defeated Tulsa (8-15), 12-1, in five innings Wednesday, March 11.
Ella Parker paced the Sooners with two homers, while
Ailana Agbayani,
Gabbie Garcia and
Lexi McDaniel all added one apiece. OU now stands at 108 home runs on the season through 27 games, marking the halfway point in Oklahoma's regular season slate.
OU 12, Tulsa 1 (5 inn.)
OU scored six of its 12 runs in the first inning, beginning with an RBI single from
Kasidi Pickering, plating
Kai Minor.
Gabbie Garcia rocketed an opposite field three-run home run before
Ailana Agbayani went to the pull side of the field with a towering two-run homer.
Tulsa scratched across its only run on two hits in the top of the second before
Ella Parker single-handedly drove in the next OU runs with a pair of roundtrippers. Freshman
Lexi McDaniel capped the scoring with an 84 mile per hour homer to left in the fourth.
Allyssa Parker earned the win with three innings or work, while
Kierston Deal and
Sydney Berzon didn't permit a hit in their innings of effort.
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Allyssa Parker (3-0)
Loss: Maura Moore (3-7)
Statistical Snapshot
Ella Parker | 2-for-2, 2HRs, 5RBIs, 3R
Gabbie Garcia | 2-for-3, 3RBIs, HR
Ailana Agbayani | 1-for-1, HR, 2RBIs
Lexi McDaniel | HR
Notes
- The Sooners have posted 11 games with at least five home runs this season
- OU has homered in 26 of 27 games
- Ella Parker matched her home run total from her 2024 season when she earned NFCA Third Team All-American honors
- Agbayani surpassed her home run total from all of last season
- OU has won via run-rule 19 times this year and 10 times in 11 home games
- Parker posted her third five-RBI game of the year and fourth multi-home run game
- Minor made her second start at the leadoff spot
- Allyssa Parker has earned the win in three consecutive games
- Minor and Barker also added multi-hit games
- The Sooners have won 14 straight
Up Next
Oklahoma starts SEC play against Auburn Friday, March 13. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.