OXFORD, Miss. — Freshman catcher
Kendall Wells posted her fifth multi-home run game of the season and
Audrey Lowry spun her 14th win in the circle as No. 4 Oklahoma (30-2, 4-0 SEC) won 10-0 in six innings at (RV) Ole Miss (20-12, 0-7 SEC) Saturday, March 21.
Ella Parker also added her 15th homer of the year as the Sooners posted their 24th run-rule win of the season.
OU 10, Ole Miss 0 (6 inn.)
Kai Minor drew a leadoff walk in the second and came around to score after a groundout, wild pitch and
Abby Dayton RBI groundout. The Sooners were on the cusp of adding a second run in the third, but an RBI double off the bat of
Gabbie Garcia was retracted on a runner left early call at first base.
Ella Parker doubled the score with a towering solo home run to right center in the fourth, her 15th home run of the season.
Dayton started the fifth with a hit by pitch and scored when
Kendall Wells launched a 1-2 pitch beyond the fence in right center. The Sooners added one more after Garcia singled,
Isabela Emerling reached on a fielder's choice and
Ella Parker eventually brought Garcia in with an RBI infield single.
The Sooners delivered the big blow in the sixth, scoring five to go up, 10-0. Dayton doubled in one run, Wells hit a 264-foot three-run home run and
Ella Parker capped the scoring off with a sac fly to deep left.
After five scoreless from Lowry,
Allyssa Parker entered and fanned two in the sixth to secure the shutout.
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Audrey Lowry (14-1)
Loss: Kyra Aycock (8-4)
Statistical Snapshot
Kendall Wells | 2-for-4, 2HRs, 5RBIs
Ella Parker | 2-for-3, 3RBIs
Kai Minor | 2-for-3, BB, R
Abby Dayton | 1-for-2, 2R, 2RBIs
Audrey Lowry | W, 5.0IP, 3K, BB, 2H
Notes
- It was OU's first-ever meeting against Ole Miss in Oxford
- OU surpassed its home run total of all of last season (now at 122)
- Pickering extended her reached base streak to 30 games and her hitting streak to 11 games
- Minor notched her 15th multi-hit game of the season
- Dayton tallied her 11th double of the season
- Parker lowered her ERA to a team-best 2.07 with another scoreless inning
Up Next
Oklahoma and Ole Miss meet in game two of the series tomorrow night at 6 p.m. on SEC Network.