OU Softball

[SoonerSpock]

Both Ricketts and Chamberlain make final 3 for POY.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052213aaa.html

Should me no question that one of them wins it based on their performance in the playoffs with Chamberlain having the best start in the regionals. Statistically no comparison between Chamberlain and Tennessee's Chavanne.

Stat Chamberlain----Chavanne

BA .461-------------------.470
Hits 67----------------------87
Runs 76---------------------68
HR 27------------------------7
RBI 77----------------------31
SLG% 1.110------------------.622
Walks 55--------------------28
Totl Bases 152-------------115
HBP 4------------------------1
SO 20----------------------10
OB% .615-----------------.540
FLD% .988----------------.957

 

[sybarite]

Both Ricketts and Chamberlain make final 3 for POY.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052213aaa.html

Should me no question that one of them wins it based on their performance in the playoffs with Chamberlain having the best start in the regionals. Statistically no comparison between Chamberlain and Tennessee's Chavanne.

Stat Chamberlain Chavanne

BA .461 .470
Hits 67 87
Runs 76 68
HR 27 7
RBI 77 31
SLG% .622 1.110
Walks 28 55
Totl Bases 115 152
HBP 1 4
SO 10 20
OB% .540 .615
FLD% .957 .988

These are a bit mixed up. Chamberlain has the higher slugging percentage, total bases, etc.

 

[SoonerNorm]

The game tonight with A&M has been postponed until tomorrow.

 

[BlackwellSooner]

30% chance of precipitation through Sunday in Norman, per Weather.com...

They need to get their field-drying equipment out, if they have it.

 

[sybarite]

Keilani struck out the side in the top of the first.

Washington beat Missouri, 2-1.
Michigan beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 4-3 in 8.
Washington now leads Missouri 1-0 in the sixth.

Chamberlain walked and went to second on a passed ball. Keilani had a two out single to drive her in with the first run, OU 1-0 after one.

 

[BlackwellSooner]

I think that the Sooners got a fortuitous call on the force out at 2nd to retire the side in the second inning...

 

[BlackwellSooner]

Sooners score two in the bottom of the 2nd, Chamberlain's double/triple should have been - she was called out. That kind of balances the call that favored OU in the 1st...

 

[BlackwellSooner]

3-2 going into the bottom of the 6th for the Sooners.

I really was expecting more runs scored in this game, I wish that we could have cashed in our bases-loaded bottom of the 5th...

 

[BlackwellSooner]

A tense game going into the bottom of the 6th, OU leading 3-2... then aTm pitchers lose their control, giving up 4 bases on balls... Keilani tops it off by crushing a 3-run homer to run-rule the Aggies, 10-2.

Good opening win, always like to win the opener!

 

[sybarite]

There were a couple of other calls that went against OU that were incorrect. Casey was safe at first on a groundout, called out. The third hit for A&M was an out. The throw beat her.

Keilani had her good stuff tonight. She was tough. Except for two solid home runs, both of which were due to good hitters, Keilani dominated. Thirteen strikeouts out of eighteen outs. A&M has some power hitters, but they had trouble catching up with it, except for two pitches. But, even those two hitters struck out later.

We'll be a lot more efficient when Shelby and Jessica come out of their slumps.

A&M isn't known for pitching. We just weren't really hitting tonight.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Sooners play tomorrow (Sat) morning at 11am.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Sooners beat the Aggies 8-0 in 5 innings. Great game by Ricketts and Pendley.

 

[sybarite]

Ricketts didn't have a great weekend last weekend. But, she was sharp the past two days. She had nineteen (or 20) strikeouts in eleven innings. I think she allowed only six hits, none with runners on base. She walked one and hit one. When she isn't sharp, she walks and hits people.

Both Pendley and Ricketts had more rbis than A&M. Pendley has been in a little slump. She kind of broke out of it today.

The SEC claimed that it was THE conference right now. Since they didn't really participate in the California pre-conference tournaments, there wasn't any way to know how good they were. Kentucky and Georgia had gone west, but with poor results. Florida, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, and others barely left their own stadia, and they didn't really play anyone with any credentials. But, they got some pretty good seeding.

Last week, Georgia was eliminate by Arizona State. I think Georgia got one hit in two games against ASU. LSU was eliminated by Louisiana-Lafayette. Of course, OU eliminate Arkansas.

This weekend, Washington eliminated Missouri in Columbia, 2-1, 1-0. OU eliminated A&M 10-2, 8-0. UAB leads Florida 1--0. The ONLY SEC win in the super-regionals was by Tennessee---but it was over Alabama.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Isu coach on OU softball "that's hands down the best team I've coached against in 20 years".

 

[BlackwellSooner]

Isu coach on OU softball "that's hands down the best team I've coached against in 20 years".

And yet, with all that, all that it takes is one or two moments of lost focus, one or two moments when the team is not playing their best, one or two instances of adversity, and you're staring at elimination.

Last year's last game against Alabama comes to mind: Bama's ace pitcher Traina was able to pitch in the top of the inning when little or no rain was falling.

Ricketts had to pitch in the bottom of the inning while a slow rain was falling, greatly impacting her control.
By the time that the officials suspended play, the damage was done.

We were the better team, but circumstances worked against us.

 

[SoonerNorm]

And yet, with all that, all that it takes is one or two moments of lost focus, one or two moments when the team is not playing their best, one or two instances of adversity, and you're staring at elimination.

Last year's last game against Alabama comes to mind: Bama's ace pitcher Traina was able to pitch in the top of the inning when little or no rain was falling.

Ricketts had to pitch in the bottom of the inning while a slow rain was falling, greatly impacting her control.
By the time that the officials suspended play, the damage was done.

We were the better team, but circumstances worked against us.

You're right. To win a NC it takes some luck. This is similar to Baylor. Some here blamed Kim for the loss saying she didn't have her team prepared. That is no more true than if the Sooners lose it will be Gasso's fault.

 

[sybarite]

Frankly, I think Gasso should have refused to take the field in the rain. There was also the disadvantage that Keilani's delivery is much more dependent on grip and foot movement than is Traina's. That curve-drop requires some action.

I didn't respect Bama for their antics in either the second or third game, and I'll be glad when they don't even make it back this year. They have a deep hole to climb out of against UT.

 

[SoonerNorm]

I haven't looked up the rule but I would think a coach does not have authority to refuse to play once the umpire calls, "play ball". I would think the umpire could call a forfeit.

 

[sybarite]

Probably could. But, I doubt they would have under the circumstances. They weren't trying to play by the NCAA rules, but to fit the ESPN schedule. The resumption of the game at that time was to satisfy ESPN's schedule. I don't think the NCAA would have wanted that exposed, or ESPN. You lose when you try to play honorably with thieves---Bama, ESPN, and the NCAA. Don't let them get the chance.

 

[SoonerNorm]

I don't think many coaches would try to call an umpire's bluff in that situation. If they were wrong and lost by a forfeit, that would be hard to explain.