Well, boys and girls, Paige Parker pitched a very good game last night, even if it wasn't up to the high standards some of us demand from our Sooners. One thing that makes Paige so effective is her ability to get batters to swing at pitches out of the strike zone. So, some of those high pitches and pitches in the dirt may have been thrown by design. I don't recall the exact count, but Parker's pitch count in six innings was (I think) quite a bit lower than 100.
As for the errors, yeah, the Sooners need to clean those up if they plan to beat Washington. But, like Patty said postgame, BU puts a lot of pressure on an opponent's defense. And emotions and nerves were evident, as they usually are in a WCWS opener.
I'm not really that concerned about OU's defense; we all know these girls know how to play defense. I'm just hoping we continue to hit the ball like we did last night. We may need to score more than a run or two to defeat UW.