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Oklahoma Continues to Roll, Texas Tech Still Can't Score

No. 1 Oklahoma is visiting Texas Tech this weekend, so I took in this afternoon's contest. The Red Raiders, who have made the NCAA tournament the past three years, are looking like they won't make it this year. The Sooners, on the other hand, continue to soar. In today's 6-0 OU win , Michelle Gascoigne was in the circle for the Sooners, so Tech only had to deal with star pitcher Keilani Ricketts as a batter (in the designated-player role). Unfortunately for the Raiders, Ricketts (shown at right walking up to the plate) hit a pair of homers today! In Friday night's series opener, Ricketts pitched a six-inning (run-ruled) no-hitter over Tech , as the final was 9-0 OU. Immediately prior to the Oklahoma series, the Raiders had also been no-hit last Sunday (for seven innings) in a 4-0 loss to Kansas . Tech was also shut-out by the Jayhawks 3-0 (seven innings) in the Saturday game of the KU series ; the Raiders got four hits in this game, the last with two outs in