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2018 Women's College World Series -- Day 3

It's called Survival Saturday, because every team playing today enters with one loss and hence, you either win to survive our head home.

In the first game, Oklahoma leads Arizona State 2-0, as the Sun Devils bat in the bottom of the seventh... ASU gets the leadoff runner on base, as the Sooners' catcher, after picking up a short blooper in front of home plate, has the ball slip out of her hand as she tries to throw to first... A strikeout and a bunt result in a runner on second with two out... Another K ends the game and the Sun Devils' season... Oklahoma wins, ASU eliminated.

 In the second game, Florida State has just broken things open a bit vs. Georgia. A one-out single in the bottom of the fifth drives home runners from second and third, making it 6-2 Seminoles... 7-2 FSU is your final. Georgia eliminated.

The next game, at 6:00 pm Central, will be a rematch of last year's championship series, Oklahoma vs. Florida! One of these teams is going home a lot earlier than it expected... Sooners and Gators underway, with Florida batting first as the visitors... A run each in the first and the fifth give Oklahoma a 2-0 victory. Florida eliminated.

A surprising nightcap, as No. 6-seed Florida State beats top-seeded Oregon, 4-1. Oregon eliminated.  After scoring 11 runs in a WCWS-opening win over Arizona State, the Ducks scored only a combined three runs in losses to Washington and FSU.

Tomorrow's match-ups will include Oklahoma vs. Washington, with the Sooners needing two wins to move on and the Huskies one, and Florida State vs. UCLA, with the Seminoles needing two wins and the Bruins one.

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