Oklahoma off to a 5-1 lead, as Texas bats in B3. Longhorns with runners on first and second with two out and star hitter Reese Atwood at the plate... Atwood grounds right back to OU pitcher Kelly Maxwell, who tosses to first for the third out... UT starter Teagan Kavan, who pitched so well against Stanford in the semifinals, lasted only 2 2/3 innings tonight, allowing all five Oklahoma runs... 8-3 OU is your final...
Washington used a first-inning grand-slam homer from pitcher Danielle Lawrie and some late insurance runs to defeat Georgia by a score of 9-3 in tonight's late game. The win gives U-Dub a spot in the best-of-three championship series against Florida starting Monday (Georgia had defeated Washington earlier today, 9-8 in nine innings, to force tonight's rematch). The Huskies thus claimed "top dog" status over Georgia on their side of the bracket. Florida got a two-out grand-slam homer from Ali Gardiner in the bottom of the seventh to edge Alabama 6-5. The Crimson Tide made a strong recovery in the tournament after looking "not ready for prime time" in an opening-round loss to Michigan. But, as a result of tonight's heartbreaking loss to the Gators, Bama is now eliminated. Lowrie's and Gardiner's grand-slams are among four that have been hit so far in this World Series.