It's "Survival Saturday," pitting one-loss teams, so that each of the four games will eliminate someone.
In the nightcap of this very long day, Alabama and Arizona are scoreless as the Crimson Tide bats in the top of the third... Bama has runners on first and second for slugger Bailey Hemphill with two outs... Hemphill smokes a liner to the left-center gap, making it 2-0 Tide... Bottom 4: A walk and a single give the Wildcats runners on first and second, with one out... A walk loads the bases for Reyna Carranco... K (after two balls to start) for second out... Hemphill with nice snare of liner for third out. Still 2-0 Tide... Bottom 7: Still 2-0... Arizona down to its final out of the season, with a runner on first... K to end the game. Alabama stays alive, Arizona eliminated.
Washington vs. Oklahoma State are now underway in the day's third game. OSU's Chyenne Factor robs UW of two-runner homer in bottom of second... No score, with the Cowgirls batting in the top of the third... Huskies coming up in bottom of fourth, still scoreless... UW pitcher Taran Alvelo striking out lots of Cowgirl hitters... Bottom 4: HBP and steal of second give Huskies a threat... Single to right puts runners on the corners... With two outs, Amirah Milloy drives in game's first run for Huskies. 1-0 UW... No further scoring in the inning... Alvelo has recorded 15 strikeouts of Cowgirl hitters up through (and including) the OSU half of the sixth... Still 1-0 Huskies, as they come up in the bottom of the sixth. Nothing doing for Washington, so OSU comes up for final chance to tie the game (or take the lead) in the top of the seventh... Alvero ends game with 16th K. Huskies escape with 1-0 victory. OSU eliminated.
Nothing for Florida in top of first... Bama's K.B. Sides with leadoff double... Now first and third with none out... Kaylee Tow belts homer to right, 3-0 Tide... It's become glorified batting practice for Alabama, as another homer makes it 6-0 Tide in the first... Alabama's lead is up to 10-0 after three... A three-run shot by Bailey Hemphill makes it 15-0 in the bottom of the fourth... We have a 15-3 run-rule (five-inning) win for Alabama... Florida is eliminated.
In the opening match-up, Washington and Minnesota are back on the fieldin a rain delay (with lightning in the area). The Huskies are now up in the top of the sixth with a 3-1 lead. As can be seen in this video, it was quite blustery in OKC... Via Twitter postings, here are videos of how all the runs (up to this point) have scored, in chronological order:
Huskies pitcher Gabbie Plain with eight strikeouts... through the first five innings.
Top 6: Sami Reynolds with a two-out double to the wall in center to drive home two runs, making it 5-1 Washington... Bottom 7: Gophers get single, followed by two outs... Minnesota not going quietly, however, as two walks and a double slice deficit to 5-3. Tying runners on second and third... Pitching change as Taran Alvelo in for Huskies... Gets strike-out to end the game. Washington wins 5-3... Minnesota is eliminated.
In the nightcap of this very long day, Alabama and Arizona are scoreless as the Crimson Tide bats in the top of the third... Bama has runners on first and second for slugger Bailey Hemphill with two outs... Hemphill smokes a liner to the left-center gap, making it 2-0 Tide... Bottom 4: A walk and a single give the Wildcats runners on first and second, with one out... A walk loads the bases for Reyna Carranco... K (after two balls to start) for second out... Hemphill with nice snare of liner for third out. Still 2-0 Tide... Bottom 7: Still 2-0... Arizona down to its final out of the season, with a runner on first... K to end the game. Alabama stays alive, Arizona eliminated.
Washington vs. Oklahoma State are now underway in the day's third game. OSU's Chyenne Factor robs UW of two-runner homer in bottom of second... No score, with the Cowgirls batting in the top of the third... Huskies coming up in bottom of fourth, still scoreless... UW pitcher Taran Alvelo striking out lots of Cowgirl hitters... Bottom 4: HBP and steal of second give Huskies a threat... Single to right puts runners on the corners... With two outs, Amirah Milloy drives in game's first run for Huskies. 1-0 UW... No further scoring in the inning... Alvelo has recorded 15 strikeouts of Cowgirl hitters up through (and including) the OSU half of the sixth... Still 1-0 Huskies, as they come up in the bottom of the sixth. Nothing doing for Washington, so OSU comes up for final chance to tie the game (or take the lead) in the top of the seventh... Alvero ends game with 16th K. Huskies escape with 1-0 victory. OSU eliminated.
Nothing for Florida in top of first... Bama's K.B. Sides with leadoff double... Now first and third with none out... Kaylee Tow belts homer to right, 3-0 Tide... It's become glorified batting practice for Alabama, as another homer makes it 6-0 Tide in the first... Alabama's lead is up to 10-0 after three... A three-run shot by Bailey Hemphill makes it 15-0 in the bottom of the fourth... We have a 15-3 run-rule (five-inning) win for Alabama... Florida is eliminated.
In the opening match-up, Washington and Minnesota are back on the field
Huskies pitcher Gabbie Plain with eight strikeouts... through the first five innings.
Top 6: Sami Reynolds with a two-out double to the wall in center to drive home two runs, making it 5-1 Washington... Bottom 7: Gophers get single, followed by two outs... Minnesota not going quietly, however, as two walks and a double slice deficit to 5-3. Tying runners on second and third... Pitching change as Taran Alvelo in for Huskies... Gets strike-out to end the game. Washington wins 5-3... Minnesota is eliminated.