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ESPN.com Profiles Oklahoma Pitcher Jordy Bahl

ESPN.com has a nice profile article on Oklahoma pitcher Jordy Bahl. In only her first year as a collegian, Bahl has been dominant in the circle. The article talks about how, after some initial difficulties in a game at Kentucky earlier this season, Bahl turned things around on a dime and finished with 12 strikeouts and no walks allowed . 

In the Sooners' opener of a three-game series at Texas last night -- a bit of which I caught on the Longhorn Network -- Bahl did a similar thing. With OU leading 3-0 as UT batted in the bottom of the sixth, a single and a double gave the Horns runners at second and third with no outs. Bahl then roared back and struck out the next three batters. The pitch sequences for the three strikeouts (according to the play-by-play sheet) were as follows:

Foul/foul/ball/swinging strike
Swinging strike/swinging strike/swinging strike
Looking strike/swinging strike/swinging strike

Nine strikes, one ball, and nothing put in play. Bahl went the distance, ending up with 15 K while allowing four hits and just one walk, as the 3-0 score held up and the Sooners went to 37-0 on the season.


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