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2023 WCWS -- Day 4

Two elimination games are scheduled for today: Stanford vs. Washington, in an all-Pac 12 matchup (2:00 pm Central, ABC) and Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee (6 pm, ESPN2).

Oklahoma State and Tennessee underway, scoreless as the Cowgirls bat in the top of the second... A two-out walk gives OSU runners at first and second... Full count... Soft pop-up to pitcher ends Cowgirl threat... Tennessee SS Mackenzie Donihoo with nice catch going back into shallow left (video)... Still scoreless as Vols come up B3... Walk, steal, and Zaida Puni oppo double score first run, UT leads 1-0... Walk and single increase Vols' lead to 2-0. Lexi Kilfoyl replacing Kelly Maxwell in the circle for Cowgirls... Tennessee with runners at second and third with one out... Walk to load bases... Grounder back to pitcher, gets force at the plate... Another grounder to the pitcher, this time she throws batter out at first... T4, OSU two-out rally, with single and double but runner thrown out at the plate... Tennessee coming up in B4 still with 2-0 lead... Each team adds a run, leaving the score 3-1 Vols as the Cowgirls come up for their final at-bats in T7... OSU goes down 1-2-3, ending its season, whereas Tennessee stays alive...

Cardinal and Huskies underway, scoreless after one... Still scoreless after two... Only one hit in the game, a single by U-Dub's Baylee Klingler to lead off the game... Still scoreless in B3, Stanford gets first hit in one-out Ellee Eck single... Eck steals second but next batter K's for second out... Eck tries to score on Taylor Gindlesperger single up the middle but thrown out at the plate (video). Washington center-fielder Brooklyn Carter was able to get to ball quickly, putting momentum behind her throw home... Huskies go quickly in T4... Still scoreless T6. Back-to-back Stanford errors in the infield after there was one out have given UW an opportunity with runners on first and second... Nothing comes of Husky threat... B6, Stanford breaks through on a flare single to left (video) by Kylie Chung, driving in Gindlesperger, who had singled, stolen second, and took third when the catcher's throw went awry... 1-0 Cardinal... T7, Stanford's NiJaree Canady, working on a complete-game one-hitter, retires the first two Husky hitters... Strikeout, Canady's ninth (video), gives Stanford the win and sends Washington home...

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