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2024 WCWS -- Day 3

All winners' bracket action today, with Oklahoma taking on UCLA in the opener and Texas vs. Florida in the nightcap...

Texas with a B1 five-spot vs. Florida, culminating in this three-run clout by Alyssa Washington... Longhorns add another five runs in the fourth for a 10-0 run-rule victory in five innings. Gators get only one hit...

Bruins and Sooners, showing on ABC television, are scoreless, with OU batting in the bottom of the second... Oklahoma opened B1 with a walk and a single, and later got a walk to load the bases, but couldn't score... Kelly Maxwell in the circle for Oklahoma, Kaitlyn Terry for UCLA... T3, HBP and walk give Bruins a no-out threat... K for first out... Runners later advance to second and third, but don't score... B3, OU's Tiare Jennings leads off with a homer to straightaway center, just over the fence... T4, one-out single for Bruins, their first hit of the afternoon... Nothing comes of it... Four innings complete, still 1-0 Sooners... T5, leadoff walk for UCLA, runner bunted to second... Maya Brady, the Bruins' top hitter on the season, strikes out swinging, her third K on the day (including once before with a runner in scoring position)... Fly-out ends UCLA half... B5, Taylor Tinsley in for Terry to pitch for UCLA... OU goes down 1-2-3... T6, one-out single and walk for Bruins... They've had their chances, but haven't gotten the key hit so far... Fly for second out... Ramsey Suarez pinch-hitting for UCLA... K to end the threat... Your final is 1-0 Oklahoma...

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