Texas, seeking to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of Oklahoma, leads today's series finale 3-0 on a three-run homer by the Longhorns' Kayden Henry B2. Teagan Kavan in the circle for Texas, LSU transfer Sydney Berson for OU... Sooners get one of the runs back on an Abby Dayton solo-shot in T3, now 3-1 Texas... OU adds a run T4 on two singles and an error, cutting its deficit to 3-2... Horns threatening in B4 with runners on first and second and one out... Nothing comes of it... T5, Leighann Goode homer gives UT a little breathing room, 4-2... T6, single, passed-ball, and two sac-flies bring the Sooners within 4-3... B6, Katie Stewart homer restores Texas lead to two runs, 5-3... After OU rallied for two runs in T7 to tie the game 5-5 and then took a 6-5 lead in T8, Texas came up with three in B8 -- a lead-off solo-shot by pinch-hitter Hannah Wells and then a one-out two-run blast by Stewart -- to win 8-6... Highlights of the game are available here on YouTube...
Few minutes after 6:00 pm Central: We now have our eighth team for the Women's College World Series, Oregon State (in the postings below, all WCWS qualifiers are depicted in bold). The Beavers defeated Cal 3-0 and then 1-0 today, to take the teams' super-regional series 2-1. 4:40 pm Central: We have the identities of two more teams going to the WCWS (bringing the total to seven), but Oregon State has stayed alive against Cal, forcing a third and deciding game to determine the one remaining team for the World Series. Leave it to the Beavers! Here are the two teams (in bold) that have earned bids to Oklahoma City thus far today: Tennessee , which edged Michigan 1-0 in what must have been a very dramatic finish to those who saw it live. The reason I say must have been is that ESPN cut away to show a live Barry Bonds at-bat in his quest for 715 home runs, a number that would surpass Babe Ruth for second on the all-time list. Sure enough, Bonds blasted one deep into the c...