Karli Spaid
Faith Lyman
0
Oakland OAK 12-13
1
Winner Miami MIAMI 24-15
Oakland OAK
12-13
0
Final
1
Miami MIAMI
24-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oakland OAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Miami MIAMI 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 6 1

W: Pratt, Brianna (18-9) L: Campbell (11-5)

13
Winner Oklahoma OU 39-1
1
Miami MIAMI 24-16
Winner
Oklahoma OU
39-1
13
Final
1
Miami MIAMI
24-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Oklahoma OU 0 0 3 1 2 7 13 16 0
Miami MIAMI 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0

W: May, N. (12-0) L: Pratt, Brianna (18-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

RedHawks Take Down Oakland 1-0 and Fall to #1 Oklahoma 13-1

OXFORD, Ohio – Eleven strikeouts from Brianna Pratt helped the RedHawks secure the 1-0 shutout win over Oakland University on Saturday afternoon. This dropped Oakland to 12-13 on the season. In front of a record-breaking crowd attendance of 1,069 the RedHawks faced #1 Oklahoma and ultimately fell 13-1. The win brings the Sooners to 39-1. The split brings Miami to 24-16.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1) VS. OAKLAND:
  • Through five and a half innings neither team was able to cross the plate.
  • In the bottom of the sixth inning Riley Coyne hit an RBI single that would score Holly Blaska and give the RedHawks the 1-0 lead late in the game.
  • Through the top of the seventh the RedHawks held the Grizzlies and took the game 1-0.
 
NOTES:
  • Blaska went 2-for-3 at the plate with two doubles.
  • Coyne went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of singles and an RBI.
  • Pratt allowed only three hits the entire game and secured a 0.00 ERA. She walked only one.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2) VS OKLAHOMA:
  • Despite neither team adding a run to the board after the first two innings, Miami secured two hits over the Sooners' one.
  • In the top of the third the Sooners grabbed their first run and the lead on an RBI single to make the score 1-0.
  • They then scored two more on an RBI double to make it 3-0.
  • Maddi Banks responded immediately in the bottom of the third on the first pitch, taking one long over right field, cutting the Sooners' lead to 3-1. That home run was the Sooner pitcher's seventh run and fourth home run allowed on the season.
  • Oklahoma upped their lead to 4-1 in the top of the fourth on a solo home run.
  • In the top of the fifth the Sooners added two more on a two-run homer to increase the lead to 6-1.
  • The Sooners added another pair of runs on another two-run home run in the top of the sixth. They then added one more on an RBI double to draw the deficit to 9-1.
  • Four more runs were added to Oklahoma's lead in that same inning on a homer and an RBI single to make it a 13-1 game, which would be the final.
 
NOTES:
  • Karli Spaid went 2-for-2 at the plate.
  • Banks and Kate Kobayashi each went 1-for-2 at the plate.
  • Pratt allowed only 13 hits to the hard-hitting Sooners.
  • In Laurelai DePew's appearance in the circle she secured a strikeout.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks will return to MACtion against the University of Akron on Friday, April 21 at 5 p.m. in Oxford, Ohio.
 
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