LEXINGTON, Ky. The top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners used six homeruns, two from each of Jocelyn Alo, Lynnsie Elam and Alyssa Brito, for the No. 8 Kentucky softball team 9-1 on Tuesday night at John Cropp Stadium in one of the most anticipated games of College Softball Calendar.
A John Cropp Stadium regular season record of 2,117 fans lined up to watch the game, marking the second-largest crowd in program history behind the 2013 SEC Championship game.
Oklahoma shot a run from a solo home run in each of the first two innings before placing a fourth-place finish at the top of the third inning to stretch the game. The Soners then hit three more home runs in the game, with one in the fourth and two more in the sixth to hit the Wildcats.
Kentucky’s run came from one Renee Abernathy Home run at the end of the fourth inning. Abernathy smashed a first pitch from Oklahoma pitcher Jordy Bahl over the wall to LF to cut into the 7-0 Oklahoma lead at that time. It was only the third home run that gave up the Bahl this season as they improved to 11-0 in the season this season.
Oklahoma, the nation’s last unbeaten team, moved to 26-0 with Tuesday’s result. Kentucky drops to 20-6 and will host the Southeastern Conference game this weekend with a three-game series against the No. 18 Auburn Tigers Friday night at 6 p.m. ET on the SEC Network +, ESPN3 and the ESPN app.
Key game
The key in the game was a three-run home run for the Oklahoma Lynnsie Elam at the top of the third inning to take a 3-0 lead and double it for the Soners.
Key players
The key player in the game for Kentucky was freshman pitcher Izzy Harrison. Harrison went 2.0 innings in the circle for UK, allowing just two runs on two hits without walks and three strikes. She threw 40 places in her outing with 26 recorded as strikes.
Key Stat
2,117. The turnout for Tuesday night’s game was 2,117 – the most fans who have ever seen a regular season softball game in program history.
Run Recap
Jocelyn Alo hit a solo HR on the left field at the top of the first inning to give OU the early lead. OU 1, UK 0
Kentucky loaded the bases without outs in the lower part of the first, but could not shoot in the inning as groundout and a pair of strikes closed the frame. OU 1, UK 0
Elam shot at the top of the second to double Sooner’s lead. OU 2, UK 0
An RBI single by Jada Coleman and a three-run HR by Elam put up four runs for the Soners at the top of the third inning to open the game. OU 6, UK 0
At the top of the fourth, Alyssa Brito took a lead at home and right in the middle. OU 7, UK 0
Kentucky shot its only run on one Renee Abernathy home run on left field. OU 7, UK 1
Jocelyn Alo and Brito both went deep into Oklahoma sixth to introduce the run rule. FINAL – Oklahoma 7, Kentucky 1
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