Oklahoma Sooners defeat LSU 4-1 in SEC Softball Tournament
Oklahoma Sooners defeat LSU 4-1 in SEC Softball Tournament
The Oklahoma Sooners earned a strong win over the No. 9 LSU Tigers behind a fantastic pitching performance from Sam Landry.
Landry recorded a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first, recording a couple of full-count strikeouts to keep the Tigers' offense at bay. The Sooners provided Landry with some offense in the bottom of the first when they loaded the bases with three walks against LSU pitcher Sydney Berzon. Berzon then hit Cydney Sanders with a pitch to allow the first run of the game. That's all Oklahoma could come away with as Berzon forced three ground outs to get out of the inning.
Landry allowed a couple of walks in the top of the second but the Tigers couldn't capitalize against Oklahoma's ace.
Neither team got on the board in the second or third innings. Landry retired the side in order in the third and fourth innings and Sydney Barker came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to provide a little insurance.
That was until the fifth when Cydney Sanders provided Oklahoma their first SEC tournament home run, blasting a two-run bomb to put the Sooners up 4-0 in the fifth.
LSU finally got on the board in the sixth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, but that's all the damage Landry allowed.
In the top of the seventh, Landry recorded the shutdown inning, retiring the side in order to close out the game. In the complete-game shutout, Landry allowed just one hit, four walks, and one earned fun. She threw 125 pitches to move to 19-4 on the season.
Sanders had a fantastic game at the plate, going 1-for-1 with a home run, a walk, a hit by pitch, and three RBIs. Ella Parker and Abigale Dayton were the only other Sooners to reach base twice.
The Sooners now await the winner of Arkansas vs. Tennessee. Arkansas defeated Georgia on a Bri Ellis walk-off grand slam. Tennessee is playing its first game of the tournament on Thursday.
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