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Oklahoma Sooners win Big 12 championship with 6-1 win over Texas Longhorns

The Oklahoma Sooners captured the Big 12 tournament title with a 6-1 win over the Texas Longhorns.

The Oklahoma Sooners completed the Big 12 sweep with their championship game win over the Texas Longhorns 6-1.

Both sides of the Red River championship showdown had their shot in the first couple of innings, but starters [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] and [autotag]Citally Gutierrez[/autotag] kept each side off the scoreboard. [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] ended the scoreless duel by blasting a solo home run to lead off the third inning.

Texas responded with a solo shot of its own off the bat of [autotag]Viviana Martinez[/autotag] in the top of the fourth to make it a 1-1 game.

The Sooners wasted little time responding to the Longhorns’ salvo in the bottom of the fourth. With one out in the inning, [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] hit a double and advanced to third on an errant throw. Brito scored on a wild pitch to give the Sooners the lead.

[autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] drew a walk and [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] was inserted to pinch run and stole second base. With two outs in the inning, [autotag]Rylie Boone[/autotag] drove a ball up the middle to bring [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] in from second to make it 4-1 Oklahoma.

In the sixth inning, Lee walked. With [autotag]Avery Hodge[/autotag] running for Lee and one out in the inning, [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] drove a ball to right center. Hodge scored on a throwing error, which also allowed Bahl to advance to third on the play. With [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag] at the plate, Bahl showed fantastic base running skills again, waiting out the throw from third basemen Mia Scott to dart for home, where she slid in to make the game 6-1.

After pinch running in the fourth, Bahl came into relieve [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag]. Bahl proceeded to throw three shutout innings with two hits and a walk, striking out three Longhorns to get the save. May improved to 16-0 on the season, allowing one run on three hits and a walk, with three strikeouts.

Lee led the way for the Sooners, going 2-for-2 with the home run, RBI and a walk.

The Oklahoma Sooners (51-1) and are on an incredible 43-game winning streak. The No. 1 team in the nation awaits the announcement on selection Sunday of who will join them for the Norman regional.

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Oklahoma Sooners rally in the seventh, beat Texas in 4-3 walkoff win

Jayda Coleman and Kinzie Hansen came through in the clutch with a seven-inning rally to push the Oklahoma Sooners past the Texas Longhorns.

In game two of their three-game set, the Oklahoma Sooners fell behind early once again and needed a seventh-inning rally to defeat the Texas Longhorns.

The Longhorns lineup put the pressure on [autotag]Alex Storako[/autotag] early. Storako got through the first unscathed, but Texas opened the second with a pair of singles. With two on and nobody out, Storako forced Texas into a double play, but the runner at second advanced to third on the play.

Storako induced another ground ball, but a bobble by [autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag] allowed the batter to make it to first and a run to score to make it 1-0 Texas.

Storako then retired the next seven batters she faced. In the fifth inning, Texas struck again to make it 2-0, and Oklahoma finally broke through with a run in the bottom of the fifth.

However, [autotag]Viviana Martinez[/autotag] added to the Longhorns’ lead in the sixth with a solo home run to make it 3-1 Texas.

The Sooners got a leadoff single from [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] in the sixth, but Texas kept them from doing any damage.

After [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] came in and pitched a scoreless sixth, the stage was set for Sooner magic in the bottom of the seventh.

[autotag]Rylie Boone[/autotag] singled to start the inning and Jayda Coleman followed it up with a two-run home run to tie the game at three apiece. The homer was her ninth of the season, leading Oklahoma in home runs this season.

[autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] and [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] singled to put runners on first and second with no outs. [autotag]Avery Hodge[/autotag] pinch ran for Lee, and she and Jennings advanced to second and third on a wild pitch.

With one out and runners on second and third, the Longhorns walked Alyssa Brito to load the bases for [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag]. With the count 1-2, Hansen drove a pitch to left field for the walk-off win.

It was a clutch win for the Sooners to improve to 32-1 on the season and extend their win streak to 24.

[autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag], who didn’t register a hit on Friday night, came through in a big way for the Sooners on Saturday. She went 2-for-3 with a walk, home run, and two RBIs to give Oklahoma a chance to win the game in the seventh.

Kinzie Hansen, much like she did in the Women’s College World Series against Texas last year, came through with a clutch hit to propel the Sooners to victory.

Oklahoma wraps up their three-game series with Texas at Marita Hynes Field in Norman at 11 am CT and can be seen on ESPN2.

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