Oklahoma vs. Florida State: 2023 Women's College World Series Finals Game 1 | FULL REPLAY

Well, the history of the Oklahoma Sooners is a decade of dominance and they are looking to take it to one more championship. It would be the sixth in ten years for the Sooners as they try to come back two in a row and this time get three feet to tie it. UCLA in the late '80s, when we sent it to the field at Holly Road, well, Beth with that Oklahoma softball dominance, Patty Gasso told us the judgment came too, everyone has an opinion on how they're playing, what they should do , what they should. She's not doing it, she actually contacted Coach Sue from UCLA, who went through it, for advice on how to keep the noise out of her.

She said: I have learned that I have to be stable with my team. I have to be a constant presence. keep them in a bubble so they don't hear the outside noise she said: you know what America is, everyone has a voice and that's a beautiful thing, but it can be poisonous for our children, they play with passion, they play with completion and their final message . To your ladies, don't apologize, play with your joy, play with your passion and we've seen every second of the first

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and this

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so far we see those passionate players, we see them play like themselves.

Alyssa Brito told us I want to play With the joy of playing with my friends without prejudice, Patty Gasso has given them that appreciation, that attitude without regrets and told them: "Be yourselves on the field tonight. We had Patty Gasso, who is tied with Sue Enquist as a coach with six national championships, one more this one." The weekend would tie her for second place with Sharon Backus, one step away from Mike Kendrea and they are bringing joy in their Dugout, get it, Patty gets it, after a few and, on the other side, for Lonnie Alameda, who He played for the Oklahoma Sooners in his time. a job he has done in Tallahassee, this will be his third appearance in a championship

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in the last five years, including that title in 2018, and what he has told his players all year is Let's Ride and today they will look for the Chaos on the bases as We take a look at our starting lineups as presented by Capital One and it's Michaela Edenfield in fourth place in the lineup.

She is the only player so far in this

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series with two home runs and saving her best softball for the finish line and they will face each other. Jordi, the two-time All-American who won the second

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to secure the championship last year and is 15-0 in her last 17 starts and has been Dynamite so far in the tournament. Michelle, yes, she's been explosive at the top of the zone where the ball goes up is actually her Miss swing pitch, but she can also come down the stairs with a lot of movement on the drop and then she'll use an up changeup, but look how confidently he throws the ball up the middle. the Zone 20 strikeouts here in the Women's College World Series and a lot of them on Broadway, she is confident in her speed with her movement and look at the swing and the net, she is very heavy in the upper quadrant of the arm side, so looking for that fly ball on the The side of the arm inside to the right is away from lefties.

Thanks, it will also be interesting. You see that Mist swing in that area. How these Florida State hitters move in the box to accommodate that Kelly Marge to open things up. This is the anniversary of her five-hit game. or a couple of years ago in the national semi

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against Alabama, that's a

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series record for the junior from Winter Springs, Florida. Granted, Smudge was a member of the World Series team in 2021, recording 14 total hits and also a world series record. And this time she feels a little different, guys, remember a couple of years ago it was a Cinderella story.

She says this year we are a confident group. This is where we hoped to be and we know we deserve to be here. fight with the Sooners and this is a team that worked very hard in the off-season after being eliminated last year in the regionals at home, as the two seeds have been on a mission this year, they have been humble and that is something beautiful. Think about this class two years ago, they're in the championship series, they beat Oklahoma in the first game and then they don't get out of the regionals and on both ends of the spectrum they've seen some of those players that were on that 2021 team and Sydney Cheryl on that National Championship team in 2018. 2-2 to Mudge and got her to throw a shot to Jordy Balboa's right in that area that we saw on the heat map, that upper quadrant outside, so the lefties inside towards the rights and that's actually a Fat candy Lindsey Hansen does a very good job of holding on to it.

You can see this rising ball in the newly tilted top half. Good job holding on to it for a strike out of play for Jordy Ball on the rising ball. Next is Janai. Kerr cuts one to the backhand middle T.I Jennings two anticipation before the shot. I mean, Smitty, you talked about where Jordy is going to throw the ball, that helps the infield understand that they know exactly that everything is going to be outside and I love that. that T.R Jennings did a good job of not only getting there but also anticipating where Kaylee Harding was going to go.

Kaylee Harding, who was one of his four outfield players who started in the 2021 Champ series and is back to make more changes in the first pitch, she sends it on the other way back to the track and the catch is made by Alina Torres, it's a seven-pitch inning for Jordy Ball, the Sooners are coming in the postseason, she is hitting 441 with 15 home runs and will face to Mack Leonard, who gets the call to start tonight in place of All-American Catherine Sandercock for Mac Leonard has walked 18 on the year and it's really about just putting the ball at his knees if he can be consistent in knees and work on that speed that is typically when you ride a lot. ground balls, she's not going to be a big high strikeout, it's just the ability to use this lower part of the zone and you can see this is where she picks up her swing and miss, she's going to target your knee, rotate it towards the ground .

You can pass it up to how she wrote her. I contacted Lonnie Alameda in the bullpen about this pitching decision tonight and she said look, this isn't just a game, it's a series and we have to give Oklahoma a lot. different looks, there is such a good batting team that they make adjustments and we have to use a lot of different people. She also told us the other day that there are a number of careers that they are willing to live with just to be able to do. this mix of different looks for those people in the batting lineup, so we'll see how Matt does here to start the game.

She is a confident young woman, she talks a lot to herself, but she is very interesting to Lonnie Alameda, they go with the staff, yes, she is not afraid to take risks and this one certainly is because Mac Leonard has only made 44 pitches so far in this world series, three innings of work and just to establish the backstory, Tennessee tried this earlier in the tournament and Oklahoma beat him nine nothing, stopped him, time will tell if this is the good decision that Leonard faces Jada Coleman, who hasn't missed a start in his three-year career at Oklahoma and who hasn't missed a series of championships with those back-to-backs either. recover titles for the player of the year of the Big 12 that is the pitch, it will be important for Mac Leonard that pitch speed that throws between 50 and 50 good good variation and speed from its fall that is generally 68 to 70 miles per hour one of the He will face two left-handers, the first in the order and the last in the order, with Riley Boone.

It's not new that Florida State considers its entire pitching staff to be the largest anyone has pitched this year, with seven different pitchers used, four of them going 40-plus innings. Leonard pitched more at the beginning of the season and at the end of the season, the first pitch off Coleman's bat goes to Kerr one down, yes, Lonnie Alameda. Lonnie Alameda actually compared his staff to the Tampa Bay Rays. She watches a lot of baseball. She talked about how she started watching how they use matchups and really incorporated that into how she'll use her personal depending on who's at bat.

Here's T.I Jennings and Mac Leonard, who's been a grad student for a couple of years in Florida. State after transferring from Illinois State and it looks like they have to take players off the field, we may have another weather delay here in Oklahoma City so we had lightning in the area so after a delay of an hour before the game, Get things going and now another stop here on the first game of our championship series three and after this 45 minute delay we were also an hour late to start this one so we're getting ready to go with Mac Leonard coming back into the circle here for Florida.

The

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that got Jada Coleman flying now has a one-strike count on Tra Jennings and the numbers for Leonard are just his 14th start of the season, prompting Lonnie Alameda to tell our Holly Row before the game that he We'll throw the baton tonight and think. long term here you have to beat them twice to win the national championship, not an easy thing to do against Oklahoma, they have only lost four three game series in 10 years and the millions will try to add to that list, however two of those the losses came in the 2012

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to Alabama, 2019 to UCLA and here is Jennings, a first-team All-American for the third year in a row, a foul territory on the right side of San Pedro, California, 73 career home runs, 3rd best ever 244 RBI is also 3rd best ever behind Jocelon and Lauren Chamberlain, the RBI record may be able to reach next year after the change as well, so it goes up 58 miles per hour 68 miles per hour in the last, this is what the

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of Florida does.

He has to mix those speeds along with Mac Leonard's location, that's a big part of his game plan. ITA likes the veteran in the circle and brings him back inside the plate and they love his confidence right now, two less than Leonard mixes his speeds. This is a drop ball on the inside half only has Jennings swinging at a good 68 mph, but it's well placed, you can see the exaggerated spin down, Leonard pumped at the end of that pitch, first strikeout for Matt . Leonard Haley Lee in all three spots she is the DP these two teams met during the regular season and marched into Norman it was a 5-4 win for Oklahoma Haley Lee one of the four players who hit home runs in that game and Lee takes it out forward to the right center curve called by Hallie White Caser and it's a one, two, three start for Mac Leonard scoreless 2-1 in the first game here in the Women's College World Series and Michaela Enfield ready to open things up for the Knowles in the second hey. look at the two home runs he's had here, the only player here that has two home runs, look at the location, so this is against Oklahoma States on the inside half of the plate and then come back to see even how his bottom half has gone . but still the power with her upper half and when you look at her Zone she completely crushes her weighted heat map actually shows you see the Red Zone here is where you don't want to cast if you're a caster this is the power based on the results. based on the blue zone is where you want to hit, she fights up and down, but you saw that in the middle she absolutely crushes the earliest opener.

Jordy Ball only needed seven pitches to get past the top of the first, but he was slightly behind due to the weather. almost an hour since a pitch lasts and it's four, five and six in Knowles' lineup, that home run against Oklahoma State was on the first pitch he saw here when we sent him from Sneads Florida, one thing this one has done anus. He was telling us that his focus was to reduce the strikeouts that he has done and add more walks and be patient at the plate, which he has also done and continues to add dimensions to his game, this is what we just found out. do.

He showed you the weighted heat map of it. She knows too. I told her this is where she doesn't pitch as a pitcher. She knows these are the pitches I need to make. She has to be right at my waist level. Anything up and down, no. I'm going to be able to drive back up the middle on a hit for Michaela Enfield and how about Enfield at 3-0 and she has the green light, she knows she's going to get a good pitch and she attacks it, yeah, 3-0, she doesn't is taking it. and this is actually a high drop ball that's starting to come down, it actually puts it in our hands, but this force is in the home run at the beginning of this tournament, again there with the base header.

Holly, well, she's good at everything. I call her Enfield. Excellence, whether it's high school winning a state volleyball championship or homecoming queen, everything this young lady touches is gold here she is in softball, she's new to the sport, she's learning this sport. and she's learning some of the ins and outs of it, but look at This I just think is amazing, she's literally a queen and don't even get me started on her makeup. Your Excellency tonight, of course, she is honoring cancer survivors with her bows and ribbons to remember those whoThey are in battle and she is first base. running back tonight with Devin Flaherty stepping in.

I like the fact that Kenzie Hansen will come out and talk to Jordy Ball and hear that five of six pitches have been balls, which is very unusual for a foul ball that always attacks the strike zones. Smitty, you talked about that in At the top is how he gets a lot of his strikeouts and outs just by going right down the middle of the plate trusting his stuff. Staraco metallic in the bullpen 2-0 against Flaherty in this world series, only one walk and 21 strikeouts for Jordy. and another 3-0 count, as is the way jordy sees it, she doesn't look towards home plate until the last moment.

When she's pitching, she concentrates on the ground before throwing to Kinsey, she watches that strike point or a little bit. beyond that he caught the corner three and two I don't think he caught the corner I think this is off the plate and give some credit to Kenzie Hansen, look how she recovers, I think she's almost in the other batter's box, she caught the corner of the Empire and a strikeout for the ball one down, that's the second for Jordy and this is the confidence that Jordy Ball has in the preparation. pitch, he comes out, it's a 3-1 count, she has to come to the zone to make it 3-2 and then at 3-2, she's really just putting it right in the middle of the plate, that pitch in the 60s she gets Flaherty through the non-productive outing after starting 3-0 comes back for the strikeout that almost did it Hanson's hand there on the phone too definitely got her draw it's tough that's what they are rough and tough Kenzie yes, they say about her Strength anyone who plays that position, she could play a fundamental role in this series, not necessarily with Eden Field, but Florida State loves to steal bases, they already have seven in this world series.

Oklahoma has only allowed eight all year. Leonard could be a true double play for number one. The nation's team, Oklahoma, has the best feel percentage on the Contra and you see a ball with a hard hit, you just have to swing six, four, three to get out of the inning because their pitcher is having trouble at the beginning of this and Now they are back in the Dugout, did they leave it? keep it this year because they want to be resilient, determined, reliable and energetic, they have a theme for the season, let's ride, you can see it right there on the palette, fresh and we're heading to the end of the second.

Oklahoma will bring four fives and six Kinsey Hanson to start things in Norco California wasn't

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y healthy last year in the run to the National Championship she is this year this is her 18th World Series game with five home runs and 10 RBIs Kinsey He is one of five to feature five first-team All-Americans in the starting lineup tonight. It's really surprising when you look at her numbers. It is the great power they have. Four hitters are over 500 and nine have a batting average of 320 or higher. Oklahoma beat Stanford here in its opener then made a run at Tennessee and beat Stanford again in Extra Innings in the semifinals to advance during this 51-game winning streak that has now lasted 108 days and a pair of Extra Inning wins until now in the NCAA tournament, Florida State's victory. was the 14th in the streak during the season, managed by Harding, who pitches it over the first and has been on a streak since February 19, outscoring opponents by 371 runs, half of them shutouts, 22 of them against ranked opponents and 23 of those run rules, including one here in the World Series it's amazing all the numbers they have to be honest, it's the offense I've dialed in, they beat teams before they could turn around the intimidation, that's why it's been so big for Mac Leonard right now and why she's attacking these hitters, the game plan that Florida State has from the beginning, facing Tustin California junior Alyssa Bruno, a couple of good pitches in the outside half, really using that bottom of the zone, just enough, uh, move that pitch that he comes down every Now and then you can see it like he cuts his wrist and comes out and goes down a little bit manipulating those pitches and here is where Oklahoma you get them with two strikes and just a little bit shorter swing, an understanding of where the strike zone is you have to be very careful with two strikes against these hitters 17 home runs 59 RBIs on the season the Sooners with 11 hits in this world series with two strikes they just do a very good job of being selective even with those two strikes they don't chase it's easy to chase when you're behind a count that's one of the things that makes them a great team no They do it, they don't chase it, pitches out of the zone and also the donkey has Actually, she seeks out more strikeouts than anyone in this lineup and the reason is that if she thinks she is out of position, she will not go to the Chase, she would rather take the second foreign College World Series championship game coming tomorrow night, scheduled for 7:30 Eastern. on ESPN, if necessary, the Friday 8th Eastern night game on ESPN. 18 years into this championship series, we've played three games five times, even when these two teams got together a couple of years ago, Florida State won the first game and then Oklahoma took games two and three and burrito draw the base by balls or the first base runner for the Sooners Unapologetic, that's been the Oklahoma theme that Holly Rowe talked about at the top, it's exactly what Oklahoma talked to us about yesterday: they're going to have their emotions. to be themselves, they are going to throw bats, yell and get angry.

Patty's only request was that when they walked they turn their backs toward her dugout, not toward any opponent, and now Lonnie Alameda wants to come out and talk to Matt Leonard. By the way, it's a hostile environment, nothing new for Florida State, they are as road tested as anyone in the country, 13-6 this year on the road against ranked opponents, including a trip to Norman, of which we have talked, they won. 18 games in a row on the road or neutral and I haven't lost one since March and yesterday they talked to us about loving the hostility and accepting being a team against about 80 percent of the crowd tonight, yes, us against the world mentality and you can almost . feel it good in the stadium and there is an enjoyment of these are softball fans, yes, maybe they are not cheering for you, but you feel it, you feel that there are 15,000 strong people cheering for softball and that will lift you up and you will reach you in the sixth spot here in the lineup you're Grace Lyons is not directly stealing in this, what she does is as soon as she sees the ball down, then you see her advantage, she sees it on the ground and her reaction is to go away and that aggressiveness. what we talked about with Florida State, we're seeing it right now with Alyssa burrito taking second place, the first runner in scoring position, 2-0 count for Grace and the fifth-year senior from Peoria, Arizona, the first player to the history of the Championship Series in playing in four championship series in her career, she has two and one.

I didn't say that thing or that pitch missed a little high. Maybe on my knees to count consecutive batters looking at a 3-2 pitch for OU Lions Towel Ball was absolutely knocked down and I get it Mac Leonard is a long hit takes it to 3-2 Graceline is a little ahead I thought I was out of here the moment he hit it he hooked it another three two landed first two bottom left launch sequence see fall in gets tattooed on the wall they come back with that 54 mile per hour changeup a really good placement look at the rotation on this launch it's high but just jams Grace Lyons you can see when she hits it off the handle good job monthly though make sure the burritos get back in the bag and pick up the out keep an eye on the pitch sequence because I think no matter how much we look at the out pitches, it's important to see how they're set up, especially for the best offense in the country here's Sydney Sanders, one of his two transfers from Arizona State and the starting lineup out of San Marcos, California, had trouble adjusting the first half of season and then had a win against Texas in early April and that Guy Mojo, she was an All-American last year at ASU and Hook's impressive numbers so far in the postseason, well, you talked about Florida State being comfortable with this hostile environment.

Lonnie Alameda, her head coach, actually made them watch the movie Gladiator last night, she wanted to. Make them feel what it's like to be in the Arena, where everyone is against you. Many of these kids weren't born when the movie came out, so she reminded them last night when they saw it, if they feel comfortable enough here, they see themselves as Gladiators. Here in front of this very hostile crowd, the one-two pitch is blocked by Enfield, well, not only have we talked about them having four starters, plus Cat Sanderkock, who were on the team here a couple of years ago, but they don't They only play in Norman, but they actually came here as a team and visited the Hall of Fame stadium so the players who were there a couple of years ago could get a feel for the place, yeah, and the expectation that they would come back here again was gone.

He calls strike number three. two for Matt Leonard and that ends the threat. Runner stranded him in second so Callie, the first to make weight, led things seven, eight and nine for a Seminole team that beat Oklahoma State in its opener, ruled them and then topped Washington before knocking out Tennessee in In the semifinals they hit three home runs and Wade Caser had one of those along with Bethany Keane in the On Deck Circle and Michaela Enfield and she mishandles it in the second consecutive inning. The first batter comes aboard in just the 17th win of the year for Oklahoma. look Frito she's trying to read The Hop and she's not going to look for the ball she starts looking at it she's going backwards you have to go look for these slow rollers High hops you can see the English and spin on it and I think that's one of the challenges for Oklahoma only 16 mistakes in the year that is the 17th there how many opportunities have they had part of the plan for Florida State put the ball on the ground get the team moving see if they can't make him nervous a little third breath of the season for Brito and the postseason here it is Keen starts at first base tonight with Matt Leonard in the senior circle of the Bradenton team Florida knows how to hit situationally run the bases the most important thing is to try to put the ball in the game we saw with burrito, I mean , it doesn't matter, we talk about this with batting average, all the other numbers, it doesn't matter how many mistakes you made in the regular season, it's a completely different game, the one you get here, Pat, the crowd pressure is on. and it moves a lot faster, so we'll miss chases two and two, so good, you see, it's the result at home watching this, why do you swing at a pitch that's outside of the Up Zone because it doesn't look like it?

When you decide to make a late move, they count. Jordy Ball has only allowed one two-strike hit in this World Series. I know Bethany King had a home run in her last game. I'm a little surprised here early because this game is either this one. The team is so situational if they didn't think about Bunning over a runner yeah it's a big part of their game that was the first home run they hit all season 19 hits on the season for Bethany none of those hits and the swing and miss got. with the number three exit velocity for Jordy Ball, but this is what Jordy Ball is so hard to hit any pitch in any count, so you see her go down, you see you go up and then she comes with this changeup, she's spinning. in the opposite direction that she is moving and you can see the way she flips it and because of the rotation of the tape it is difficult to pick up the differential and the speed, it is misleading, the non-productive output of Jordy Balvin and Smitty is only his second changeup of the night he threw she has an H, no one to throw to, that runner goes.

Hanson throws high and a stolen base for the break. He also hesitated. Kenzie Hansen wasn't ready to throw this as soon as she caught it, there was a little pause, you'll see. As soon as she realizes this, many runners not stealing against her caught her off guard, yes, that's all on six stolen bases, she has given up eighth place in this World Series now to the Seminoles and Sky is took it to Jada Coleman in the Center two down. and here comes the top of the order number six 19 stolen bases lead the field 134 this season this is what they do they walk they steal bases they take people home with doubles they are among the best in the country in those three 122 doubles in the year, what?

How about 247 walks coming into today's game? It's such a white case that you're in position to score by reaching on an error and stealing a base. Kaylee Mudd struck out on a fly ball. The first time the numbers went up for Mudge, everything was out there too. his first at-bat, I mean almost nowhere near the plate, just a clear distance away, the plan kills a hit in nine of his 11 career World Series games, that's a pitch that's middle, middle, middle , but that's where Jordy can catch you because he has There are so many different looks that he's a drop ball, he has a little bit of late, sharp movement.Imagine a drop ball that looks like Verizon, which is very unusual.

I mean, normally it's the bottom of the zone, but Jordy will throw that pitch. The same tunnel is the rise ball. that's why Kayla Mudge took it, she thought the thing was going to keep going up and she said she stayed in the middle, yeah, and that also makes hitters swing on a rising ball. He has a chase rate of 44 on a rising ball speed he missed two and two, that's a really good take, not much, two strike changes for Jordy Ball has a 48 with a speed so hard to identify that the pitch has a lot swing and miss it to find a way to fight that rise, but we've seen it. a lot of swing and strange, you just mentioned the numbers, Smitty, but she's hitting 563 against the rise and you know she understands that it's a pitch that can at least miss.

I think what Jordy Ball is probably going to come back with now is that fall. at the top of the zone try to really mess with what she's seeing from Mudge and the fouls that pitching coach Jen Rocha sends on the change call just getting enough the last two strings she's Al The Moth got rid of them. I love this. major battle the leader the top of the lineup dirty ball pitching all in this in the bathroom deep pitch in his way Mudge looks not to take the lead early back changes a lot still doing a good job identifying that again just getting rid of him is one of the The best things you can do as a hitter may not be square it, but enough to get rid of it and as a pitcher, it's like, come on, throw it a little lower, throw it. a little slower make an adjustment go up higher with the rise exactly well Strikes Out mods for the second time tonight, that's number four on the night with runner in scoring position Jordy ball at his best after a consecutive shift up, so it's a drop ball the outside half threads the needle gets out of trouble Jordy ball with a lot of emotions third game for the national championship national championship two years ago Sooners over Seminoles castle and Owl the home run in the third game Gene Juarez was 5-0 in that series including victories consecutive complete games in the championship series for an OU team that set World Series records with 67 hits, 49 runs scored, hit 15 home runs after Florida State won games one, eight and nine on top here to the Sooners against Leonard.

It's also notable for Florida State because they were six outs away from the national championship, they had a lead in the second game until the sixth inning and then there was an error and then Jocelyn Allo hit a two-run home run off Catherine Sanderkock and that was converted. the series is in OU's favor, so in 18 years of the championship series, this is the first time we have two teams facing each other again in a final, how about that shocker too? Elena Torres 429 batting average in this world series one down, let's take a look at our Bracket Update presented by Enterprise Oklahoma beat Stanford in the semifinals, needed extra innings to do it, and then Florida State beat Tennessee to advance.

The second game will be tomorrow night at 7 30. Eastern Florida State will be the home team for that one. Likewise, if you win tonight, you'll win the title 76 percent of the time, the winners of the first game have won 13 of the 17 champion series. Foreign Boone, they call her the party opener at the bottom of the order for Owasso Oklahoma and The senior from Tulsa Oklahoma told us yesterday that she wants to make a difference on this stage as an Oklahoma native and she is doing just that. She's hitting 500 so far in the World Series. She's one of those big nine-hole hitters that's almost like a second start, yeah, boom, looking for The Gap, she drives it deep and it hits the base of the wall.

Boone will hold him second and he has the devil for the series, not for the speed to get on base, but how about this one, the pop? - fast release, beautiful work on the up and down change, but also keeping our weight in a perfect position. I thought this was out. She hit this. She looked like she was going to clear it and she discovers that that spot is stuck at the bottom of the wall. actually a 3-point opportunity had Gasser stopping it, although Jada Coleman was coming back, so here comes the top of the lineup, the next big decision here for Florida State, do you take Mac Leonard who has been pitching well so far and allow? top of the order to see it a second time, since Hollywell was reporting earlier, the expectation was that we would see some of the Florida State staff.

She got Coleman to fly for the first time. Jada in her first two years hit 17 home runs. She didn't really need to hit much, they had an offseason this year with Jocelyn out, she said I need to give her more power, so she matched that total with 17 home runs this year, she hit the weight room and it really worked. in more of his power play with JT gaso, Paddy Gasso's Sons hitting coach was here in the world series, of course, JT and DJ's owner's staff, one of the assistant coaches at Utah, as the Utes they were one of three Pac-12 schools to do so. here JT handles the hitters, these two teams are huge in analysis and technology in foul territory.

Evan Fields got it and they take care of Coleman two down, which is a quality pitch. Coleman angry with herself. Chase pitched earlier in that at-bat. The ball and then a pitch on the inside half simply induces the big pop-up first. Here's Tiara James, striking out on a drop ball in the first last year in the Champ Series, they scored 16 runs in the first game against Texas and Tra hit two. home runs and for the second straight inning OU has a chance to drive in a run and Lonnie Alameda will come out for another talk. Lonnie with his staff of Travis Wilson and Troy Cameron will take them back to the championship series for the third time.

In five years let's talk to Holly, well, Terry Jennings tells us that you know that she studies a lot before going into the batter's box, they watch movies, they review scouting reports, she does a lot of information analysis, but when she goes into the box she wants to be quiet she wants to keep it simple and one of the things that has impressed me with her entire freshman career everything she's done is quiet and calm in the box and then she just allows herself not to think too much she trusts her preparation and then explodes when he needs to, yes, explosive is one of the good words to describe Jennings.

There's also some activity now in FSU's bullpen royalty and agile Reed. Wouldn't you check the swing she almost came in? He hits her and she can't stand it. In reality, he did a lot, you see him so upset towards the right side picked up by the one who makes the play Matt Leonard gets out of trouble by retiring Coleman and Jennings Jordy ball one of the most aggressive photos looking to take the rubber for strikeouts trying to sit Eddie out and coach gas for the weather to delay stops and starts for your players, particularly Jordy Ball, how have you guys handled it so far?

Oh alright I think we've been in these positions we live in Oklahoma so we've been in these positions before so it's nothing new to us the top of your order shows up runners in scoring position don't produce What they thought, their big hitters didn't. do it, we're just trying to fix things, it's early in the game, we're still guessing, but I'm not worried, really, thanks coach. I want to say happy birthday to my mom, who turns 85 today, happy. birthday Mom I love it Now they roll along with Patty Gasso now in her 29th season she is number one in wins among active coaches and they are looking for a sixth National Championship in the last 10 years Jordy Ball beat them one a year ago strikeouts for Jordy Ball and she's using all her different tools in her toolbox, it lands on the outside half that's slightly elevated and look at this pitch, it's actually a curveball, she doesn't throw it much, but it has very good spin, third strike out of the game. changing so much variation in that pitch in velocity and then going back to the dropped ball on the outside half against a lot is really attacking the bottom half of the Zone using that fly ball as well, but Florida State has done a good job of committing faults.

That pitch has been the drop ball in the changeup that has been effective so far tonight. Jordy returned for the fourth inning and a scoreless game, one of the best in our championship series, two for three in the third inning, both sides got a The runner to second base had opportunities and couldn't take advantage of them in two, three and four that were coming for the Seminoles. Jedi Kerr grounded to the right side for his first time of the half. He recruited for them a few years ago out of Mableton Georgia and then went undercover. hit and then an ACL injury and Jedi making the most of this his first healthy season Lonnie Alameda loves her high softball IQ Janai was telling us the big challenge against OU pitchers isn't chasing, oh that's what What great pitchers do, they throw pitches that are actually outside the zone that look like they're in the zone, so they take you as a hitter to swing balls that look like strikes, so one of the keys is to really watch the rotation, let the ball travel deep and give it time to arrive. in the zone back to Jordan trying to go for the tag and he turned the ball over in 38 straight innings with a lead on the board and that's the second mistake on the best Fielding team in the country this year and that's actually the first era of the year in Jordy Paul, she just leaves it, like you mentioned Beth, you can see she picks it up, takes her eyes off the ball and comes out of the glove again, that speed and that chaos that Florida State could create and Kerr definitely can go to the beginning. base 14 of 16 hits on the year here's Kaylee Harding Haley line drive to right field the first time, of course, we talked about Kerr's return from injury.

Jordy Ball also remembers that he had the forearm injury last year in the postseason and like so many. other players we heard from, she said I was obsessed with getting back to where I was rather than just focusing on where I am and after a shaky start to the season, she made up for her loan loss on February 19, she's 15- 0 on In her last 17 outings, she also talks about pressure and I appreciated her honesty after being freshman of the year earlier this season, how much pressure she felt to be the best, to be the best part of why you see the blue tape there.

Kinsey Hansen in the chest protector while Jordy was talking about just trying to concentrate and ignore everything else ignore the crowd ignore the noise and have a focal point the irony is that she is looking at the earth when she finally looks up it's that tape blue which allows him to perfect one two with Hardy and only part of it is that he reorganized part of his delivery like you said Michelle, he looked at the ground and as he looks up he sees that blue ribbon that is on his Catcher And she said: you know it helps me to not tackle because when she was staring at the strike zone with her eyes up, sometimes she would throw too hard and throw down and it wouldn't have the spin she wanted, so Kenzie, the handsome one, the catcher said, hey, whatever I do lack.

I'll use what you need, they've tried a few different versions of that, but this one has that blue square and it's definitely a reference point for the ball, another two strike bid failed and Holly, to your point, basically what happens is the Pitchers get too amped up, knock down and throw through their spin, so the drop comes late, it doesn't go through the zone, it breaks after the zone, so it's obviously flat going through the zone, e.g. what you really know learning the nuances of pitching, not just pitching but throwing and handling that ball is so important, yeah a little bit, pants are a lot quicker to jump with Kerr there at first base all in one.

I mean, she blocked that ball and stepped up to throw. I mean, that's not easy. Kenzie Hanson did a great job behind the plate knowing that these runners are going to be on the move. Switch to strikeout number five for the second time through the lineup. Jordy Ball is going to that change. It's such an effective pitch. Look at the tight rotation on this. again and she swings and misses because she's not afraid to throw that right to the heart of the plate when that ball looks so sweet and so big to those hitters who will definitely jump at that pitch the change in velocity number of strikeouts five for Jordy Ball, another non-productive outing for the Knowles, who couldn't advance it.

Michaela Edenfield, who singled up the middle the first time. Thanks, she also says a lot about Jordy Ball. She made that mistake on her first air of the season. here on this stage the crowd talked to us about the pressure and she comes back striking out Kaylee Harding the number three hitter says a lot about her mentality the growth of her she is still just a student ofSophomore year tells you what Kenzie Hansen is ready she has it on every pitch she was caught off guard in the last inning, the stolen base against her and now every pitch it's like she's doing catching drills, as soon as she catches it, She is ready to shoot and can shoot standing up, she can shoot from her knees most of the time.

She will kneel and make a big pop when you do so, so the shooter is helping the Knowles a little. Two free passes at the entrance, she just walks away as close as you can see. Her hip was a little above her. the spin came off the hip arm when that happens, there's no way Ball isn't going to run into those right-handed hitters, so for the second inning in a row, Florida State has a chance for Devin Flaherty to strike out in the second. has spent time in several different spots in the batting order, including a lot of time at first or second and what we've started to see in recent years: analytics show that that five or six holes in the lineup is usually a great place to put another leadoff hitter to keep passing the bat in your lineup and Flaherty has fit in there in recent weeks.

Holly, well, you talked about Florida State coming here to Hall of Fame Stadium when they were here in March for a road trip. against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, well, everyone came out on the field and they're looking around, except Devin Flaherty, the hitter right now, she refused to step on this field and said, I don't want to come back on this field until he beats me. my a long time ago, so the first time he went out on the field was when they came back here to Oklahoma City last week. Devin Flaherty put that in the universe saying hey, I'm on a manifesto back here as a player and here she is getting ready. hitting well again and that's the kind of leadership Lonnie Alameda saw in Devon when he pulled her aside in the offseason and said, "Hey, Sydney Cheryl has been the voice of this team for quite some time, she's gone, we need you." be ours." QB is what he told Devin and Devin has adopted the role he said Cheryl once occupied one of the links on his championship team in 2018.

He brings it up to Sanders and will step on the base rolls to see if anyone else was doing cheat a little. now for the Seminoles and two in scoring position for Matt Leonard Mack has been struggling a little at the plate, but he told us this week that the at-bat we need most is yet to come, it's this one, check out strike one . first change of tone I was going to say I almost think for Florida State the conversation has to beat everyone, hey she's going to give you a change on the back so at least one does it's your choice if you want to sit down or not , but that has definitely been a key second time in the order.

Jordy Ball will go at exit speed. They probably need at least one person to sit down to get it in. her head Leonard just outside the line we come back with another changeup Mack is just 2 for 26 in this NCAA tournament, but she also told us she feels more comfortable with a bat in her hand when she's also the pitcher in a game that's In tonight's case, you have to be careful with the rising ball that is Matt Leonard's Nemesis with two strikes in his Chase that has a 60 percent increase. The increase ends the threat to Jordy's ball.

He thinks about it. Back-to-back swings just missing a hit or second at bat, but you know this is exactly where Oklahoma was going to come back. They've got the report, they know what they're doing, and Jordy Bob, the execution, to get out of another Jam College World Series presented by Capital One here. with Florida State head coach Lonnie Alameda and their offense is putting the ball on the ground, putting some pressure on this Oklahoma defense, they only made 16 errors all year, they've made two so far, how does that help that? I mean, that goes back to wrestling. of us and I mean they have great pitching and that helps with the defensive part, you know, but this is a different game, it's the championship series, you know, everyone feels a little bit like a big crowd, so you know It's about a release right now Matt Leonard started She's struggling out there What do you see from her and how long do you leave her?

We'll see if some adjustments start to happen. I think she kicked the ball into the Zone by mixing up the speeds a bit. It's a great thing, of course, she's relaxed. You know, it's a great time for a lot of these pitchers. Cat has the most experience of her, but these guys are starting to develop her, so I'm really proud of her. This is incredible. That's why. she came here, this is what she wanted, very proud of her, thank you coach, thank you, you know, Matt Leonard has been effective in mixing the speed, so he worked a lot on that shift at about 55 miles an hour and then dropped the ball with force under the hands and she will run with force under the hands and then return to the initial speed at 54 miles per hour.

That variation is really what gives it a lot of effectiveness in the landing area, although on the edges of the knees along with that upward shift. What has been so effective against Oklahoma tonight has to do with the middle pitch, which is why Leonard returns at the bottom of the fourth. Lonnie's call to start Mack and not go with the All-American cat sander has been a good one so far. Now in the Seminoles bullpen, she's been very good as a reliever this year and in fact, the 7 News school has a record for saves this season, so it's not a role she wouldn't be accustomed to.

Haley Leith thought she was hit by a pitch. I'm sure I'm thinking she must have caught her if she immediately went to first base yeah yeah so the coaches have two challenges and they are challengers and they will win this challenge. The first batter of the night on base, the foreign field will be a hit. pitch The runner will be given first base. I love how quick this was too. I mean, we saw it right away. We give a lot of credit to the referee team. The review

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is here and the house to do that immediately says, "I told you guys, so why didn't you believe?" They and I are trying to get the party started here in Oklahoma City because the number four hitter, Kenzie Hanson, is coming in, there will be a pinch runner and it will be Jordy Ball, a role she has played on several occasions, including in the race.

Big 12 championship game this postseason Patty Gasso told us that she likes Jordy to think about other things and not just what he's doing in the circle. She loves to get involved in any way she can to help the team and there will be a pitching change in freshman McKenna Reed, when we return, game two of the NCAA Women's College World Series Championship Finals coming tomorrow to 7:30 ET on ESPN for more information, visit ncaa.com will be home for the 90th NCAA Championships and it is McKenna. Reed now, who will get the call in relief, giving up two home runs in that game against Oklahoma to Jennings and Lee, has also had four illegal pitches in this world series and when he's on point, he has a great fly ball in the outside half. it's a little bit up, it's a little bit in from that left side and that tight rotation is what gives you that late sharp movement, good speed, 60 degrees, 70 degrees, and that's really going to be the key, you're going to have to make sure first. that she's on point with that velocity that speeds up her swing on the heat map and misses in the top half of the zone, she's all elevation, so Oklahoma is going to look up and tell her everything that Hanson will step in in the first team.

All-American McKenzie had that huge three-run home run to tie the supers game against Clemson when they were missing their last strike and the streak was in danger, they would end up winning it in extras and Hanson Rockets won a center that will reach the wall running around from third and a single scores Hanson another, she's been the best center for them this postseason, so she shines, so calm, just understanding the strike zone, you saw her throw the first pitch that was at the top of the Stone Rise ball, he wanted to make sure he could catch. something that she could drive and we're talking maybe two inches lower and she knows the plan that understanding take this pitch and want foul ball from first base and by the way, they had a chance to catch it, they missed the court of her. they got the part of it, which would have been a very close play at home.

Paddy Gasco took a chance and it paid off, yes you have to reach your end, anything that comes from the outfield you have to make a short stop to your second base, yes Jedi. Curves throw one over Two Seminoles' heads on the way to the infield, so Hanson drives the ball and now it's Alyssa Brito looking to drive it. Hanson Oklahoma takes the lead here in the bottom of the fourth Oklahoma is so good at understanding pitches. what are they hunting and how to get that barrel to the ball that apparently didn't hit the bat he just hit the drive so Hanson will take third yeah that was a McKenna Reed changeup and look at the rotation on this and it comes out from edenfield for The Outer Half of the Glove, Let's Go to Hollywood, well a big moment in this game for Kenzie Hanson, who told us about the mental rollercoaster she went through last year trying to come back and play through an injury, she said she heard everywhere except this year.

I really trust my preparation, but the most important thing he's doing differently is his internal dialogue, he said when he stepped into the box. I have little mantras that I tell myself right now. I will win. I wonder if he said that on that last swing. because she won, she got the first run of the game, now she's 60 feet away from getting home herself and everything she started started with a hit drum, there's still no one outside of her. Foreign Azzo had a lot of praise for Alyssa Brito, who wasn't in any of them. of the Big 12 teams this year, but was voted first-team All-American and in the season that starts tonight, a 400-hitter with power in her second year after transferring from Oregon, opens up when there are so many big names in this. lineup and honestly, in general, just all the offensive numbers, but Alyssa Brito has been huge for them, especially when she hits in the lineup of her 17 home runs.

Crank, one foul, the Oklahoma Sooners have been putting up big numbers for everyone all year, the fourth inning is no different. including one more here tonight, the burrito goes the opposite way and that will find the grass, another run for Oklahoma, two strike hitting, this is what Oklahoma can do, they jam on this pitch and that's what's so impressive , it's how she's able to find grass after it gets in her hands, but she stays with her swing and that's why she can continue through it. Look at her reactions. She is one of many on this team who is unapologetic about her emotions over her passion, whether it be walking or getting another RBI for her team, just one hit the first time through the batting order and that was her nine hitter, Riley Boone, now they have a pair the second time through Harding, good recovery at third to get Grace Lyons, but she moves Brito. that's the first out of the inning and that just shows Caddy Gasso putting down a sacrifice bunt knowing how important it is to have freedom to score in the position trying to put more runs on the board, especially with the ball in the circle in this one NCAA tournament approaching. in just one early run in his 28 innings and tackle in four more innings of 32 while the ball dances to the beat of his own drummer in the dugout, how big were two for Jordy Ball to come into this game as a pinch runner Patty spent ?

I don't think there's ever been a bigger moment for her, she got her first wind, she's had a harder time throwing strikes and I think getting her into this game is a distraction from everything else and now, coming back through Sanders, she's not going to be able to go down two . don't forget game two tomorrow night at 7:30 ET on ESPN if we need three Friday night at eight o'clock ET on ESPN Oklahoma, number one in the championship series, is 11th time in 18 years that the first seed arrives here a seed has won the title seven times in 17 years Alina Torres rolled to second or first time the first time in this part of the order sees reliever McKenna Reed in front shoots green the first Torres stays safe and Brito will return home in the mystery first I I could see the communication between Enfield and Reed, a small dribbler hit McKenna Reed back and you can see Enfield saying go to the wine, go to the one and she goes He turns and throws him to the ground.

It's the hardest thing about being a left-handed pitcher. If you have it. to catch and turn or you have to step back and throw to first a couple of fielding errors by the pitchers tonight, a big one that costs the Knolls to score a single, but then an E1 that hits burrito, like this than three, nothing before. He's in front and here's Riley Boone, who doubled his first half. It's also interesting when you think about Oklahoma versus McKenna Reed versus MAC Leonard Mack Leonard only the one hit was on Riley Boone, but we've seen a different offensive team against McKenna Reed. oh, Oklahoma likes that fly ball.

Leonard was all on his knees andMcKinnon down throws a little off speed, but every one of his hard pitches is high and above the belt and that's right in the cookie cutter zone for these really good Oklahoma hitters. just get into that thing where you saw Leonard and Cat Sander talking, that's where the inning will end, but three runs to go for Oklahoma's big moment presented by Wendy's and the three-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth Kenzie Hanson pitches Jordy Ball, I got things going and then Alyssa Brito with an RBI single to bring in Hanson, they get to reliever McKenna Reed and now they go back to work for Jody Ball in the fifth and she'll face seven, eight and nine in the order they there are nine. outs away from one game a win Ray case will reach an error the first time he stole a base casar Coleman is there a nice afternoon finally here in Oklahoma City after a couple of weather delays a pre-game for an hour one in the The first inning , which was about 45 minutes long, had some lightning around Beth Mullins, Michelle Smith, Jessica Mendoza and Hollywood with you on a fantastic team.

We've got a couple hundred people here that have been here during this Women's College World Series, from eight teams all the way down. two, that's Ali Dubois heading to the bullpen and the ball goes up O2 in Bethany King follows her like a machine when she gets a lead, she even more continues to hit the owner of the strike zone throwing through it moving it changing those speeds, That's why I think their offensives are the best weapon. I know they have a lot, but it helps everything else and they get the advantage. She has missed 10 throws so far.

Yeah, I've always said his offense is like his third or fourth best pitcher because yeah, when you can consistently put eight runs up on the board, you can have a pitcher that has two or three ra, oh, by the way, his staff eras they're down one so during the 51 game winning streak you run a game one piece less than one run again so there's been a lot of respite it's a little bit different than uh back in the day when it was a game of one-nothing and you were just paying your offense to get a run, look at the spoils too, it's back for Jordy Ball.

You can see the way she moves around the circle around the rubber, the way she even talks to herself after the last photo, there's a ball, she says, I got this, it's a turn, former number one recruit high school, originally from Papillion Nebraska. committed to the Huskers and changed her mind last year, national freshman of the year and an All-American, won game two of the championship series to get them the title, gets game one, this time she did it with the rise, two down, seventh strikeout. of the night, the ball keeps going up, he climbs the ladder, he swings and Miss Jordy Ball has been on fire.

There you see the comparison from last year's World Series, as we mentioned with the forearm injury, his work this year has increased from the regular season to In the NCAA tournament and in the World Series, both teams ended up relying more on their Ace arms as they progressed through the tournament. Oklahoma opts to start theirs in game one. Florida State is going in a different direction to the Coleman Center, one, two, three innings close. the fifth for OU this number one offense picking up the bats Jada Coleman tra Jennings the best one-two punch in the game 34 home runs between these two Sluggers picking up the back put more runs on the board for Florida State down three nothing as we head to the end of the fifth and McKenna Reed leaves the three earned runs in an inning and two thirds against Oklahoma now in a couple of appearances only eight earned runs against everyone else, she gives up here to Ali Dubois and the leader of the order, Jada Coleman lies down and a baserunner mentions the 17 home runs and oh yeah speech he could drop the group Jess yeah the game plan too what's the best pitch to buy the velocity and she doesn't.

It doesn't even detonate perfectly because a pitcher and Kaylee Harding is on the speed pick, no, that's the boss ball he has to get, yeah, that's his 11th front hit of the season and now it's Jennings' strikeout and a groundout. Foreign Jennings. that's for sure Haley in third place in the lineup, flied out and then was hit by a pitch on the fourth ball. Geordie ran for it and scored before batsmen saw Dubois in their regular-season meeting in March. Haley double bid that's the pitch that La really focuses her strategy on she has to be able to throw that changeup on the first strike it's floating in the top half of the strike zone Lee Muffler charges gets it in the short half and makes Perry be the first on his own play Coleman on second base with two outs, this is such a difficult play that most of the time we see the ball go in and under the glove because he has to attack the Hops, but he spoke of it before with Alyssa burrito and the era that she had a very hard short jump when making a play Josie mostly made a very difficult play and almost like it was okay, I understood it in the end and just an innate ability to throw in the race, there's Kenzie Hanson, who had the RBI double in the final inning. at the plate and Jada Coleman will score four nothing OU and Kenzie Hanson has driven in a couple okay so we talked about the changeup you know you're going to get it so Ali comes out look at Kenzie Hanson's swing she shoots her hips .

I'll watch her hips start to move, she'll watch him turn, but watch her hands. She does a great job of continuing to see the pitch once her body moves, allowing her to hit the pitch so she can drive in another run for the Sooners, yes. You could almost see that little pause, yeah, she almost squeezes your legs and gives you enough for those hands to get through some beautiful hitting in the 15th Game of the Year with multiple RBIs for Hanson and that will be in the bag. at third and Bruno has a three-hit bird in the inning off Dubois.

It's been an interesting game so far, two doubles for Oklahoma, four singles, so they didn't use the long ball that they've used so effectively this year, 115 home runs. the year, but showing that they could go from season to season and this is where that batting average shows those four hitters with a batting average over 400, eight of nine over 320. This now matches the largest deficit that the state of Florida has faced foreigners in this postseason. keep that ball in front Grace's lions ground in the sacrifice was part of that three-run rally in the fourth big month for Grace's graduation, the cheap series wedding is coming up in a couple of weeks.

Tiara Jennings was Brian, I'm a bridesmaid. M 21 has never done this before, yes she was excited at her first wedding and she gets a strike ball and now the bases are loaded for Sydney Sanders and now it's time to remind you that the only rule was implemented this year in the series of championship. for the first time, then Oklahoma leads by nothing, a grand slam word, win the first game, oh if you're ready and change, that's the one you were sitting for, I also want to say 43 miles an hour, so I think a times you go up, okay?

I'm sitting on the changeup, but remember the changeups we've seen in this game have been in the low 60s, that's Ali Dubois' fastball, so 43 is an increasingly slower foreign ERS in season two of seven with the bases loaded to waycaser and right and the Sooners will leave it loaded, but they achieve one more with a 4-0 lead for the top sixth of the order, attacking Jordy Ball with 71 pitches on the night, seven strikeouts fall in the outside half, but look at how she hits the zone Great movement through the Zone, not afraid to generate a lot of Spin and Authority through that Strike Zone, which induces swing and miss with the fly ball, a little change up, but the dropped ball is explosive through the middle lower half. from the zone, Jordi's ball was just on fire, a hit allowed stranded three baserunners for the Knowles, as those faster bats put four big runs on the board for him, he hasn't gone to the ball elevated as consistently as I think the state of Florida.

He was hoping that he had been doing the unexpected, dropping a dollar is a lot and this time the ball is clean to make the play. Holly, well, Patty Gaslow says that Jordy Ball is an absolute machine, she is very disciplined with his routine and when we asked her about it, she said she. You know, I try to do it every week. I do about three times as much weight lifting outside of what the team does. She does extra cardio and is very regimented in the work she does. You can see that she is very athletic.

Holly, I asked him about that. I love working out, so I asked her what do you do, what are all the things and she said, honestly, I mean, it's a combination of CrossFit and all these different things, but she said. It helps my mentality. I know I work better than anyone else on the field and for me it gives me the confidence that I'm going to be better than anyone because of the physique and the way my body is when I throw well, that's a lot. Throwing is muscle mass, but it's also fitness and a lot of people don't realize, but when you're throwing, your heart rate usually increases between 160 and 180 beats per minute, so it's not going for a jog. yeah, you have to ride a bike, you have to do all kinds of interval training to get your heart rate up and down, it's your core, it's your legs, it's not just that, by the way, blow some smoke for Kerr Jordy. now upped his scoreless inning streak to 20 in a row, an impressive number considering you're in the postseason playing against the best, he's limited the Knowles to just one hit tonight and it's strikeout number eight, two down, well, you can notice it.

Jordy Ball feels like he's floating off that pitching rubber. You can see the way he chooses those legs to reach those eight feet. Mark, so he brings the ball up in the top half of the zone and she'll just take it even higher. the strikeout look, look at the way she's going to get under this ball, the backspin lifts her in the eyes and takes Janai Kerr to that ladder for that eighth strikeout of the night for Jordy Ball, okay, look that in the tournament, extreme right, 44 strikeouts. and three walks, I mean, he's been really incredible, he's had a batter on his hip, two errors today and he's been able to walk, excuse me, no walks, who is Kaylee Harding, a strikeout victim with the change in the fourth inning and Hanson will come out for probably have a good idea of ​​where she is for that pitch that they definitely relied on as they advance for the third time in the order, well, we talked about Florida State's desire to get baserunners and try to create some chaos, create some traffic like Lonnie. likes to say that they have had baserunners in each of the second, third and fourth innings, Princess Jordy ball with runs, she is a different pitcher, well, she came out with a strikeout in two of those three innings to get them out of the trouble.

I'm absolutely tired of seven in a row and you can see the confidence, like you mentioned, Jess when she has runs on the board, she's literally putting that ball on Broadway saying, hit it, Harding, and that'll get over Jada Coleman's head, the only one who jumps off the wall at second base, hey, you don't always get to see a celebration in center field, that's how much the Sooners love their outfielder Jada Coleman, so much athleticism, so much success with this place, first of all, their infatuation. but it's the wall read that gets her out of second base and Jada Coleman Jordy ball and Tyler Sanders' team meet their center fielder Jada's back here in the Women's College World Series game, one of our championship series and a four-nothing lead for Oklahoma in the bottom of the sixth, the Sooners are three outs away from winning the opener of this best-of-three series, as Allison Royalty pitches the Sooners' fourth of the night, only their second appearance in this NCAA tournament, so for royalty, the Sooners are three outs away from winning the first game of this best-of-three series.

The transfer making his World Series debut for Seminoles royalty will have a bit of an up-and-down mix, it will also create a change. Jocelyn Erickson is the eight nine pinch hitter and then, by the way, the highest pitch count for Jordy Ball is at 80 tonight, so when you start steering the conversation toward game two, Patty Gasso might have a chance to return to Jordan while Erickson leaves, I would imagine that the owner of the Knowles would be Catherine Sandercock, yes, I think if I am Paddygaso and Jordy. The ball has a pitch under 100. I'll bring it back, okay, it's as good as it looks, why don't you just keep your foot on the gas?

I know you have other pitchers and staff that have great numbers, but there are them and then there is the dirty ball. Riley Boone sets up Zer and it bounces and she is able to take it. I've seen some Florida State miss cuts on balls that come from the field and just miss the person they're supposed to hit. run scored earlier in this game because of that and Riley Boone took away the power we've seen tonighton the second double, but look at the pitch that misses on both cuts and all the exuberant celebration helps right there, yeah, not exactly how you score this, sure. what you do double uh ep9 with you I guess let's see if they give him that and that's one of the first things they teach you in the Outfield is that you have to hit your cut and if you're going to miss your cut you jump them short, yeah, no airy Mill, at least they can choose something that's below.

Oh, they're not going to charge you for a mistake. You just have to advance the shot back to the top and Jada Coleman goes up for the fourth. from the single to the last time, no trio was ready for a strike, the colony continues in Texas, I'm in a former national high school player of the year, it's Jada Coleman and there's the walk, so runners on first and third, Holly, I would like to make a suggestion to the official score that that celebration be played at second for the Boone rally, they call it come on, that has become the chant that every player celebrating for Oklahoma says, come on, can you see your hands there, come on. her in hand a moment ago on the Jada Coleman walk at home base, come on, we're getting all kinds of funny stuff on Tick Tock social media from people saying "um, you know, I left my pen on my desk to go home for the day." and I say, come on, he's taking America by storm, so you know the official score, let's just call it, we're going to play the foreign LG Jennings next to the Jennings stat line, oh, for three tonight for YOU and a hit to drive followed.

Boone will score RBI Jennings and that's five suitors nothing and she just became the all-time leader in runs batted in in the Women's College World Series. Clutch is what Paddy Gasso, sitting in the stands watching her teammate T.R Jennings, has done so many times. in different ways it is also not against Stanford in the two strike semifinals they continue to pass the bat even the alumni and so for the second time tonight they bring the winning run to the plate and roughly with the grip to steal the ball from Home Run or excuse me Mudge Oklahoma is in shock right now, I mean that's how it's done folks, they want to steal a home run and save the game, this was the game, look at her, get up and take this back, I mean just in shock, this place went crazy.

They thought she had jumped the fence and Kaylee says a lot, she huh, she looks at Lee that she is already celebrating the winner of the game, but it merged. Did you see how long it stayed in the air? It was impressive and Florida State remains in second place here is Kinsey Hanson. Thank you, it's been very interesting in this game too as Oklahoma scored these five runs, they haven't hit what they do so often is the long ball and they did it there and Kaylee Mudge said no, they're definitely used to doubling three doubles today. she puts them at 116 for the year, but it's 115 home runs you're used to seeing bounce off those earlier bats.

Hanson drove in a run with a double in the fourth and a single in the fifth. She's been their best hitter consistently in the postseason here in Oklahoma City and as much as we see the fire and the passion from a lot of these teammates, this is not great, it's calm, it's very stoic, focused with a plan, hitter, all Coleman and Jennings. still on board Hanson could win it with one swing, it's right on Harding, couple of good defensive plays for Florida State, they're in their last at bat, it looked like it was coming out of the yard and Kaylee Mudge got up to pick it up and throw it. back even in last year's all-time best home run hitter and an All-American this year six innings of work eight strikeouts and the World Series numbers continue to impress are four, five and six, last chance for Florida State otherwise the Sooners win the opener and could win the national championship tomorrow night they are looking for their third shutout in their four games here in the World Series Boyne Edenfield so far from the plate I see he is looking for that inside pitch and I think That last pitch looks like it was pretty sweet on the inside half, especially when you're far away, yes, but remember, Michaela Edenfield, that your cookie zone is more level.

She doesn't like it up, she doesn't like it, down, one, two pitches from Jordy Ball, strikeout number nine, wow, look at the location of this. pit she's going to ride this pitch even though Eden Field is off the plate, she's going to put it right on the plate and it's going to have a little bit of movement under her hands, look at the placement, excellent good velocity and that tight upper 60's spin. ninth strike out of the game for Jordy Ball here's Devin Flaherty these two teams met a couple of years ago and Florida State won the first game the Sooners bounced back to win games two and three that's a rarity because 76 percent of the national champions in the last 18 years I have won the first game only four times and one team bounced back from a first game loss.

It is also the second time here in this tournament. Remember that Tennessee tried a similar strategy. They didn't throw their ace against Oklahoma. They went with one pitching staff and two. outs left, it just hadn't worked either time, yeah, and to me, no matter how many runs you know Oklahoma has put on the board, Florida State is going to have to find a way to put runs on the board themselves. back to their game, which is moving the defense putting the ball on the ground, they haven't really done much of that tonight, the ball conceded has those nine strikeouts, they just have to find a way to turn the barrel up a little bit, Yeah.

I think I'm better at that perfectly your plan walk right double stolen base I think they did a good job getting on base they did a good job running the base a little bit but they missed the big hits the 2B BBS B2B this is one of the best pitchers difficult to try to do that against three and two, don't forget that next is the Nicole Briscoe and Michael Eaves Sports Center, we will have it for you, it's these counts that Jordy Ball owns. The state of Florida has more than 10 with nine. strikeouts when Jordy's ball reaches two strikes strikeout number 10 two down it is already difficult enough to hit Jordy's ball this makes it even more difficult this is off the plate called strike three we have seen the ball rise we have seen the exit velocity that we've Seen the change, there's no way you're going to reach that if you're a left-handed hitter, pinch hitter Katie Dack is the last chance, a great ball looking to go 4-0 in this Women's College World Series 5-0 in a World Series. run I think Jordy said, let's leave this here and Patty said, okay, I can go for that 3-0 for a strike.

I wonder if game two is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7:30 ET on ESPN, game three would be Friday night. I'm not telling you that it's easy for Katie Dak to get the walk. This is big only because Kaylee Mudge's catch of the walk here is extending the pitch count for Jordy Ball. I get that she's a workhorse, but you start thinking about the second game, how? We'll use her the more you look at her, the more hitters they can get against her. Yeah, she had thrown 71 pitches going into the fifth, so getting close to 100, if they get her over 100, it would be 30 pitches and the last two innings. a win within a sure loss if they don't return Amaya Ross is their pinch runner, alley runner at the plate, thanks to one out from a 52nd consecutive win, all back with Jordy Ball, who will record the final out in the first game belongs to Oklahoma Jordy ball the two hits fired with 10 strikeouts Kenzie Hanson a couple of runs batted in and that extends the winning streak to 52 in a row and tomorrow night Oklahoma will play for its seventh National Championship the offense was again and like Lo The good thing about Jordy with the 10k was that she got a little early and once her offense got together with her help the way she scored one of those runs early, she became a different pitcher and that was then and she's in the countryside.

Now with Holly, well Jordy, you're going out in the circle tonight in the first game of the Champ series, how difficult was that with the stops and starts and getting the adrenaline to where it needed to be. I think in that situation you just have to work to maintain yourself mentally. locked in um I mean that's hard when there's a lot of things out of your control but I think we all did a good job on that yeah I've never seen this in the history of the World Series where the starting pitcher comes in like a Pinch Runner, what are you thinking when you bring the first run of the game?

Well, it may have been a big hit, but I mean, it's great. I like to help in any way I can, but be quick. I suppose not. I don't know, 10 strikeouts for you tonight, tell me what was important about your fly ball and how you're positioning it to get that good look. Florida State is a really good hitting team, so you can't sit in one place for too long, so it's important. keep mixing with them, like getting up and down, losing speed, everything, so they made me have to give them a lot of different looks, how is this team unapologetically who you are?

Celebrate how you are on this stage tonight. I think we're just consistent with celebrating the little things, some people probably think it's excessive sometimes, but what they don't realize is that maybe it was an O2 count that turned into a walk, so it's just not there. in the game and celebrate every little thing, thank you. Jordy, thank you, thank you, okay, she scores a run and gets the win and Oklahoma, if they win tomorrow, they will be the national champions in the second game 7 30 East on ESPN, if Florida State can come back and take it, we will be here again on Friday night. winner takes five nothing final Oklahoma defeats Florida State by Michelle Smith Jessica Mendoza Holly Rowe our entire team I'm Beth Mowins thank you so much for being with us