And the Sooners played with horrible fundamentals. Three outs on the bases, two of them horrible mistakes at worse times. Three or four errors, depending on the rulings. This should make it easier to go to work, if that's what they want.
UL's HC was really smart. He threw his most inexperienced starter yesterday, and took their lumps. Almost a double run rule. And he saved his best for game five when OU pitching staff was worn down by five games in three days. I know Patty is the GOAT. But I believe she made a huge mistake in an experiment. She wanted to see if Maxwell could pitch three games in three days. She was substandard in the circle yesterday, a day after being lights out Friday night, in a shutout, and might have been a no-hitter if our second baseman hadn't screwed a pop up in short right. But three in three she really struggled today.
There were a couple of tough breaks, most importantly a ball that was almost certainly foul that was called fair and then not overturned on appeal. The umpire gave their lefty pitcher a very large strike zone for four or five innings, then tighttened it up late. But she threw an eight inning complete game against our supposedly great offense. We scored the tying run with two outs in the seventh because Louisiana couldn't get the ball in after a base hit, and the pitcher didn't back up.
But OUr seniors made inexcusable baserunning mistakes. Jayda Coleman got called out for leaving 2nd base early, and it wasn't close, ruining a great opportunity early. An inning later, Kinzie Hansen got picked off of 2nd base, when we started the inning with two on and no outs. Patty had to be pulling her hair out.
We'll be okay I think. But if we play like we did today too often, we'll have double digit losses.
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