It began at p. Haley Cruse hit a leadoff double to get on second base and was the eventual winning run to force Game 7. Texas had tied the game in the top of the seventh, thanks to an incorrect call, but in the end, the Ducks emerged victorious. A team scores and then they answer," added Lombardi. However, with the storm delay and then the game going into extra innings, whether a Game 7 would be played that evening or the following day was in question.
Well, the NCAA decided to have the game begin at p. In fact, after the season-ending defeat, Lombardi said her team was prepared to play two games in one day and they did that. There were no excuses from her mouth. Still, Oregon would have benefitted from a night of rest before a game that would decide its season. During Game 7, the Ducks and Longhorns met in another tightly contested, defensive battle that saw the Ducks blow multiple golden opportunities.
Jefferson stepped to the plate facing a huge spot and laced a RBI double to the wall in left center to the cut the UT deficit in half at With one last chance in regulation, Texas strung together a game-tying rally in the top of the seventh. With two down, Whitaker came to the dish as a pinch hitter and delivered by driving a single through the left side. That set the stage for fellow pinch hitter Day's heroics as the Pearland, Texas, product blasted a towering triple to center, scoring pinch runner MK Tedder to dead-lock the contest at Oregon threatened to walk things off by putting two on in the bottom of the seventh, but would have to wait until the eighth to complete its win.
Cruse started the decisive outburst with a double that dropped just inside the line to right. Game 2 : The decisive game two quickly devolved into a pitcher's duel between Jacobsen and Oregon's Samaria Diaz as each team left a combined two base runners stranded over the opening three innings.
It was Oregon that managed the first serious threat during the top of the fourth as McGowan and left fielder Hannah Delgado singled to station Ducks at the corners with one out. That's when the UT "D" stepped up as Corona handled a hot shot to third, tagged McGowan straying too far off third and fired a strike to first for an inning-ending double play. Texas then scratched together what turned out to be the only run of the contest in the bottom of the fourth.
Burke started the decisive rally with a single through the right side and moved to second with two down on an Ellsworth bouncer to second.
That advancement proved huge as Whitaker stepped up as a pinch hitter and drove a RBI single to right for a advantage. The Ducks got the leadoff on again to begin the fifth as right fielder Ariel Carlson walked. Again the Texas defense proved up to the task as Corona started a double play to conclude another frame.
Texas looked to add some valuable insurance in the bottom of the fifth as singles from Jefferson and Rhodes, and a stolen base, put two in scoring position with two down for the Horns. Unfortunately, a bouncer to short was handled by UO's Alyssa Brito and tossed across the diamond just in time to leave the duo stranded.
Still trailing by one, Oregon strung together one final scoring opportunity in the top of the seventh. Shannon Rhodes singles to center. Lauren Burke strikes out.
Mary Iakopo pops out to short. Top: Haley Cruse flies out to center. Rachel Cid grounds out to short. Bottom: Haley Cruse doubles to right. Mary Iakopo , K sacrifice bunt, Burke to second.
Taylor Ellsworth , K grounds out to short, terrific throw while charging by Alyssa Brito, Burke to third. McKenzie Parker , K strikes out. Brooke Yanez 8 Ks on pitches. Hannah Galey pinch runs for Brito. Shaye Bowden , BB grounds out to the pitcher. Top: McKenzie Parker , K grounds out to the pitcher. Colleen Sullivan , 2 K pops out to third.
Pinch hitter Jordyn Whitaker singles to left on first pitch, tying run aboard. MK Tedder pinch runs. Corona reenters. Shannon Rhodes flies out to left. Bottom: Kaitlyn Washington takes over in right field for Texas. Shaye Bowden , BB takes a pitch through the left side. Allee Bunker , RBI singles to left. Terra McGowan strikes out.
Rachel Cid , BB flies out to left. Mary Iakopo , K singles through the left side. Taylor Ellsworth , K lines out to Alyssa Brito, who flips to first to double off Iakopo for a 6u-3 double play. Huge momentum shifter. Bottom: Rachel Cid walks.
Deijah Pangilinan , K lines out to short. Maddie Hooper , K pops up to second. Top: Colleen Sullivan , K strikes out. Six straight retired by Brooke Yanez. JJ Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Blown call a first proves costly. Shannon Rhodes flies out to center. Bottom: Deijah Pangilinan strikes out. Maddie Hopper strikes out. Shaye Bowden works a walk.
Haley Cruse loops a single over second base, two on. Ariel Carlson pinch runs for Bowden. Terra McGowan flies out to just shy of the wall in dead left.
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