Ou vs Tenn Saturday

[OU_Tom]

4- 1 OU bottom of the 4th

Games is on ESPN

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadca ... DkuMC4wLjA.

[inconnu]

There's hope for Deal after all...WAY TO PITCH, KIERSTON!!!

BOOOOMERRRRRRR!

[Mokasthunder]

If Deal can continue to pitch like that, and we get Lowry back soon, we may have something here pitching wise. Hopefully Deal gets a huge confidence boost with that performance!!!

[OU_Tom]

Deal had a very nice day. Other than giving up a HR, she shutdown Tenn

[BudaSooner]

If Deal can continue to pitch like that, and we get Lowry back soon, we may have something here pitching wise. Hopefully Deal gets a huge confidence boost with that performance!!!

Yeah, there is nothing wrong with Kierston that a mental adjustment can't fix. She has a tendency to lose focus and start throwing balls instead of strikes when things go south. Today, she has been able to maintain her mental equilibrium and it showed up in a well-deserved win, 4 hits, one run off of a solo shot (although Nugent came pretty close one out later, flying out to the warning track).

[Mokasthunder]

If Deal can continue to pitch like that, and we get Lowry back soon, we may have something here pitching wise. Hopefully Deal gets a huge confidence boost with that performance!!!

Yeah, there is nothing wrong with Kierston that a mental adjustment can't fix. She has a tendency to lose focus and start throwing balls instead of strikes when things go south. Today, she has been able to maintain her mental equilibrium and it showed up in a well-deserved win, 4 hits, one run off of a solo shot (although Nugent came pretty close one out later, flying out to the warning track).

Agree 100%.. I have always thought that Deals issues were mental/confidence in nature. Stamina wise issues have kinda always been there for her as well, so I was happy that she was able to push through after 4 - 5 innings. Best performance i can remember from her since a few years ago against OSU!!! Just like I tell my kids, if you can do it once, you can do it again... So hopefully she builds off this and continues to "Do it again"..

[cushcreekmont]

Nice win! Very good job by Deal!

I do have a BIG question about the 5th inning ~

Hottest hitter coming to bat; left handed power hitter with the wind blowing from left to right. Runners on first and second with nobody out and a 3-run lead. WHY have her bunt to advance the runners and seemingly play for one run when the batter behind her is in a horrible slump (.176 or so in the last two weeks)?

IF ONE RUN is that valued, why not have Parker bunt?

I think Gasso is the best SB coach in history, but I think this was a BAD choice. Garcia only has 7 strikeouts. Her last two weeks are WAY ahead of her season average of .391. She leads with 11 homers. She seems as likely to get a hit as Parker was a deep fly. Garcia (power lefty) could have still hit a flyball deep enough to advance a runner from 2nd to 3rd.

GLAD we won, but the strategy was awful.

[SoonerGirl1201]

Wasn’t able to watch and maybe that’s a good thing! I’m so happy to see Deal have a great outing. About the time I give up on a pitcher they have a great showing and it couldn’t have happened at a better time for Deal and OU!

As to run/hit strategy I almost agree that something has been a bit off. Seems like when we should play small ball we do t and when we shouldn’t we do. I know Patty will get things tweaked but that seems to have hurt us in our losses just as much as the pitching.

Just super pumped about the win!

[OUchief2020]

I wish someone would bring that up to her but her game plan baffles everybody. She did not let Gabbie hit last night. There would have been 1 out with the bases loaded. Please let Gabbie hit. I trust her more than Parker right now. I know Patty has the championships but coaches can make mistakes.

[JSULL70]

One coaching decision I kind of wandered about When Ailana Agbayani came up to bat with the bases loaded, I kind wandered why Patty didn’t pinch hit for her. She hasn’t exactly tore it up at the plate and she isn’t really what I consider a power hitter as compared with some our power hitters, although she has shown gap power

[HighPlainsDrifter]

I don’t get letting Maya Bland bat. I’m not seeing anything from her to suffice having her at the plate. Same for Malloy. They’ve got work to do in the cage.

[inconnu]

Anyone got any authentic info on the condition of Audrey Lowry?

[OUchief2020]

In my opinion, I would have let Barker bat.

[BudaSooner]

Reading this thread, (second-guessing Patty letting Coor and Maya Bland bat instead of Garcia (I admit, I was doing some second-guessing myself), then I wonder, how the Tennessee fans were maybe second-guessing Karen Weekly in her choice of starting Mardjetko instead of their hot young freshman pitcher Nuwer. All that she did was throw 3 innings giving up 1 hit, 1 BB and whiffing 2 batters, ZERO RUNS. Oh, and one hit batter. Pretty salty for a freshman... Now, on the other hand, the next time that we see her, we may lay a shell-shocking on her, who knows?

[OUchief2020]

How many fans at the game?