Kendall Wells pounded her 36th home run in the first inning and Miali Guachino pitched a three-hit complete game as top-ranked Oklahoma defeated No. 11 Georgia 3-1 in the second game of its series on Saturday to clinch the series and go up a full game over Alabama in first place in SEC standings.
Wells' two-run blast over the right-field fence as the second Oklahoma hitter in the bottom of the first proved to be all the Sooners would need in winning their fifth game in the last six and their seventh SEC series. OU added another run in the third inning on a solo home run by Ella Parker, her 19th of the season.
Oklahoma clinches Georgia series and inches closer to SEC title
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Wells, the nation home run leader this season, homered in her first at-bat for the second straight game. She is now within one of tying and two from breaking the NCAA single-season home run record held by Lauren Espinoza of Arizona and set back in 1995. It should be noted, however, that Espinoza was a senior when she set the record and she did it in 70 games while in the Women's College World Series. Wells, on the other hand, has played in just 49 games and is just a freshman.
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Guachino, a transfer from Ole Miss, took care of the rest, allowing just one run on four hits and striking out six to win her 13th game of the season. It was her fourth complete game of the season. Thirteen of the 21 outs she recorded came on strikeouts (6) and seven weakly hit pop-ups.
The No. 1 Sooners (45-6, 17-3) collected just six hits off of Georgia starter Randi Roelling, who also pitched a solid game, albeit in a losing effort for the Bulldogs (34-15, 10-10). Four of Oklahoma's six hits were singles. The other two were home runs, which accounted for all the Sooner scoring. Saturday's game marked only the sixth time in 51 games this season the Sooners were been held to three or fewer runs. They've won four of those games.
The final game of the series will be played Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. CT and completes a seven-game homestand. The game will be televised on ESPNU. It will be Oklahoma's final regular-season home game of the season at Love's Field, but the Sooners are expected to host both NCAA Regional and Super Regional games there in the postseason.
Also of note from OU's 3-1 win over Georgia in Game 2 of the series
- Oklahoma starting pitcher Miali Guachino (13-1) allowed just one Georgia base runner after the third inning, retiring 14 of the final 15 hitters she faced.
- Oklahoma is 23-1 in games played at Love's Field this season. The Sooners are 74-7 at home in the three seasons Love's Field has been the home of OU softball.
- The Sooners have won all seven of their SEC series this season. They have one regular-season series remaining, at Texas A&M next weekend.
- Kendall Wells has homered in five of her last seven games. She is currently tied for second on the all-time list for home runs in a season with Karli Spaid of Miami (Ohio) in 2024.
- OU's Isabela Emerling stroked a single up the middle in the fifth inning to extend her hitting streak to six games.
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