WCWS Highlights: Oklahoma 5 – Tennessee 3 – F/12

06/04/2013

Lauren ChamberlainOKLAHOMA CITY – In one of the wildest Women’s College World Series games you’re ever going to witness, Oklahoma managed to scrape out a 5-3 victory in 12 innings over Tennessee to take a one-game lead in the best-of-three championship series.

The game was scoreless through ten innings thanks to the dominant pitching of Tennessee’s Ellen Renfroe and Oklahoma’s Keilani Ricketts. Both hurlers struck out 13 batters in 12 innings of work apiece.

The Volunteers were the first to break the deadlock, plating three runs in the top of the 11th on Madison Shipman’s homer. But the Sooners answered back in the bottom of the inning, rallying with two outs to tie the game when Destinee Martinez and Callie Parsons had back-to-back extra-base hits.

In the bottom of the 12th, Lauren Chamberlain became the hero, hitting a two-run walk off shot to put OU one win away from the national championship. It was Chamberlain’s 30th home run of the year.

Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico called the action on Westwood One Sports.

(Keilani Ricketts notches her seventh strikeout in the 4th)

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(Raven Chavanne’s diving catch keeps it scoreless)

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(Oklahoma turns two to end the 5th inning)

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(Ricketts gets her 10th K in the top of the 7th)

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(Ellen Renfroe gets the final out of the 7th and we’re headed to extras)

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(Ricketts’ 11th K is a big one for OU)

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(Another Renfroe strikeout keeps it scoreless in the 9th)

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(Madison Shipman goes deep and Tennessee leads it 3-0 in the 11th)

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(Keilani Ricketts gets to 2nd after a misplay by the Vols in the bottom of the 11th)

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(Brittany Williams doubles to make it 3-1)

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(Destinee Martinez drives in another and it’s cut to 3-2)

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(Callie Parsons ties the game at 3-3 with an RBI double)

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(Brianna Turang doubles in the bottom of the 12th)

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(Lauren Chamberlain’s walk-off HR wins it for the Sooners)

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(Postgame interview with Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain)

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(Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico recap Game One of the 2013 WCWS)

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