OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City completed the four-game sweep over visiting Texas Wesleyan with a pair of run-rule victories on Saturday, 8-0 and 9-1.
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The Stars improved to 23-3 overall and 12-0 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
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OCU 8, TWU 0
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OCU broke up a scoreless tie in the third inning with an RBI single by
Tara Hoehner and a two-run single by
Gabby Moreno.
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Analise Rayburn, who was walked four times in the doubleheader, had a two-run double in the fourth, followed by an RBI single by
Kaiden Spidell for a 6-0 lead.
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Hadley Gibson added and RBI double and
Iliana Ashford ended the game with an RBI single in the fifth.
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OCU had 12 hits in the game, led by Gibson with three and Ashford and Hoehner with two each.
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Brynlee Alsip (14-2) got the three-hit shutout for her third victory of the series.
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OCU 9, TWU 1
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The Stars scored five runs in the bottom of the second. Hoehner was issued a bases-loaded walk and TWU opted to pitch to Rayburn, who launched a grand slam to left for her 16
th home run of the season.
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OCU scored four more runs in the fourth on a double by Hoehner with an error to allow a run to score, an RBI double by Moreno and a two-run single by
Jessica Phares.
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Morgandee Sawatzky allowed an unearned run through four innings of work to get the win and
McKenna Snyder pitched a scoreless fifth inning.
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OCU is back in action Wednesday with a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Langston.
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