2014 Softball College World Series

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NCAA Division I WCWS

At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

Oklahoma City

Double Elimination; x-if necessary

Thursday's games

Game 1 — Florida (50-12) vs. Baylor (47-14), Noon

Game 2 — Florida State (55-7) vs. Oregon (54-7), 2:30 p.m.

Game 3 — Louisiana-Lafayette (49-8) vs. Kentucky (48-14), 7 p.m.

Game 4 — Oklahoma (50-11) vs. Alabama (50-11), 9:30 p.m.

Friday's games

Game 5 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday's games

Game 7 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, Noon

Game 8 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 2:30 p.m.

Game 9 — Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 7 p.m.

Game 10 — Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday's games

Game 11 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 1 p.m.

Game 12 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3:30 p.m.

x-Game 13 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 7 p.m.

x-Game 14 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 loser, 9:30 p.m.

NOTE: If only one game is necessary, it will be played at 7 p.m.

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

Monday, June 2: Teams TBD, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 3: Teams TBD, 8 p.m.

x-Wednesday, June 4: Teams TBD, 8 p.m.

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Game 1:

Florida 11
Baylor 0


The University of Florida softball team defeated Baylor, 11-0 (5 innings), on Thursday in the first game of the Women’s College World Series. Florida sealed the mercy-rule victory on a walkoff grand slam by pinch-hitter Chelsea Herndon, who went yard against former Hebron High School (Carrolton, Texas) teammate Heather Stearns.



Hannah Rogers retired the Bears in order in the top of the first with a foulout and two groundouts. Florida (51-12) took a 3-0 lead in the home half, beginning when Kirsti Merritt blooped a one-out single to left-center, then advanced two bases on a Baylor error as Lauren Haeger reached on a fielder’s choice. Stephanie Tofft drove in Merritt for the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly, and the Gators’ early rally continued when Briana Little walked to set up a two-run double by Bailey Castro.



Both teams went down 1-2-3 in the second. Baylor (47-15) got a leadoff single in the third for its first hit of the game, but Rogers (27-8) stranded the runner at first on a foulout and two strikeouts. Merritt led off the bottom of the frame with a home run to straightaway center, pushing the UF lead to four.



The Bears had a pair of infield singles in the fourth, but Florida’s senior hurler worked around the hits to keep them off the scoreboard. Aubree Munro hit a one-out double to left-center for the Gators, advancing to third on a wild pitch before scoring on Kelsey Stewart’s single through the left side to make the score 5-0 in favor of the Orange and Blue.



Baylor was retired in order to begin the sixth, and Florida scored six runs in the bottom of the inning to ice the win. Haeger singled to lead off before being lifted for pinch-runner Jessica Damico. Tofft followed with a double down the right-field line, and Little beat out an infield single to load the bases. Justine McLean then reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Damico, and Taylor Schwarz was hit by a pitch to force in a run and make the score 7-0. Florida needed just one run to put away the Bears, but Herndon gave them four with her first career grand slam, putting the Gators in the winners’ bracket after one day at the WCWS.



NOTABLES

· The Orange and Blue tallied their most runs at the WCWS since June 5, 2011, when UF beat Alabama 16-2 (5 innings).

· Rogers has not allowed a run in 21.0 innings pitched during this NCAA Tournament.

· The senior pitched her first shutout in seven career starts at the WCWS.

· Merritt has homered in back-to-back games for the second time this season (last: March 28 & 30 [Game 1 of doubleheader] at Tennessee).

· The outfielder posted her 14th multi-hit game of the season (last: May 18 vs. UCF), tying Haeger for third on the team.

· Herndon hit her first career grand slam, and the ninth for the Gators this season.

· Castro logged her second double of this NCAA Tournament (also: May 17 vs. Stetson).

· The junior recorded her sixth multi-RBI game of the season, and her second in the last four games (also: Saturday vs. Washington).

· Munro’s double was her 14th of the year, tying Stewart for the team lead.

· Stewart has a hit in all seven games of this NCAA Tournament. She is hitting a team-best (minimum one plate appearance per game) .542 (13x24) during that span with eight runs scored, one double, two triples, one home run and eight RBI.

· The Gators handed Baylor its first double-digit loss in exactly three years; the Bears fell to Georgia, 14-2
(5 innings), on May 29, 2011, in the middle game of an NCAA Super Regional in Athens, Ga.

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Game 2:

Oregon 3
Florida State 0

Florida and Oregon play at 6 PM EST Friday night. The Gators won 2-1 in 8 innings over the duckies at a tourney at the Walt Disney World Sports Complex earlier in the season. At the time, UF was #1 and UO was #4. Now, UF is #5 and UO is #1. It should be an excellent game. JMHO, UF has the better offense so I expect the Gators to win.

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Game 3:

Kentucky 4
Louisiana Lafayette 1

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Game 4:

Alabama 6
Oklahoma 2

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Winner's Bracket Games On Friday:

Game 5: Florida vs Oregon
Game 6: Alabama vs Kentucky

Loser's Bracket Games On Saturday:

Game 7: Baylor vs Florida State
Game 8: Oklahoma vs Louisiana Lafayette

[oujour76]

May 30, 2014 0:19:14 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Game 4:

Alabama 6
Oklahoma 2

Yeah....saw that last night. Disappointed, but no matter what happens moving forward it's been a good season for OU. Never imagined they would even make it this far. Next game is against Louisiana-Lafayette..a team they played earlier this year on the road and lost 2 of 3.

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I fell asleep trying to stay up to watch with the score 4-2 bama. It was a good game up until that point. OU had the lead 2-1 when a bama freshman from Daphne came up and hit a 3 run homer. The sooners definitely looked like they belonged with the exception of the pitcher who looked like a deer in the headlights. Bama started a senior All-American so it wasn't exactly a fair fight.

[oujour76]

May 30, 2014 12:28:26 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

I fell asleep trying to stay up to watch with the score 4-2 bama. It was a good game up until that point. OU had the lead 2-1 when a bama freshman from Daphne came up and hit a 3 run homer. The sooners definitely looked like they belonged with the exception of the pitcher who looked like a deer in the headlights. Bama started a senior All-American so it wasn't exactly a fair fight.

Pitching definitely the difference....Kelsey Stevens is very good, but she's nowhere near Keilani Ricketts.

That is not a criticism, just a statement of fact.

And OU has very little behind Stevens. That is biggest reason I am surprised (pleasantly) that OU even made it to the big dance.

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Game 5:

Florida 4
Oregon 0

The Gators at 2-0 move in the winners bracket to the game at 1 PM EST on Sunday needing one win to advance to the best of 3 world series final. Whomever comes out of the losers bracket will have to beat UF twice to advance.

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Game 6:

Alabama 2
Kentucky 0

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Game 7:

Baylor 7
Florida State 2

Florida State eliminated

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Game 8:

Oklahoma 3
Louisiana Lafayette 1

Louisiana Lafayette eliminated

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Game 9:

Baylor 8
Kentucky 7

Kentucky eliminated

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Game 10:

Oregon 4
Oklahoma 2

Oklahoma eliminated