ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kevin Bazzell delivered a two-out single in the ninth inning, lifting Texas Tech to a 10-9 victory over Oklahoma in the Big 12 tournament. The Red Raiders scored three runs in the ninth to defeat the Sooners on a night when the TTU pitching staff walked nine, threw three wild pitches and hit a batter. Bazzell’s game-winning hit was set up by back-to-back RBI singles from Tracer Lopez and Nolen Hester. After Hester’s hit, Gage Harrelson kept the inning alive with a single and Bazzell followed with his only hit in five at-bats. Josh Sanders threw three perfect innings for the win.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Morgyn Wynne hit a three-run home run, Lexi Kilfoyl retired the last 20 batters she faced, and sixth-seeded Oklahoma State cruised to an 8- 1 against Oregon in the Stillwater’s first game. Great regional. After the Ducks took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Alyssa Daniell, Kilfoyl took command and finished with a three hit with 13 out. His offense went wild with three runs in the fourth and four in the fifth. Game 2 of the best-of-3 series is Friday.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Brayden Taylor led in three runs and scored four times and TCU opened up a close game with a five-run sixth inning to defeat Kansas 14-4 in eight innings in a winners game of the Big 12 Tournament . Taylor, who had four hits, tore up his 21st homer in the sixth inning and hit 60 RBIs for the season with the two-run shot. TCU, seeded No. 4, advances to the final round of the upper bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will face either No. 8 Kansas or No. 5 Kansas State on Saturday. Luke Savage picked up the win after allowing three hits and a run in 3 1/3 innings of average relief.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Roc Riggio hit an eighth-inning hit and Oklahoma State beat West Virginia 3-2 in the Big 12 tournament to give coach Josh Holliday his 400th career victory. Oklahoma State (38-17) plays another must-see game on Friday. West Virginia (39-18) became the second top-three seed to be eliminated from the tournament after losing No. 1 Texas earlier. Oklahoma State sophomore Juaron Watts-Brown struck out the first two batters in the ninth inning before West Virginia charged after two hits and a double. Watts-Brown finished it with his seventh strikeout in three innings for his sixth win of the season.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ty Ruhl and Tyson Neighbors combined for a brace and Kansas State eliminated top-seeded Texas 6-0 in the Big 12 tournament. Kansas State (34-23) disputes another playoff game on Friday. Texas (38-20) was the first team eliminated from the tournament. Dom Hughes went 3-for-4, including an RBI single in the first inning to give Kansas State a 1-0 lead that would hold up to a five-run seventh. Kansas State chased starter Lebarron Johnson after leading the seventh with a single. The Wildcats scored five runs with the bases loaded — two on the walks. Nick Goodwin scored his two-run brace against the third Texas pitcher of the inning.
UNDATED (AP) — Kathryn Sandercock has found her groove, and now Florida State is one win away from returning to the Women’s College World Series. Sandercock allowed a run in 5 2/3 innings as No. 3 seed Florida State beat No. 14 seed Georgia 8-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three Tallahassee Super Regional. Lexi Kilfoyl pitched a full game as No. 6 seed Oklahoma State beat unranked Oregon 8-1 Thursday night in Game 1 of the Stillwater Super Regional. Florida State and Oklahoma State need one more win to advance.
UNDATED (AP) – Scouting and recruiting players through the NCAA’s transfer portal has become an essential part of building a college football program. And the process is moving fast. To sift through a mountain of names, NFL-style personnel services use data and statistics from online analytics companies to more effectively identify players who can help their teams. Information and services from companies such as SportSource Analytics, Tracking Football and The UCReport have become essential in the new era of college football’s free agency.
UNDATED (AP) — The spring transfer window is only 15 days long and isn’t as active as the 45-day window after the college football season — unless your Colorado. Coach Deion Sanders’ side have added 20 transfers since the portal window opened on April 15. The Buffaloes have as many as 48 transfers in total, according to 247 Sports, and have room for more. Other schools preferred quality over quantity. USC, Alabama, Auburn and Northwestern are among the six winners of the spring transfer season.
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