Sad news hit: Kelly Maxwell has finally announced her ending relationship with.
OU, ranked first in the Big 12, defeated BYU 8-0 in five innings at Love’s Field on Thursday. Maxwell maintained his no-hitter until the fifth inning before giving up his lone single.
Patty Gasso described Maxwell’s performance as “early in the count, attacking early.” As long as we keep the ball in play in the infield or our outfielders are able to run down anything, it doesn’t matter if she has ten or three strikeouts. She has simply produced a lot of ground balls for (Alyssa) Brito and Tiare (Jennings) and just keeps feeding our infielders, so if the ball is maintained in the yard, I feel really good about our prospects and our chances to win.
The Sooners (37-3, 14-2 Big 12) rallied, however, as Maxwell recorded back-to-back strikeouts before allowing her first walk and then striking out Hailey Morrow to end the inning.
The Sooners (37-3, 14-2 Big 12) won the game on a walk-off after scoring four runs in the bottom half. Since March 15 at Texas Tech, Maxwell hasn’t allowed a hit in the first three innings of a game. In OU’s series opener against Texas last weekend, Maxwell managed two outs into the fifth inning without giving up a hit.
Two nights later, Maxwell breezed through two outs of the fourth inning before giving up a hit. The week prior, Maxwell held a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up her first hit. Three more lessons can be learned from the Sooners’ victory.
