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O'Donnell Grand Slam Lifts Cowgirls To Victory
April 12, 2017 | Cowgirl Softball
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STILLWATER, Okla. ---- Oklahoma State softball's Randee O'Donnell blasted the program's first inside the park grand slam to propel OSU to a 13-1 victory in five innings over North Texas Wednesday night at Cowgirl Stadium. The victory secured OSU's eighth season series win of the year.
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"Good way to bounce back," head coach Kenny Gajewski said. "We had a lot of good dialogue with our team. We were able to show some things, kind of challenge them about some things we need to get better at as a program. I'm happy we bounced back with this type of game, and now we're back to conference play. Looking forward to the opportunity to be 7-0, and that's our only focus at this point."
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Oklahoma State (26-15) couldn't have asked for a much better start as the Cowgirls scored eight runs in the bottom of the first. After Vanessa Shippy and Madi Sue Montgomery RBIs to give OSU a 2-0 lead, O'Donnell blasted a ball of the left field wall for an inside the park grand slam to give the Cowgirls a 6-0 lead.
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Rylee Bayless capped off the eight-run first inning with a two-run home run to left to give Oklahoma State the early lead it wouldn't surrender.
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OSU continued its scoring ways in the bottom of the third thanks to a Maddi Holcomb RBI followed up with Bayless and Shippy home runs to extend its lead to 13-0 after three.
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North Texas (21-18) looked to mount a comeback in the top of the fourth with an RBI single to cut the Cowgirl lead to 13-1 but it proved to be too little too late as the Cowgirls held on for the victory.Â
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O'Donnell led the way at the plate going 1-for-2 with four RBIs and her second career grand slam. Bayless finished 2-for-2 with four RBIs and three runs and Shippy went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.Â
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"We'd been having a bad weekend this past weekend," O'Donnell said. "So being able to break through that, that's a big deal for all of us."
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Brandi Needham (13-5) earned the start and victory in the circle. She went three innings and allowed just one hit and no runs.
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Up Next: Oklahoma State turns its attention back to Big 12 play when it travels to Ames for a three-game series starting Friday at 3 p.m. Live stats will be okstate.com and in-game updates will be on Twitter (@CowgirlSB).Â
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STILLWATER, Okla. ---- Oklahoma State softball's Randee O'Donnell blasted the program's first inside the park grand slam to propel OSU to a 13-1 victory in five innings over North Texas Wednesday night at Cowgirl Stadium. The victory secured OSU's eighth season series win of the year.
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"Good way to bounce back," head coach Kenny Gajewski said. "We had a lot of good dialogue with our team. We were able to show some things, kind of challenge them about some things we need to get better at as a program. I'm happy we bounced back with this type of game, and now we're back to conference play. Looking forward to the opportunity to be 7-0, and that's our only focus at this point."
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Oklahoma State (26-15) couldn't have asked for a much better start as the Cowgirls scored eight runs in the bottom of the first. After Vanessa Shippy and Madi Sue Montgomery RBIs to give OSU a 2-0 lead, O'Donnell blasted a ball of the left field wall for an inside the park grand slam to give the Cowgirls a 6-0 lead.
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Rylee Bayless capped off the eight-run first inning with a two-run home run to left to give Oklahoma State the early lead it wouldn't surrender.
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OSU continued its scoring ways in the bottom of the third thanks to a Maddi Holcomb RBI followed up with Bayless and Shippy home runs to extend its lead to 13-0 after three.
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North Texas (21-18) looked to mount a comeback in the top of the fourth with an RBI single to cut the Cowgirl lead to 13-1 but it proved to be too little too late as the Cowgirls held on for the victory.Â
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O'Donnell led the way at the plate going 1-for-2 with four RBIs and her second career grand slam. Bayless finished 2-for-2 with four RBIs and three runs and Shippy went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.Â
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"We'd been having a bad weekend this past weekend," O'Donnell said. "So being able to break through that, that's a big deal for all of us."
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Brandi Needham (13-5) earned the start and victory in the circle. She went three innings and allowed just one hit and no runs.
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Up Next: Oklahoma State turns its attention back to Big 12 play when it travels to Ames for a three-game series starting Friday at 3 p.m. Live stats will be okstate.com and in-game updates will be on Twitter (@CowgirlSB).Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Needham, Brandi (13-5)
L: Craine (4-5)
Batting:
RBI: Ochotnicki 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Makawe 1
HBP: Makawe 1
Batting:
2B: Lynch, Taylor 1
HR: Bayless , Rylee 2 ; Shippy, Vanessa 1 ; O'Donnell, Randee 1
RBI: Bayless , Rylee 4 ; Shippy, Vanessa 3 ; Montgomery, Madi Sue 1 ; O'Donnell, Randee 4 ; Holcomb, Maddi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bayless , Rylee 3 ; Lynch, Taylor 2 ; Shippy, Vanessa 2 ; Reasnor, Kristin 1 ; Edinger, Alex 1 ; Montgomery, Madi Sue 1 ; O'Donnell, Randee 1 ; Holcomb, Maddi 2
SB: Holcomb, Maddi 1
HBP: Bayless , Rylee 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
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R
3
H
2
RBI
4
c/1b
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
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