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The Shockers have their home opener in a mid-week clash with 9/T9 Oklahoma. The single game with the Sooners is on Wednesday and begins at 5pm.
Oklahoma was ranked 1/1 in the preseason polls and are the defending National Champions. Their record is 9-4. As you would expect, they play a challenging schedule. They have played twelve different teams, nine of which were at least RV in one of the two primary polls.
As noted in another thread, the OU stats are hidden in the Big 12 stats. If an OU player is not in the Top Ten there, then we can't know about them here. From the Big 12 site, Caleigh Clifton has an OPS of 1.136 and Nicole Pendley has three homers. Sydney Romero is in the Top Ten for runs scored and doubles, while Shay Knighten is on the list for RBI. The two main pitchers are Paige Parker, the mainstay of last year's staff, who has an ERA of 2.35 and a WHIP of 1.11, and Paige Lowary, a transfer from Missouri where there were some troubles with the coaching approach last year. This Paige has an ERA of 2.23 and a WHIP of 1.28. Both Paiges average about seven strikeouts per game. Although both of these ladies are very high-quality pitchers, the Shockers faced both of them last year, perhaps diminishing the intimidation factor some.
The Shocker offensive stats compare well, but the competition is obviously weaker. Laurie has an OPS of 1.334 with four homers, Kelli is 1.109 with a BA of .500, McKenzieA (with less playing time than the others) is 1.096, Macklin is 1.056 with four homers and MackenzieW is 1.033.
Katie has an ERA of 1.39 and a WHIP of 1.07. Her record is 8-2. Bailey's bad weekend lifted her ERA to 3.05 and her WHIP to 1.31.
Oklahoma was ranked 1/1 in the preseason polls and are the defending National Champions. Their record is 9-4. As you would expect, they play a challenging schedule. They have played twelve different teams, nine of which were at least RV in one of the two primary polls.
As noted in another thread, the OU stats are hidden in the Big 12 stats. If an OU player is not in the Top Ten there, then we can't know about them here. From the Big 12 site, Caleigh Clifton has an OPS of 1.136 and Nicole Pendley has three homers. Sydney Romero is in the Top Ten for runs scored and doubles, while Shay Knighten is on the list for RBI. The two main pitchers are Paige Parker, the mainstay of last year's staff, who has an ERA of 2.35 and a WHIP of 1.11, and Paige Lowary, a transfer from Missouri where there were some troubles with the coaching approach last year. This Paige has an ERA of 2.23 and a WHIP of 1.28. Both Paiges average about seven strikeouts per game. Although both of these ladies are very high-quality pitchers, the Shockers faced both of them last year, perhaps diminishing the intimidation factor some.
The Shocker offensive stats compare well, but the competition is obviously weaker. Laurie has an OPS of 1.334 with four homers, Kelli is 1.109 with a BA of .500, McKenzieA (with less playing time than the others) is 1.096, Macklin is 1.056 with four homers and MackenzieW is 1.033.
Katie has an ERA of 1.39 and a WHIP of 1.07. Her record is 8-2. Bailey's bad weekend lifted her ERA to 3.05 and her WHIP to 1.31.
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