Oklahoma State softball coach Kenny Gajewski surpasses 300 career wins
OSU softball coach Kenny Gajewski surpasses 300 career wins
Oklahoma State softball coach Kenny Gajewski earned his 300th and 301st career victories as the second-ranked Cowgirls beat Incarnate Word 11-0 and 10-0 in a pair of five-inning run-rule victories Saturday in San Antonio.
Gajewski is now 301-123 in eight seasons at OSU, and the Cowgirls are 32-2 on the season.
In game one, OSU’s Kelly Maxwell improved to 11-0 as she tossed four innings and finished with seven strikeouts.
Lexi Kilfoyl came in relief and secured the run rule, and every position player in the OSU starting lineup had at least one hit.
In game two, Ivy Rosenberry pitched four innings and helped keep Incarnate Word from scoring a run on the day.
The Cowgirls scored five runs in the second inning to get a comfortable lead, and they cruised from there.
Incarnate Word is now 11-17-1 on the year.
More: Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma State Cowgirls softball team and schedule
OU baseball bounces back, edges Stanford
The OU baseball team defeated seventh-ranked Stanford 2-0 Friday at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, evening the series at one game apiece.
Sophomore center fielder John Spikerman drove in OU’s first run of the game, scoring junior shortstop Anthony Mackenzie on a sacrifice fly.
Junior right fielder Bryce Madron hit a solo homer in the sixth and finished 2 for 4 at the plate.
OU starting pitcher Braxton Douthit had a solid performance, tossing 6 ⅔ innings. He struck out five and improved to 4-1.
The victory came a day after Stanford beat the Sooners 23-11.
More: Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team and schedule
OU softball tops Texas in front of record-breaking crowd
The top-ranked OU softball team beat No. 8 Texas 8-1 in their season opener Friday, in front of a record-breaking crowd of 8,930 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
The attendance number broke the NCAA single-game regular season record of 5,724, which was set in 2000 in a Arizona at Fresno State matchup.
Tiare Jennings led OU at the plate, finishing 3 for 4 and driving in four runs. She had a three-run homer in the second inning, and Haley Lee also hit a solo blast in the frame. Kinzie Hansen had a two-run homer in the sixth.
Jordy Bahl pitched the whole game for OU. She gave up a leadoff homer to Leighann Goode but settled in after that. She allowed just two hits and struck out six.
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OSU baseball falls to Texas in series opener
The 15th-ranked Texas baseball squad beat No. 13 Oklahoma State 5-3 in a series opener between the teams Friday at O’Brate Stadium in Stillwater.
Tyler Wulfert and Nolan McLean each hit a solo homer for OSU, while Carson Benge had two doubles and a single in four at-bats.
OSU starting pitcher Ben Abram went 5 ⅓ innings on the mound and allowed five runs. He fell to 4-1 on the season.
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NBA, players reach deal for a new labor agreement
The most financially successful era in NBA history will continue uninterrupted for at least six more years, after the league and its players came to a tentative agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will kick in this summer.
It took more than a year of bargaining, with the intensity and expectation growing in recent days, and the handshake agreement was struck in the wee hours of Saturday morning — shortly after the league intended to tell the National Basketball Players Association of its plan to opt out of the current CBA on June 30.
Instead, a deal got done, at least in principle.
Technically, it will be a seven-year deal, though either side can opt out a year early — meaning labor peace is only assured through the 2028-29 season. It will also begin the era of an in-season tournament, something Commissioner Adam Silver has wanted for years.
Barring a change to the current plan, teams will be given an 80-game schedule for next season in August. Those 80 games will include “tournament” games — probably four — that will count in regular-season standings. All teams will have two more games added to their schedule eventually so the full 82-game slate is played; the two teams that make the tournament final will be playing an 83rd game that won’t count in the standings.
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Extra point
OKC Dodgers: The Dodgers fell to The Tacoma Rainiers 14-8 in their season opener Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Hunter Feduccia and Luke Williams each had a three-run homer for OKC, and Michael Bush went 3 for 5. OKC starter Gavin Stone struggled and was pulled after tossing 2 ⅓ innings. He allowed six earned runs.
—Staff and wire reports
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