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Gabbie Garcia's Late Blast Lifts Oklahoma to Sweep of Georgia
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Gabbie Garcia's Late Blast Lifts Oklahoma to Sweep of Georgia

Oklahoma Sooners On SI·Ryan Aber·about 1 month ago
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NORMAN —  Gabbie Garcia 's solo home run in the sixth helped lift top-ranked Oklahoma to a 6-5 win over Georgia on Sunday at Love's Field in the Sooners' final home game of the season. In a back-and-forth game, Garcia dug in with two outs in the sixth with Kendall Wells waiting on deck. Garcia blasted the 1-1 offering 219 feet to right to put Oklahoma back in front and turn the crowd of 4,302 raucous. Miali Guachino then closed the game out, allowing two hits in the seventh before getting Bailey Lindemuth to ground into a gem of a fielder's choice to end the game. Garcia dove to stop Lindemuth's near hit from reaching the outfield, then reached out to touch second to get Keirstin Roose to end the game. Guachino pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings to end the game. The Sooners (46-6, 18-3) trailed by one in the fourth when Ailana Agbayani drew a leadoff walk. Two batters later, Kai Minor ripped a two-run home run to left center, a 228-foot shot, to give Oklahoma its first lead of the game.…

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