Oklahoma and Texas A&M are set to conclude the SEC regular season with a three-game series. No. 1 Oklahoma is playing No. 12 Texas A&M at Davis Diamond in College Station, Texas. The series will determine the outright SEC regular season title and the No. 1 seed in next week’s conference tournament.
Wells Chases Home Run Record
Oklahoma’s Kendall Wells is approaching a record. She is looking to break the record for the most home runs in a single season. Wells enters the game with 36 home runs, just one shy of tying Laura Espinoza’s record of 37 from 1997.
Wells is currently hitting .377 this season. She leads the SEC in RBIs with 79 and is second in the conference with a 1.599 OPS.
Game On Hold Due to Weather
The game is currently delayed due to lightning in College Station. The tarp is on the field. There is no restart time announced as of 11:45 ET.
Texas A&M has a runner on first with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. The score is 5-3. Wells is scheduled to bat in the top of the seventh.
Aggies Attempting Comeback
Texas A&M will go to the bottom of the sixth trailing 5-3. Tallen Edwards hit an RBI double in the fifth to reduce the deficit. Edwards’ double scored Kennedy Powell from first base.
Audrey Lowry escaped a jam in the fifth inning. She struck out KK Dement for the third out, leaving a runner at third. Lowry recorded her seventh strikeout of the night.
Oklahoma leads 5-3 going into the sixth inning.
Texas A&M’s Key Player
Texas A&M’s lineup is headlined by Mya Perez. Perez ranks third in the SEC and 25th nationally with a .455 batting average.
Oklahoma currently holds a two-game lead over Florida and Alabama in the SEC standings.
- Oklahoma is aiming to secure the outright SEC regular season title.
- The Sooners also seek the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
- Texas A&M is three games behind Oklahoma in the SEC standings.
Texas A&M has a 15-6 record in SEC play. The Aggies are coming off a loss against South Carolina.
Texas A&M is not giving Wells much to hit around the plate, as evidenced by her two walks.