Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishSoftball: Sooners rally, secure Bedlam win behind 11 unanswered runsOKLAHOMA CITY — Things simply looked dire for Oklahoma.The offense wasn’t moving the needle through the first two innings after six of eight batters were tired. The Sooners struggled defensively, too, as two errors led directly to two runs for Oklahoma State. In the third inning, Rosie Davis sent a solo home run off of Sam Landry to push the Cowgirls’ lead to 3-0.In the blink of an eye, the Sooners turned things around. They scored 11 unanswered runs over the next three innings, turning a three-run deficit into a four-run lead.It was that rally that propelled the Sooners to an 11-3 win (five innings), securing the Bedlam rivalry win Wednesday night at Devon Park.Offensively, it started in the bottom of the third inning.True sophomore Maya Bland got things started with a leadoff walk. On the next at-bat, Kasidi Pickering brought her home with a two-run home run, cutting Oklahoma State’s lead to 3-2.The Sooners weren’t content to stop there. They immediately picked things back up in the bottom of the fourth, as Abigale Dayton and Ailana Agbayani opened the frame with back-to-back walks. Then Bland again came to the plate with a momentum-changing play, as she blasted a three-run home run that gave the Sooners a two-run lead.It was the second career home run for Bland, who made just her sixth start of the season. Bland has mostly been utilized as a pinch runner this season, but she flourished in her big opportunity with a home run, a walk, two runs and three RBIs.Ella Parker and Gabbie Garcia followed Bland’s home run with back-to-back RBIs, pushing the Sooners’ lead to 7-3 heading into the fifth inning.Even as Oklahoma State pulled pitcher Ruby Meylan, the Sooners kept things going in the fifth inning. Hannah Coor, Kasidi Pickering and Parker each had RBIs to push the lead to 9-3.Gabbie Garcia delivered the knockout blow, sending an RBI double to centerfield that scored two runs and secured the run-rule victory.As the offense took off, Landry and the defense tightened up. The Cowgirls logged just two hits and scored zero runs over the final two innings, and Landry escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fourth inning with a lineout, a strikeout and a groundout.With the win, the Sooners improve to 35-3 on the season. The Cowgirls fall to 23-12.Next up: The Sooners return to SEC play this weekend with a three-game series at Alabama. The series begins Saturday at 5 p.m. (ESPN2).NOTES— Parker continues to show she’s progressing with her injury, finishing 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and a walk.— Landry’s final line: five hits, three runs, one earned run, two walks, four strikeouts in five innings.— Pickering also continues to flourish. She finished 2-for-4 at the plate and has now logged 16 hits in her last 21 at-bats.— The official attendance at Devon Park? 9,259, which sets a new regular-season record in NCAA history.It breaks the previous record set by the OU-Texas game at Devon Park in 2023.Not an OUInsider.com premium member? Sign up today to get loads of inside information on Oklahoma football, softball, basketball, and recruiting, all for just a few dollars a month. Click HERE to get started!Follow us on Twitter @OUInsider and on Instagram @ouinsiderofficial!Subscribe on YouTube by clicking here for daily video content on all things Oklahoma!
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