The ball shot off Jocelyn Alo’s bat like a Dustin Johnson tee shot. Even had a slight mid-flight fade. The yellow ball in the dark night carried only one element of mystery. Would it clear the center-field fence? The outer fence, the slow-pitch fence, well beyond the 220-foot sign and the bleachers.
The native Hawaiian’s home run in the fifth inning finally let the top-ranked Oklahoma softball team breathe on a long Sunday at Hall of Fame Stadium. The Sooners beat Alabama 7-3 and now OU will play UCLA in the championship of the Women’s College World Series.