OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Keilani Ricketts struck out 12 in a five-hitter and Oklahoma beat Alabama 4-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals. Jessica Shults drove in two runs, and tied the game at 1 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. The Sooners (54-8) went ahead to stay later in the inning on Brianna Turang’s run-scoring grounder. Shults tacked on an RBI single in the sixth before Katie Norris’ squeeze brought in Ricketts. Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Tuesday night. The fourth-seeded Sooners had 11 hits, the second-most allowed by Jackie Traina (40-3) this season, to win their 12th straight game and snap an 11-game win streak for the Crimson Tide. Traina scored Alabama’s only run on Kendall Dawson’s sacrifice fly.
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