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Oklahoma Struggles to Generate Consistent Offense in Bedlam Loss

Cowgirls pitcher Ruby Meylan kept the Sooners guessing in a 6-4 Oklahoma State win.
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Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso looks on during a Bedlam contest against Oklahoma State at Devon Park.
Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso looks on during a Bedlam contest against Oklahoma State at Devon Park. | Ryan Chapman / Sooners on SI

OKLAHOMA CITY — There was more riding on Wednesday's Bedlam matchup for Oklahoma State than there was for Oklahoma.

The Cowgirls, fighting to get into position to host an NCAA Regional, showed plenty of urgency, beating the top-ranked Sooners 6-4 at Devon Park.

"I feel we came in a little bit lethargic, a little bit like, 'We got this,' maybe," Sooners coach Patty Gasso said. "I don't know. It's just unacceptable for the Sooners. Not taking anything away (from Oklahoma State, they) absolutely won that game and beat us. We have to learn."

Oklahoma State went with their ace, Ruby Meylan, in the circle and though OU freshman Kendall Wells blasted her 32nd home run of the season, Meylan mostly kept the Sooners off balance.

Meylan struck out nine, including fanning Ella Parker thrice and Kai Minor twice. It was Parker's first three-strikeout game since the season opener. which was her only other multi-strikeout game of the season.

After taking two of three last weekend at Texas, the Sooners (40-5) have now dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season.

With the game tied 2-2 in the fourth, Oklahoma State broke through on Sooners' starter Miali Guachino.

Tia Warsop delivered a one-out double before Audrey Schneidmiller drove Warsop home with a single to left. After Kierston Deal replaced Guachino, Jayelle Austin made it 4-2 Cowgirls with an RBI single to left.

Deal walked the next hitter before being replaced by freshman Allyssa Parker.

Oklahoma State got one more in the fifth off Parker to make it 5-2.

After a quiet start to the sixth, the Sooners' offense started to come alive — as did the heavily pro-OU crowd.

Ailana Agbayani reached on a two-out error, Allyssa Parker singled up the middle and then Abby Dayton nearly tied it with a deep drive to left.

But Dayton narrowly missed the home run, instead driving in two with a double off the left fielder's glove to cut the deficit to one.

Meylan then got Kai Minor to ground out to third to end the inning.

The Cowgirls got some insurance in the sixth off Allyssa Parker, on Lexi McDonald's two-out RBI single.

Meylan came back out in the seventh to face the heart of the Sooners' order and got Ella Parker to ground out to first, struck out Wells on a 3-2 pitch, then got Gabbie Garcia to ground out to end the game.

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The Cowgirls struck first and jumped to an early lead on Warsop's RBI double off Guachino in the second inning.

Oklahoma State started the inning with McDonald's double to the left-field corner before Guachino struck out Amanda Hasler. Warsop then worked a nine-pitch at-bat before driving Guachino's offering into the right-center field gap.

Guachino battled to avoid further damage in the inning, getting Schneidmiller to ground out before striking Aubrey Jones out to end the inning.

The Sooners wasted no time getting the run back and more.

Minor delivered a triple to the left-field corner to lead off the third, hitting off Warsop's glove and easily making it to third ahead of the throw.

Minor's triple was the freshman's fifth of the season, the most for a Sooners hitter since Caleigh Clifton had six in 2019.

After Ella Parker struck out, Wells hammered Meylan's third pitch out to right field for her 32nd home run of the season to give Oklahoma its first lead of the game, 2-1.

Wells' home run moves her within two of tying the program record of 34, set by Jocelyn Alo in both 2022 and 2021.

The Cowgirls tied it in the bottom half, though, on Karli Godwin's towering two-out solo home run to left.

The Sooners open a three-game series against No. 8 Arkansas at 7 p.m. Friday at Love's Field.

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Ryan Aber
RYAN ABER

Ryan Aber has been covering Oklahoma football for more than a decade continuously and since 1999 overall. Ryan was the OU beat writer for The Oklahoman from 2013-2025, covering the transition from Bob Stoops to Lincoln Riley to Brent Venables. He covered OU men's basketball's run to the Final Four in 2016 and numerous national championships for the Sooners' women's gymnastics and softball programs. Prior to taking on the Sooners beat, Ryan covered high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks and Oklahoma City Barons for the newspaper from 2006-13. He spent two seasons covering Arkansas football for the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas before returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City. Ryan also worked at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Muskogee Phoenix. At the Phoenix, he covered OU's national championship run in 2000. Ryan is a graduate of Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.

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