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Mizzou outlasted Oklahoma for a 1-0 victory in eleven innings of Big 12 softball in Columbia on Sunday. Abby Vock sprinted home from second in the bottom of the eleventh to break a 0-0 tie, one night after hitting a game-winning home run in the ninth inning. Both pitchers, Mizzou’s Chelsea Thomas and Oklahoma’s Keilani Ricketts, had double-digit strikeouts and Thomas registered her ninth shutout of the year.
Mizzou moves to 35-5 overall and 9-1 in Big 12 play, one game behind league-leading Texas. They travel to the east side of the state for a two game set against St. Louis before heading to Lincoln for two games against conference rival Nebraska this weekend.
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Mizzou pitcher Chelsea Thomas threw 11 scoreless innings and struck out 17 Sooners. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Abby Vock (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou catcher Megan Christopher prepares for extra-inning play in the top of the eighth. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou batter Princess Krebs connects on one of her three hits in four at bats, the best average of any Tiger against Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Rhea Taylor celebrates with the first base coach after singling off Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou third baseman Nicole Hudson’s Demarini bat mid-swing, just before snapping forward for a fifth inning single to center field. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou shortstop Jenna Marston tags out Oklahoma runner Dani Dobbs, 21. Dobbs attempted to steal second but catcher Megan Christopher’s throw arrived well ahead of the runner. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou’s eventual game-winner Abby Vock takes a Keilani Ricketts change-up for a call third strike. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou pinch runner Taylor Duplechain, 24, tagged in for Nicole Hudson in the fifth inning after Hudson singled. The substitution ultimately made little difference, as Maddison Ruggeberg lined out in the next at-bat for the final out.
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Mizzou’s infielders perform a routine repeated before each defensive possession during the Tigers’ extra-inning win over Oklahoma Sunday. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Rhea Taylor runs in and snags rival Oklahoma center fielder Destinee Martinez’s line drive, ending the fifth inning. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou hitter Nicole Hudson freezes on a Keilani Ricketts change-up, called for the third strike. Ricketts froze up Mizzou hitters on the third strike four times in the contest. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou hitter Rhea Taylor strikes out against Keilani Ricketts of Oklahoma in an eventual Tigers’ victory in Columbia on Sunday. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou catcher Megan Christopher, 16, laughs with Oklahoma rival catcher Jessica Shults in an eventual Mizzou victory in Columbia on Saturday. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou players meet on the pitching circle before an inning during the Tigers’ extra-inning win over Oklahoma Sunday. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)
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Mizzou fans showed up in record numbers and snapped the regular-season attendance record in the second game of the set against Oklahoma. Both games lasted into extra innings. (Photo by Nick Gerhardt)