Patty Gasso<\/a> said. \u201cWe\u2019re not quite sure what it is. Something happened with that knee. I think people could see that with what happened. We\u2019re having to wait to get some x-rays and go from there. So obviously Nelly is anxious and emotional over it.<\/p>\n\u201cAnd the thing I\u2019m trying to work with our team, we play\u2026 We get early leads, we just kind of kick back, kind of watch. If you\u2019re paying attention to what happened to Nelly, Sydney Barker\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m here. Let me in. I got you. I got you Nelly.\u2019 Like I think she came in and hit a bomb, like those kinds of things is what I\u2019m looking for from our team, is that we\u2019re recognizing how to represent a teammate, how to represent our team, our program, our fans, whatever it is. And it\u2019s cool to see Barker do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barker did indeed take McEnroe Marinas\u2019 spot at the plate and defensively at third. Barker\u2019s initial plate appearance? A two-home run as part of a three-run third to stretch the lead to 7-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important for every single person that\u2019s in our dugout to stay ready, no matter what,\u201d Barker said. \u201cYou really never know what\u2019s going to happen. Nelly, the unfortunate event, the hit was for her. It was for our team, but it was mostly for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s a very, very hard worker, and when tears fall from Nelly\u2019s face, it\u2019s not good. So, knowing that I had to come in for her, and just be prepared and stay ready all the time. It\u2019s just mandatory for every single person.\u201d<\/p>\n
McEnroe was 1-for-1 and scored a run Sunday before the collision.<\/p>\n
OU is now 19-2 this season and has won seven consecutive games by run-rule decision. The Sooners are North Texas on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was an easy 6-0 weekend for OU softball, but a scary moment in the top of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,5075,2409,78296],"class_list":["post-601283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-regwall","tag-sydney-barker-24-rocklin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116158618348898094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}