Florida reaches softball finals vs. Arizona State | Sports

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? Kelsey Bruder ?n? Brittany Schutte strike back-t?-back home runs ?n th? initial inning, promulgation Florida t? a 9-2 feat Sunday opposite Alabama ?n? a mark ?n th? Women?s College World Series finals opposite top-seeded Arizona State.

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  B? Sue Ogrocki, AP

  Kasey Fagan evades th? tab ?f Alabama catcher Kendall Dawson t? measure ?n Florida?s 9-2 subjection ?f th? Crimson Tide t? allege t? th? Women?s College World Series finals.

B? Sue Ogrocki, AP

Kasey Fagan evades th? tab ?f Alabama catcher Kendall Dawson t? measure ?n Florida?s 9-2 subjection ?f th? Crimson Tide t? allege t? th? Women?s College World Series finals.

Th? best-?f-three pretension array opens Monday.

Th? Gators indispensable t? kick th? second-seeded Crimson Tide (53-11) twice t? strech th? championship turn ?n? immediately jumped ?n Kelsi Dunne t? take control ?n both games.

• TITLE SERIES: Arizona State beats Baylor t? advance

Florida (56-11) scored a World Series record 11 runs ?n th? initial inning ?f th? initial game, th?n Bruder ?n? Schutte supposing a q???k 3-0 lead ?n th? rematch. Aja Paculba combined a three-r?n homer ?n th? seventh, prior t? Alabama hard-pressed ??r??? ?t? ?n?? dual runs.

Arizona State kick Florida 6-5 ?n th??r prior assembly ?t th?? World Series.

Th? Sun Devils (58-6) ??t a five-hit bar fr?m beginner Dallas Escobedo (35-3) t? kick Baylor 4-0 ?n? allege t? th? championship turn f?r th? initial time ??n?? winning th??r ?n?? pretension ?n 2008. Th? Gators ?r? perplexing t? turn th? initial SEC group t? win ?t ???.

?W??re excited. Wh?n ??? h??? th? event t? play f?r a inhabitant championship, th?t?s wh?t ??? set onward (t? ??) th? initial day wh?n ???r group comes together,? manager Clint Myers ????.

?W? h??? dual seniors th?t w?r? here ?n 2008 ?n? w? h??? a immature beginner over th?r? th?t h??? b??n a h??? reason f?r ??r accomplishment. S? w??re excited, w??re really ??????? ?n? th? tough work h?? paid ?ff. B?t w??re n?t finished ??t. W? still h??? ??m? some-more work t? ??.?

Escobedo never acceptable a curtain t? strech third bottom f?r th? Bears (47-15), wh? scored ???t dual runs ?n 4 games ?t th? World Series ? both ?n game-ending home runs ?n additional innings.

Whitney Canion (31-12) wasn?t ?b?? t? compare h?r efforts fr?m ?n eight-inning bar ?n Baylor?s World Series opener ?r a 13-inning bar t? strech th? semifinals.

Mandy Urfer strike a two-r?n home r?n ?n th? second, Annie Lockwood combined ?n RBI double ?n? Lesley Rogers a r?n-scoring singular f?r th? Sun Devils.

?I feel ??k? we stayed w?th ??? m? pitches ?n? all b?????? ?f th? group around m?,? Canion ????. ?M? gas tank w?? dull b?t th?? kept m? going ? th? dugout, ??? entertaining f?r m?. Th?? kept observant th?? w?r? behind m? ?n? all ?n? th?t ???t kept m? going. S? ?t w?? ??rt??n?? th? group around m?. A?? w?? ???t certain th? whole time.?

Alabama brought a bar strain ?f 30 1/3 innings ?nt? th? day, b?t th?t f?n??h?? quickly. Michelle Moultrie led ?ff th? initial diversion w?th a home r?n ?n? Dunne forced ?n runs b? attack Cheyenne Coyle w?th a representation ?n? walking Paculba prior t? Jackie Traina came ?n ?n relief.

Schutte f?n??h?? th? record-setting inning w?th a grand slam, ?n? th? Gators f?n??h?? adult relating th? World Series annals f?r runs scored ?n? domain ?f feat ?n a game. Th? diversion w?? called ?ft?r 5 innings b?????? ?f th? forgiveness rule.

It?s th? second time th? Gators h??? dealt th??r SEC opposition a suspense ?n th?? stage.

Two years ago, Florida ??t a walk-?ff grand impact fr?m Ali Gardiner w?th dual outs ?n th? bottom ?f th? seventh t? kick Alabama ?n th? semifinals.

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