Oklahoma softball player ties record with fourth perfect game

Oklahoma freshman Paige Parker tied the NCAA record for perfect games in a season with four Sunday in the Sooners’ 14-0, five-inning victory over Utah Valley in Norman, Oklahoma. Parker struck out 12 of the 15 batters she faced, finishing one off her career high of 13 strikeouts. She needed just 64 pitches – 45 for strikes – to improve to 24-5. The only other outs of the game came on a lineout that Parker caught to end the second inning, a foul out to Lauren Chamberlain at first in the third and a foul out to catcher Whitney Ellis to end the game. Two other pitchers have had four perfect games in a season, both in 1984. – Associated Press