What's the most impressive number from OU softball's 46-game winning streak?
NORMAN — OU softball comes into this weekend’s super regional with more than just a Women’s College World Series berth on the line.
The Sooners are on the brink of history, having won 46 consecutive games.
A win in Friday’s first game of the super regional against Clemson would tie the all-time mark, set by Arizona in 1996-97. A win there coupled with a win Saturday would not only send the Sooners back to the WCWS but give them the longest streak outright.
“I don’t count the wins,” Sooners coach Patty Gasso said Wednesday. “I don’t look back in the record books. I don’t talk about it, we don’t think about it.
“We just want to get to the World Series — that’s it. Trophies stay here forever, titles stay here forever, records are meant to be broken.”
Here’s a look at 46 of the numbers behind OU’s winning streak.
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OU softball winning streak by the numbers
95: Days since the Sooners’ last loss, Feb. 19 against Baylor (as of Thursday).
25: Days since last loss for Utah, with the second-longest streak among active teams.
388: Runs scored by the Sooners, an average of 8.4 runs per game.
38: Runs allowed, an average of 0.83 runs per game.
92: Home runs hit by the Sooners, led by Jayda Coleman’s 15.
4: Games with six home runs, the most recent Sunday against California.
16 : Homers allowed by the Sooners. All but two of those were solo shots.
6: Games where the Sooners didn’t hit at least one home run.
157: Combined losses by the 15 other super regional teams since the Sooners’ loss to Baylor.
6: Fewest losses by those teams. Florida State has dropped six games during OU’s streak — one to the Sooners.
10: Games in which the Sooners trailed. Just three times did they trail by more than one run.
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16: Innings in which the Sooners were outscored. In two of those, OU did not get an opportunity to bat.
2: Biggest deficit the Sooners faced, 2-0 to Iowa State on March 25 and 3-1 to Oklahoma State on May 5.
11: Highest-scoring inning, in the fourth inning March 3 vs. Kentucky.
11 : Errors committed by the Sooners.
2: Games with more than one error. The Sooners haven’t committed more than two in a game.
49: Errors committed by the Sooners’ opponents.
457: Hits by the Sooners, with a high of 20 on Feb. 26 vs. UCLA.
24: Games with 10 or more hits.
.378: The Sooners' batting average. They were hitting .361 when the streak began.
155: Hits allowed by the Sooners. Of those, 121 were singles.
8: Most hits the Sooners have surrendered in a game.
0.82: Sooners’ ERA.
26: Shutouts.
4: Most runs allowed by the Sooners, March 14 vs. Florida State.
3: One-run victories.
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22: Run-rule victories, with 19 ending after five innings.
94: Second-inning runs scored by the Sooners, their most in any inning.
16: Seventh-inning runs scored, the fewest in any inning.
1: Seventh-inning run allowed, March 11 against Mississippi State
11: First-inning runs allowed, the most in any inning.
3: Second-inning and fifth-inning runs allowed, the fewest of any inning.
18: Most runs scored, March 3 against Kentucky.
2: Fewest runs scored, March 17 in a 2-1 victory over Northwestern and April 22 in a 2-0 victory over Baylor.
15: Neutral-site victories, including games played at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
8: Victories at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, including the March 31 conference game against Texas.
15: Road victories.
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17: Victories at Marita Hynes Field. The Sooners have won 63 consecutive home games, with their last home loss coming Feb. 29, 2020.
46: Different lineups Patty Gasso has started.
46: Times Jayda Coleman has led off.
5: Winning streaks of 40 or more games in NCAA history.
4: Winning streaks of 40 or more games in OU history. The Sooners have done it in 2019, 2020-21, 2021-22, and now in 2023.
24: Times the Sooners have led after the first inning.
8: Times the Sooners have been scoreless after two innings.
3: Times the Sooners have been scoreless after four innings.
1: Time the Sooners have been scoreless after six innings, May 6 against Oklahoma State when they scored four in the seventh to win 4-2.
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How to watch OU vs. Clemson softball in NCAA Super Regional
Best-of-three series at Marita Hynes Field in Norman:
Game 1: 1 p.m. Friday, ESPN2
Game 2: Noon Saturday, TBD
Game 3: TBD Sunday (if nec.)
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OU softball winning streak has 2023 Sooners nearing NCAA history
