Tiffany Howard robs home run against Oklahoma (Video)
Auburn outfielder Tiffany Howard made the play of the game in the WCWS against Oklahoma on Tuesday night when she robbed what would have been a tie-breaking 2-run home run in the top of the sixth.
WOW! Tiffany Howard robs a home run to keep the game tied! #WCWS pic.twitter.com/SJSCtenbqA
— Evan Petzold (@EvanPetzold) June 8, 2016
Oklahoma’s Shay Knighten looked like she had a 2-run home run that would have put the Sooners up 9-7 in the top of the sixth with two outs, but Howard was there and reached over the wall for the grab.
ROBBED!!!!! TIFFANY HOWARD OH MY GOODNESS!!!! #WCWS pic.twitter.com/BCydMyOaQC
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) June 8, 2016
UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!! #SCTop10 #WCWS pic.twitter.com/AqlU0yJWRY
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) June 8, 2016
Oklahoma already led the series 1-0 and needed just one victory to take the title, which shows how much more important the home run-robbing catch was.
Thanks to that momentum, Auburn got a walk-off grand slam from Emily Carosone to win the game 11-7 in the eighth. They came back from down 7-0 to win the game and send it to a third game.