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.
