Mizzou softball pitcher Chelsea Thomas broke her previous career-best at Mizzou with 19 strikeouts (12.0 IP) while going the distance in the Tigers’ 4-3 win over No. 5 Florida in extra innings.
She pitched the game after battling food poisoning the day before and had several key plays, including two strikeouts and a groundout in the top of the 12th inning. Thomas did not surrender an earned run to the Gator squad, keeping her season ERA at 0.25, and struck out 1.42 batters per inning for the week.