Sydney Romero continues to be the biggest hit at the Women's College World Series

— -- OKLAHOMA CITY -- It was a moment borrowed from a movie script waiting to be written. Oklahoma freshman Sydney Romero stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the fifth inning of the biggest game of her life -- the opener of the best-of-three championship round of the Women's College World Series against Auburn.

The younger sister of the nation's best player -- their California clan quickly becoming the first family of softball -- she had an opportunity to extend the legend.

She swung hard. The ball jumped off her bat and raced past the pitching circle. It sped right into the glove of Auburn second baseman Emily Carosone, who stepped on second base and threw to first base ahead of Romero to complete the inning-ending double play.

All you can do as a hitter is hit the ball hard. The rest is often out of your hands.

So Romero had to settle for the three-run home run she hit a couple of innings earlier: