OKLAHOMA CITY -- Alabama beat Oklahoma 6-2 on Day 1 of the Women’s College World Series being held in Hall of Fame Stadium. The Crimson Tide goes to 51-11 on the year while the Sooners drop to 50-12.

It marks the third consecutive WCWS appearance (2011, '12 and '14) in which Alabama has won its opening game.

2014 WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
WCWS: Top Five Plays
Moore: Gator dominance made tough calls easy
Game 14: Florida captures first WCWS championship
Moore: Munro's home run sets tone in Game 1
Game 13: Florida goes up 1-0 in championship series
Moore: Traina pitches Alabama to brink of title
Game 12: Alabama dispatches Oregon in semifinals
Moore: Balanced Florida sets sights on finals
Game 11: Florida advances to championship series
Game 10: Oregon downs Oklahoma
Game 9: Baylor charges back to eliminate Kentucky
Game 8: Oklahoma ousts Louisiana-Lafayette
Moore: Strickland, Baylor not ready to go home
Game 7: Baylor rebounds to eliminate Florida State
The complicated player-glove relationship
Coming to the game? Be prepared
Game 6: Alabama holds off Kentucky
Moore: Florida dominating competition in OKC
Game 5: Florida shuts out top-seed Oregon
Baylor's Canion gets back up
Meet Alabama's 'forever friends'
Moore: First time the charm for WCWS rookies
Game 4: Alabama defeats Oklahoma
Game 3: Kentucky victorious in WCWS debut
Game 2: Oregon shuts out Florida State
Game 1: Florida beats Baylor 11-0 in five innings
Hamilton: The pitcher behind the glasses
Moore: Softball community happy about parity
Moore: WCWS starts off with bang, Tide vs. Sooners
How they got here: Committee selection
Bracket | Scoreboard
After trading runs in the first two innings, Oklahoma went up 2-1 in the top of the fourth inning. From there, Alabama used home runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings to grab a 6-2 lead. It was the Tide’s fourth multi-homer game of the 2014 NCAA tournament.

In the bottom of the fourth freshman Peyton Grantham homered to left center field, driving in senior Kaila Hunt and senior Molly Fichtner. In the next inning, junior Jadyn Spencer sent one over the left-field wall, bringing in sophomore Kallie Case. Grantham now has three hits since the start of the NCAA tourney, two of which have been home runs.

Senior All-American Jaclyn Traina picked up the win for Alabama in the pitching circle, pushing her record to 24-3 on the season, while Kelsey Stevens took the loss for Oklahoma, falling to 37-9.

Alabama returns to action at 9:30 p.m. ET Friday against Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky. It will mark the first time the two teams have faced each other this season.