Oklahoma Baseball is in Utah for a Thurs, Fri, Sat 3-Game Series

[OUBeliever56A]

The Oklahoma Sooners travel to Provo, Utah for a rare Thursday thru Saturday series with BYU this weekend. The Sooners have an opportunity to perhaps build up a cushion for themselves in the Big 12 as the BYU Cougars are 6-12 in conference play in 12th place while Oklahoma is in a tie for 1st place with their 11-4 record. This weekend, West Virginia (Tied for 1st place with OU at 11-4) plays at Texas Tech (9-9). OSU (10-5) in 3rd place is at K-State (7-8) and Texas (9-6) will host TCU (7-11) and Baylor (8-7) host Kansas (7-8).

Thursday and Friday's first pitches are set for 7 p.m. CT before a 2 p.m. CT start Saturday.

All three games can be watched via Big 12 NOW on ESPN+ and heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app. Josh Helmer will be on the OU radio call. Live stats can be found at OUStats.com.

Here is the Sooners staff writers article about the series.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/17 ... byu-series

Good luck to the Sooners in their series against BYU.

Boomer Sooner!

[OUBeliever56A]

TEAM ...BIG 12 RECORD ..STREAK...OVERALL ... Schedule
West Virginia .......... 11-4 .... W7 ... 23-13 - @ Texas Tech
Oklahoma .............. 11-4 .... W3 .... 21-14 - @ BYU
Oklahoma State ....... 10-5 .... W4 ... 25-12 - @ Kansas State
Texas ..................... 9-6 .... W2 ... 22-16 - hosts TCU
Baylor .................... 8-7 .... W5 ... 17-18 - hosts Kansas
Texas Tech .............. 9-9 ..... L2 ..... 26-13 - hosts West Virginia
Kansas State ........... 7-8 ...... L4 .... 22-14 - hosts OSU
Kansas ................... 7-8 ..... L3 .... 19-14 - @ Baylor
Cincinnati .............. 7-8 ...... L3 .... 21-17 - hosts Houston
UCF ...................... 8-10 .... L3 .... 22-12 - plays O-O-C
TCU ...................... 7-11 .... W2 ... 22-13 - @ Texas
BYU ...................... 6-12 ..... L3 ... 15-18 - hosts Oklahoma
Houston ................. 5-13 ..... L2 ... 19-18 - @ Cincinnati

[OUBeliever56A]

The Oklahoma Sooner Baseball team took game one in Provo with a 10-8 win over the Cougars. The win raised the Sooners conference record to 12-4 and 22-14 overall. Th win was the 4th straight conference win for the Sooners.

Starting pitcher Braden Davis pitched 6.1 strong inning to stake the Sooners to a 8 to 3 lead when he exited the game in the bottom of the 7th. Davis' only allowed runs in the bottom of the 5th when BYU parlayed 4 hits into 3 runs. In the other 5.1 innings of his outing, Davis only allowed 1 hit and 3 walks with 11, strikeouts to pick up the Win for OU. Reid Hensley relieved Davis to get out of the 7th, but ran into trouble in the 8th as he gave up 2 runs before Carson Atwood relieved to get out of the 8th with OU leading 8 to 5. In the bottom of the 9th, Atwood gave up two unearned runs as Malachi Witherspoon got the final two outs allowing a HR that made the final score 10-8 in favor of the Sooners. The Sooners had 15 Ks in the game while giving up 9 hits and 4 walks.

On offense, the Sooners turned 12 hits (2 doubles) 3 walks and a HBP into 10 runs as they scored runs in 5 innings. The heart of the batting order at 3, 4, 5 (Carmichael, Snyder and Mackenzie) did their job on Thursday a they were 8 for 13 with a double, 7 runs scored, 4 RBIs and 2 walks. Pettis also picked up an RBI along with Willits with 2 RBIs for the Sooners. Seven of the nine Sooners reached base in the game.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the Sooner win over BYU on Thursday.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/18 ... e-in-provo

The teams meet for Game 2 of the three-game conference set on Friday at 7 p.m. CT. The series can be seen via Big 12 NOW on ESPN+ and heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app.

Good luck on Friday to the Sooners.

Boomer Sooner!

[OUBeliever56A]

The Oklahoma Sooner Baseball Team won over BYU in Provo for the second time in two games as they parlayed a 7 run 4th inning into a 12-6 win. The sooner offense was the key as they picked up 14 hits and 5 walks with a HBP to score 12 runs with 5 doubles and 3 HRs. The Sooner pitching did their job as well as they limited BYU to 6 runs with the runs spread across four innings and did not allow more than 2 runs in an inning.

The first 5 hitters in the Sooner lineup (Walk, Madron, Carmichael, Snyder, Mackenzie) had 11 hits and 1 walk in 22 at bats with 9 RBIs and 8 runs with 5 doubles and 3 HRs. That is a pretty good day for the first five hitters in the lineups. The bottom four hitters added 3 hits, 2 RBIs, 4 runs and 1 RBIs with 3 walks. (Pettis, Willits, Mudler and Lane)

In the 7th inning, the Sooners sent 9 hitters to the plate with 6 hits (3 doubles and a HR) with a walk, a HBP and a wild pitch to score 7 runs. After BYU scored in the 7th to make the score 8 to 6, Oklahoma scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th on 5 hits (1 double) and a SFLY.

On the mound the Sooners got a solid start by Kyson Witherspoon as he pitched 5 innings allowing 3 run on 7 hits and just one walk and 6 Ks. The three runs against Witherspoon were off of a solo HR in the 1st and a 2-RBI triple in the 4th. Carter Campbell entered in the bottom of the 6th and gave up his own solo HR in the 6th, then control problems allowed 2 runs to score with Dylan Crooks finishing the inning for the Sooners and then pitching a scoreless 8th. Ryan Lambert pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to finish the game.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the Sooners 6th straight win in conference.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/19 ... es-victory

Good luck to the Sooners today as they play the final game of the 3-game series.

Boomer Sooner!

[SwampSooner]

Sooners sweep BYU!

Thurs OU 10 - BYU 8

Fri OU 12 - BYU 6

Sat OU 10 - BYU 7

WVU lost at TT last night, so OU is alone in 1st place.

[OUBeliever56A]

The Oklahoma Sooner Baseball Team completed the sweep of BYU yesterday as the the Sooners won 10-7 on Day 3 in Provo. While the offense won the game the bullpen settled in after the 2nd inning to limit the Cougars of BYU to 2 runs over the last 7 innings to provide the victory as the Sooners scored 5 runs after the 2nd to win going away.

After the 2nd inning, Jett Lodes followed starting pitcher Grant Stevens (5 runs in 2 innings) to the hill to provide some true relief. Lodes picked up the win as he threw two innings allowing a hit an 2 walks with 2 Ks After James Hitt gave up 1 run in his 1.2 innings of pitching, Carson Atwood pitched 2 innings of relief allowing a hit and picking up a K of his own to take the game into the 8th inning. Jace Minor finished the 8th as he got the final out of the inning. Malachi Witherspoon pitched the 9th and he gave up a solo HR but picked up a K to finish for the game for the Sooners. The Sooners pitchers allowed 10 hits, but only 5 after the 2nd inning in the game with 9 Ks and 5 walks and HB.

On offense, the day belonged to Bryce Madron as he belted 2 HRs and a double for 7 RBIs in the game. In back-to-back at bats in the 1st and 2nd innings, Madron hit 2 two-run HRs. After walking in his 3rd at bat, Madron doubled with the bases loaded to plate 3 Sooners in the inning to give him his 7 RBIs for the day. He grounded out in his last at bat in the 7th. Snyder and Lane also had two hits in the game. Snyder had 2 doubles for an RBI. Mackenzie had an RBI double also.

The Sooners scored 3 runs in the first, 2 in the 2nd, 1 in the 4th, 3 in the 5th and 1 more in the 8th for their 10 runs. They were 11 of 36 in the game with 8 walks and 2 HBP against 9 Ks in the game.

The Sooners are now 24-14 on the season and 14-4 in the Big 12 play. They now lead West Virginia by at least 1 game as they lost on Friday and lead OSU (lost on Sat), Texas (lost on Friday) and Baylor (lost on Sat) who has 7 losses by at least 3 games. The other four teams play on Sunday with WV playing 2 against Texas Tech.

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the final win over BYU.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/20 ... urth-sweep

The Sooners return to L. Dale Mitchell Park for a four-game homestand starting Tuesday vs. Wichita State. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be seen via SoonerVision on ESPN+. Next weekend, OU welcomes Red River rival Texas to Norman, April 26-28.

Boomer Sooner!

[SwampSooner]

Sooners have a 3 game lead in the Big XII.

OU 14-4
OSU, UT, WVU 11-7
TT 12-9

[Brisket]

This next stretch of games will be very important for OU. They have the opportunity to virtually lock up the Big 12 championship & solidify their chances of hosting a Regional &/or Super Regional.

Midweek game vs Wichita State
this weekend in Norman
@ tech 5/3-5/5