Sooner Baseball: 1st in the Big 12- hosts Wichita State Tuesday
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:44 am
The 18th Ranked Oklahoma Sooner Baseball Team has a big a big week of play scheduled this week. The Sooners will play four games at home with a game on Tuesday with Wichita State and then host Texas for a Big 12 three-game series on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Sooners are 24-14 overall and are 14-4 in Big 12 play.
On Tuesday, Wichita State will be in Norman with their 21-19 record. Oklahoma has already defeated the Shockers twice this season. The Sooners won 5-3 on March 5th and 11-2 on April 2nd. Since the Sooners dropped all three games to Lamar, the Sooners are 9-2 with 7 wins in a row, six in Big 12 play.
On offense, the Sooners are led by a quartet of Sooners; Easton Carmichael, Michael Snyder, Bruce Madron and Anthony Mackenzie. Between the four players that are hitting about .345 with an .445 OB% and about a .600 Slug% as a group. Together they have hit 52 doubles, 8 triples and 25 HRs. With that production in the middle of the lineup, the Sooners are scoring well on offense. The Sooners right now are playing without two starters, John Spikerman and Jackson Nicklaus. Jason Wark and Isaiah Lane are filling in well for them. Kendall Pettis, Jaxon Willits and Scott Mudler round out the starters most of the time.
On the mound, the Sooners are using primarily four starting pitchers with Kyson Witherspoon, Grant Stevens, Bandon Girton and Braden Davis getting the starting assignments lately. The bullpen has come together lately with Ryan Lambert, Dylan Crooks, Reid Hensley, Carson Atwood and Malachi Witherspoon throwing well.
Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the Sooners game with Wichita State tonight, Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/22 ... te-tuesday
The game can be watched via SoonerVision on ESPN+ and heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app. Chad McKee and Rich Hills will be on the ESPN+ call while Toby Rowland will call the action on OU's radio network. Live stats can be found at OUStats.com.
Good luck to the Sooners tonight against Wichita State.
Boomer Sooner!
On Tuesday, Wichita State will be in Norman with their 21-19 record. Oklahoma has already defeated the Shockers twice this season. The Sooners won 5-3 on March 5th and 11-2 on April 2nd. Since the Sooners dropped all three games to Lamar, the Sooners are 9-2 with 7 wins in a row, six in Big 12 play.
On offense, the Sooners are led by a quartet of Sooners; Easton Carmichael, Michael Snyder, Bruce Madron and Anthony Mackenzie. Between the four players that are hitting about .345 with an .445 OB% and about a .600 Slug% as a group. Together they have hit 52 doubles, 8 triples and 25 HRs. With that production in the middle of the lineup, the Sooners are scoring well on offense. The Sooners right now are playing without two starters, John Spikerman and Jackson Nicklaus. Jason Wark and Isaiah Lane are filling in well for them. Kendall Pettis, Jaxon Willits and Scott Mudler round out the starters most of the time.
On the mound, the Sooners are using primarily four starting pitchers with Kyson Witherspoon, Grant Stevens, Bandon Girton and Braden Davis getting the starting assignments lately. The bullpen has come together lately with Ryan Lambert, Dylan Crooks, Reid Hensley, Carson Atwood and Malachi Witherspoon throwing well.
Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the Sooners game with Wichita State tonight, Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/22 ... te-tuesday
The game can be watched via SoonerVision on ESPN+ and heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app. Chad McKee and Rich Hills will be on the ESPN+ call while Toby Rowland will call the action on OU's radio network. Live stats can be found at OUStats.com.
Good luck to the Sooners tonight against Wichita State.
Boomer Sooner!