Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Clobber West Virginia to Open Series

NORMAN – The Oklahoma bats simply carry on hitting.

After a monumental collection win at TCU final weekend, the No. 24-ranked Sooners returned to motion on Friday evening opening the ultimate residence collection of the yr towards West Virginia.

OU managed to select up proper the place they left off regardless of 4 days away from recreation motion, rolling the Mountaineers 15-1 on Friday evening at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.

Getting the ball as he has all yr on Friday nights was left-hander Jake Bennett, who responded fairly properly to a uncommon rocky outing towards the Horned Frogs every week in the past.

The Sooners’ ace labored six dominant innings permitting no earned runs or walks with simply three hits whereas placing out seven. 

After a few fast scoreless frames, the Oklahoma bats would start their onslaught within the third.

Jackson Nicklaus acquired the scoring began with a solo shot to proper area, his seventh of the season, to place OU in entrance 1-0.

Kendall Pettis later picked up an RBI single and Peyton Graham scored on a wild pitch to have the Sooners main 3-0 after three.

Oklahoma struck for 2 extra runs only one inning later, with Wallace Clark plating one on an RBI single and Brett Squires scoring one other on a sacrifice fly.

After the Mountaineers acquired on the board within the fifth, the Sooners would double their run whole with a five-run backside half.

Graham scored on a throwing error and Clark picked up an RBI on a bases loaded stroll to start out the scoring.

Squires then ripped a two-run double to deep proper heart earlier than Pettis knocked in one other to have Oklahoma approach out in entrance at 10-1.

The Sooners saved it rolling within the sixth, scoring two extra runs on a Clark two-run single up the center.

Defensive miscues would assist OU add one other within the seventh, as Graham reached third base on an error in deep left area – later scoring on a wild pitch. 

Oklahoma wasn’t fairly achieved scoring there, as Trent Brown pounded a ball to deep left area to plate Mason Lowe all the best way from first base adopted by Graham singling in Brown – making the rating 15-1. 

After Bennett’s six innings of labor, a pair of freshman right-handers teamed up for the ultimate 9 outs with Nicholas Andrews and Aaron Calhoun ending the job out of the bullpen. 

The win is Oklahoma’s thirtieth of the season with the workforce now holding a 30-17 general document and a 12-7 league mark.

The center recreation of the weekend set is scheduled for two p.m. Saturday afternoon again at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.