Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Down No. 6 Texas Tech

An excellent begin to the ultimate collection of the common season.

Trying to bounce again from a tough loss on Monday night time to Wichita State, No. 24 Oklahoma returned to motion on Thursday night for the primary of a three-game set at No. 6 Texas Tech to shut out the common season.

Eyeing a fifth consecutive collection win, the Sooners received off on the best foot, downing the Crimson Raiders 13-8 at Dan Regulation Area at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, TX.

Making his remaining common season begin was left-hander Jake Bennett, who overcame some early struggles to provide Skip Johnson one other high quality outing.

The Sooners ace tossed six innings permitting simply 4 runs, incomes the victory to enhance his season mark to 6-3.

OU wouldn’t wait lengthy to start out scoring on this one, with leadoff hitter John Spikerman opening the sport with a solo residence run.

Texas Tech, nonetheless, would get that run proper again after which some within the backside half of the inning putting for 3 runs.

After including one other within the second, the Crimson Raiders held a 4-1 lead after two frames.

The Sooners moved reduce into the deficit within the third, scoring two runs on a Jackson Nicklaus solo homer as effectively Kendall Pettis coming throughout on a groundout off the bat of Spikerman.

The rating remained 4-3 into the fifth, the place Oklahoma retook the lead putting for a pair of runs on an enormous two-run shot from shortstop Peyton Graham.

The massive inning of the sport would comply with within the sixth, because the Sooners bats had themselves a house run derby to increase the OU result in 5 runs.

Tanner Tredaway and Jimmy Crooks every hit solo photographs with Brett Squires closing the inning’s scoring with a two-run blast to have the Sooners all of a sudden main comfortably at 9-4.

Oklahoma added one other run the next inning, with Tredaway coming in to attain on a defensive error. OU led 10-4 on the seventh inning stretch.

Within the ninth, the Sooners added one other three runs with Squires connecting on an RBI single and Pettis tacking on two extra with a two-run knock.

After Bennett exited the sport following his six robust innings, the Sooners’ bullpen would end the job.

After scoreless innings within the seventh and eighth from Carson Atwood and Trevin Michael, the Crimson Raiders would present indicators of life within the ninth going for 4 runs – however nonetheless arising effectively in need of making up the deficit with OU locking up the 13-8 victory. 

The win strikes the Sooners to 32-19 on the 12 months and 14-8 in Huge 12 play – protecting their hopes of a convention title alive for an additional day.

The center recreation of the collection is ready for six:30 p.m. on Friday night time again at Dan Regulation Area at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock.