Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Look to Claim Big 12 Title Against Texas on Sunday

ARLINGTON, TX – After a sensational week in Arlington, Oklahoma is only one win away from their first Huge 12 event title since 2013.

The No. 3-seeded Sooners, to this point, have sustained their scorching stretch over the ultimate month and a half of the common season into postseason play, knocking off West Virginia, Texas Tech and Kansas State in succession to achieve the Championship Sport on Sunday.

Awaiting them would be the No. 5-seeded Texas Longhorns, who have been one among simply two groups within the Huge 12 to beat Oklahoma in a collection this season.

“Clearly, we dropped the collection to each of them (Oklahoma State and Texas),” shortstop Peyton Graham mentioned following the Sooners’ 4-3 win over Kansas State on Saturday.

“So I feel we have a little bit little bit of a chip on our shoulder to go in there and handle enterprise.”

The Sooners and Longhorns common season set ran from April 1-3 and, coincidentally, additionally passed off at Globe Life Area in Arlington after the groups elected to relocate the collection from Norman.

Texas took the opener earlier than Oklahoma bounced again to win the center recreation, establishing a giant Sunday rubber match.

The Sooners, who entered the weekend as pretty sizable underdogs, took a commanding 7-1 lead into the seventh inning – seemingly in place to select up the signature win of the season.

However, in one of many true gut-punch losses of the 12 months, the Longhorns plated six runs within the seventh and 5 runs within the ninth to stroll away with the 12-8 win.

Now, Oklahoma will get their probability at revenge.

How one can Watch:

• Oklahoma vs. Texas: Sunday, 5:00 p.m., ESPNU

The projected starter for the Sooners is right-hander Cade Horton, who was solely being utilized in a bullpen function when these two groups final met.

In reality, Horton entered in reduction of starter Chazz Martinez within the aforementioned Sunday finale – working 0.2 innings permitting three hits and two unearned runs with a pair of strikeouts.

Horton’s final begin of the season didn’t go to plan, although, because the Norman native allowed eight runs in 3.1 innings towards Texas Tech final Saturday.

Whereas the total NCAA Event bracket received’t be revealed till Monday at 11 a.m., the 16 regional hosts are scheduled to be introduced by the NCAA at 7:30 p.m. Sunday night.

Which means that, greater than doubtless, earlier than the sport’s finish, the Sooners will know whether or not or not they’ve carried out sufficient to host a regional the next weekend.

Both method, the matchup serves as one final large resume-booster as what must be thought of amongst Oklahoma’s greatest wins of your complete season if they’ll get it.

First pitch of the 2022 Huge 12 Event Championship Sport is about for five p.m. Sunday night and shall be broadcast on ESPNU. 

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