Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Lose Regular Season Finale at No. 6 Texas Tech

One sport in need of historical past.

After one other stellar win on Friday evening to win their fifth straight weekend sequence, No. 24 Oklahoma wrapped up the common season on Saturday afternoon going for the sweep in opposition to No. 6 Texas Tech.

With a win, the Sooners would accumulate a share of the primary Massive 12 common season title in program historical past and maintain the No. 1 seed at subsequent week’s convention event.

However, sadly for Skip Johnson’s membership, OU got here up only one win shy of the feat, falling to the Crimson Raiders 10-2 at Dan Regulation Discipline at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock.

Whereas the sport didn’t go Oklahoma’s approach on Saturday, it definitely obtained off to a unbelievable begin.

Tanner Tredaway and Jimmy Crooks every picked up RBI singles within the opening body to provide OU a fast 2-0 lead and make it seem as if the Sooners have been simply going to select up the place that they had left off the earlier two days.

However, Texas Tech would reply instantly and in massive style – placing for 5 runs off of OU starter Cade Horton within the backside half of the primary.

Crimson Raiders beginning pitcher Chase Hampton then settled in after his rocky first inning, tossing 5 scoreless innings after TTU took the lead.

Texas Tech added to their benefit within the fourth, with Cole Stilwell scoring a run on a sacrifice fly and Jace Jung breaking issues open with a two-run homer.

The Crimson Raiders added two extra runs within the sixth and seventh innings with solo pictures from Kurt Wilson and Parker Kelly to balloon their result in 10-2 via seven.

After Hampton’s departure, TTU relievers Mason Molina and Austin Becker would end the job recording the ultimate 9 outs with out permitting a run. 

The loss ends Oklahoma’s common season at 33-20 total and 15-9 in convention play – ending in a tie for second place within the Massive 12.

The Sooners will now flip their consideration to postseason play within the annual Massive 12 event, which opens motion on Wednesday at Globe Life Discipline in Arlington, TX.

OU can be both the No. 2 or No. 3 seed for the occasion, relying on the result of Saturday’s Oklahoma State-Baylor contest.