PalmettoSooner
4/12/2012, 08:19 PM
OU (19-14, 4-8) host Missouri (18-14, 3-6)
***WEATHER CHANGES WEEKEND SCHEDULE***
The threat of inclement weather this weekend has changed the game times for the Oklahoma baseball home series against Missouri.
MISSOURI PREVIEW
• OU is 6-4 in the last 10 games, including a 4-0 win Tuesday over No. 9 Arkansas. OU is not ranked in this week’s polls for the first time in 2012.
• Missouri, 4-6 in the last 10, is unranked and coming off a pair of midweeks wins over Arkansas Little Rock & Illinois.
• The Sooners return five position starters from the 2011 squad that finished 41-19 overall and third in the Big 12 (14-11).
• Missouri returns 15 letterwinners a 2011 team that finished 27-32 overall and eighth in the Big 12 with an 11-15 mark.
PITCHING ROTATIONS
Game 1 - Oklahoma: LHP Dillon Overton (4-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. Missouri:LHP Rob Zastryzny (2-2, 5.56 ERA)
Game 2 - Oklahoma: RHP Jonathan Gray (2-4, 5.56 ERA) vs. Missouri: LHP Blake Holavach (3-2, 4.03 ERA)
Game 3 - Oklahoma: TBA vs. Missouri: TBA
OU vs. MISSOURI SERIES NOTES
- View page 14 for game-by-game scores in the series and career stats. OU leads overall 127-84 and 28-15 in Big 12.
- OU and Missouri split a two-game set last year in Columbia as game three was snowed out.
- The Sooners have won nine of the 15 Big 12 series, including six of the seven three-game sets played in Norman. OU is 17-4 in those games and leads 53-20 in Norman since 1962.
- The team that wins the series opener has won 12 of the 15 series meetings.
- 11 of the 15 Big 12 series have been decided after the first two games. Missouri is 3-0 in decisive game threes (2007, 2005, 1999).
- The home team is 10-4-1 overall in Big 12 series played.
- 44 of the games since 1962 in the series have been decided by one run with each team posting 22 wins.
***WEATHER CHANGES WEEKEND SCHEDULE***
The threat of inclement weather this weekend has changed the game times for the Oklahoma baseball home series against Missouri.
MISSOURI PREVIEW
• OU is 6-4 in the last 10 games, including a 4-0 win Tuesday over No. 9 Arkansas. OU is not ranked in this week’s polls for the first time in 2012.
• Missouri, 4-6 in the last 10, is unranked and coming off a pair of midweeks wins over Arkansas Little Rock & Illinois.
• The Sooners return five position starters from the 2011 squad that finished 41-19 overall and third in the Big 12 (14-11).
• Missouri returns 15 letterwinners a 2011 team that finished 27-32 overall and eighth in the Big 12 with an 11-15 mark.
PITCHING ROTATIONS
Game 1 - Oklahoma: LHP Dillon Overton (4-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. Missouri:LHP Rob Zastryzny (2-2, 5.56 ERA)
Game 2 - Oklahoma: RHP Jonathan Gray (2-4, 5.56 ERA) vs. Missouri: LHP Blake Holavach (3-2, 4.03 ERA)
Game 3 - Oklahoma: TBA vs. Missouri: TBA
OU vs. MISSOURI SERIES NOTES
- View page 14 for game-by-game scores in the series and career stats. OU leads overall 127-84 and 28-15 in Big 12.
- OU and Missouri split a two-game set last year in Columbia as game three was snowed out.
- The Sooners have won nine of the 15 Big 12 series, including six of the seven three-game sets played in Norman. OU is 17-4 in those games and leads 53-20 in Norman since 1962.
- The team that wins the series opener has won 12 of the 15 series meetings.
- 11 of the 15 Big 12 series have been decided after the first two games. Missouri is 3-0 in decisive game threes (2007, 2005, 1999).
- The home team is 10-4-1 overall in Big 12 series played.
- 44 of the games since 1962 in the series have been decided by one run with each team posting 22 wins.