No. 1 Rice set to visit Sooners Tuesday

Just kiddin man, Go OU though, this is a big win cus we usually struggle on Tuesday games. This will make us 7-6 against ranked teams

 

Sooners again have something going in the 8th inning. Runners on the corners 1 out.

 

Two run double 14-3 OU. Still 1 out.

 

15-3 after a single.

 

It's a Final Sooners win 15-3!

 

Yeah, they announced it was the largest turnout this year. Great showing!

 

OU beats No. 1 Rice, 15-3

NORMAN — The No. 13 Oklahoma baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games in a big way on Tuesday with a 15-3 victory over No. 1 Rice at L. Dale Mitchell Park in front of 2,657 fans.

Joe Dunigan (3-for-5, 2 home runs) and Freddy Rodriguez (4-for-4) powered the Sooner offense with three RBI apiece as the Sooners outhit the Owls 14-9. OU improved to 29-10 overall (8-4 Big 12) and Rice fell to 32-9.

Ryan Mottern (3-1) recorded the win for the Sooners with 5 1/3 innings pitched, with two runs allowed on six hits and two walks. Mottern also struck out three batters and Will Savage collected his seventh save of the season after coming into the ball game with a 7-3 OU lead and two runners on base in the top of the seventh inning.

Will McDaniel suffered his first loss of the season as the Owls’ 14-game winning streak came to an abrupt end on Tuesday. McDaniel tossed four innings and was chased out after allowing six runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk. The Owls also committed three errors on the night.

The Sooners took an early 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the fourth inning and increased the cushion with a five-run fifth frame. Rice brought the game back within striking distance after the top of the seventh (7-3), but OU used another big inning with five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the game away.

The last time OU defeated the No. 1 team in the nation was during the 2004 season. On March 20 at L. Dale Mitchell Park, the Sooners topped then-No. 1 Texas, 3-2. Additionally, Tuesday’s crowd was a season high and also marked the largest attendance at a Sooner home game since May 9, 1998, when 3,168 fans were on hand to witness OU defeat Texas, 14-6.

OU will return to Big 12 play this weekend when it hits the road to take on Texas Tech for a three-game series. Action gets underway on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by another 6:30 p.m. contest on Saturday, which will be broadcast live on Cox channel 7 in Oklahoma City. Sunday’s finale is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the entire three-game series can be heard live on KOKC 1520 AM.

For more information on OU baseball, visit www.soonersports.com.

OU SID Report

 

Rice = A can of corn

:twinkies:

 

Woohoo! Amazing crowd. I think that really helped power to the win.

 

good jorb

 

Awesome

 

My boy Savery didn't do much. That's good.

 

Does college baseball record saves different from MLB? Because that's not a save.

 

Dunno here - if it is like the majors, then a save shouldn't be recorded because he didn't pitch 3 full innings, nor did the potential tying run ever make it to the on-deck circle. Or did it?

Lets see - here's Rice's 7th (thanks, SoonerSports.com)...
(Burns, B. to p for Brownell, J..)
Bramhall flied out to cf (1 out, 5 run lead)
(Reagan pinch hit for Lehmann.)
Reagan walked. (1 out, 5 run lead, - 1 on base = 4)
Henley flied out to lf. (2 out, 5 run lead, - 1 on base = 4)
Buchanan walked; Reagan advanced to second (2 out, 5 run lead, 2 on base = 3)
Savery singled up the middle, RBI (3-2); Buchanan advanced to second; Reagan scored (2 out, 4 run lead, 2 on base = 2)

With the next batter up, and the on-deck batter that last number = 0, so it's now a "save" situation.

(Savage, W. to p for Burns, B..)
Rodriguez grounded out to 2b (0-1).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

And there's your save.

Williesan