May 14, 2021
Oklahoma pitchers struck out a season-high 18 Texas Tech batters on Friday night at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman as the Sooners walked off with a 9-8 win in 10 innings.
Justin Mitchell led off the 10th with a triple, then after a strikeout, Mitchell scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Tech pitcher
Ryan Sublette.
“Oh, that was awesome,” Mitchell said afterward. “I mean uh, I don’t know if I can describe it. I mean, does anyone expect a passed-ball walk-off right there? Probably not. But that’s the game of baseball. You never know what’s gonna happen, and you gotta take what you can.”
May 15, 2021
A day after a stellar pitching performance and a dramatic victory, Oklahoma got just the opposite on Saturday.
The Sooners were pounded 15-2 by Texas Tech in the second game of their Big 12 Conference series at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.
The Red Raiders scored six times in the third inning and six more in the seventh as four OU pitchers struggled to get anybody out.
In Friday’s 9-8 OU victory, the Sooner staff struck out 18 batters.
This time,
Jaret Godman gave up three earned runs on three hits and two walks,
Ben Abram allowed three earned runs on three hits and a walk, and
Cowboys Top Oklahoma in Final Regular Season Bedlam Matchup
Meeting up at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma State coasted past the Sooners 7-3.
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May 12, 2021
Oklahoma’s pitching struggled again on Tuesday night, succumbing to the Oklahoma State Cowboys 7-3 at ONEOK Field on in Tulsa.
In the final non-conference Bedlam matchup of the year, the Cowboys took advantage of the free passes issued from the Sooner staff to close the regular season 3-2 against OU.
The Sooner pitching woes started with the second batter of the game.
OU pitchers
Dalton Fowler and
Ben Abram combined for four walks in the top of the fourth, as Abram allowed the first Cowboy run to score when he surrendered a bases loaded walk to OSU right fielder Cade Cabbiness.
Oklahoma rally falls short this time
Three home runs, including two by Jimmy Crooks, put the Sooners in position to win, but KU wins it in extra innings
Author:
Joshua R. Gateley / OU Athletics
NORMAN Oklahoma nearly completed another impossible rally. But this time, the Sooners fell short.
OU fell behind Kansas 5-0 on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference game at L. Dale Mitchell Park, but the Jayhawks won it in 8-7 in 10 innings.
In a Tuesday win over Oral Roberts, OU fell behind 8-0 and rallied to win.
The Sooners fell to 15-15 overall, 2-6 in Big 12 play, while Kansas improved to 18-12 and 2-6. The loss ends a string of six straight OU victories over KU, including Friday’s series opener.
NORMAN, Okla. – A home run by senior James Cosentino in the 10th inning proved to be the difference in the Kansas Jayhawks’ 8-7 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell park. Jonah Ulane appeared in the eighth and pitched a 1-2-3 10th to secure the win for the Jayhawks.
Kansas (18-12, 2-6 Big 12) was led at the plate on a career day by Josenberger. The freshman was a perfect 6-for-6 at the plate with a triple, a double and two RBI. His six hits tied a single-game record held by current Jayhawk assistant coach Ritchie Price, who completed the six-hit performance Feb. 26, 2004 against Oakland.