Oklahoma takes down Houston si.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from si.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Oklahoma rocks Baylor in Round Rock finale
In a scheduled non-conference game, the Sooners delivered timely hits and clutch pitching to beat the Bears 9-3
Author:
ROUND ROCK, TX Junior college transfer
Brett Squires delivered three run-scoring hits and No. 25 Oklahoma scattered 10 hits in a 9-3 victory over Baylor on Sunday at Dell Diamond.
OU finished the Round Rock Classic with a 2-1 record after banging out seven RBI singles.
Tanner Tredaway, Tyler Hardman, Diego Muniz and Kendall Pettis each had two hits as the Sooners improved to 4-3 and Baylor dropped to 2-4.
Although they’re Big 12 Conference rivals, this one was a scheduled non-conference game.
NORMAN
Conor McKenna picked a good time to blast his first home run in almost two years.
Oklahoma pitchers struck out 17 batters, and McKenna’s grand slam in the eighth inning powered the No. 22-ranked Sooners to their first win of the season Monday, an 8-5 victory over Nebraska-Omaha.
OU (1-1) got even after dropping Sunday’s season-opener 6-3 to the Mavericks.
The game was tied in the top of the eighth after UNO’s
Ryan Doran homered off OU’s
Javier Ramos, but pinch-hitter
Diego Muniz put the Sooners back on top with an RBI single.
McKenna then took a 1-0 count before raking his fourth career home run his first since the 2019 Big 12 Tournament against Baylor on May 22, 2019 to left field off reliever