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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 ....