OU baseball coach wants his players to be "in the moment" but also wants to see a greater sense of urgency rather than being shocked when the moment arrives.
May 22, 2021
Oklahoma closed an up-and-down regular season on a high note on Saturday, hitting four home runs to beat Baylor 6-5 and win its final series.
The Sooners and Bears endured multiple rain delays and time changes at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, but OU (27-26 overall, 11-13 Big 12) got two home runs from
Conor McKenna as well as homers from
Tyler Hardman and Breydon Daniel to power to victory.
Both Daniel and Hardman homered for the second straight game against the Bears, allowing the Sooners to close the year by winning three of their last four conference series.
McKenna finished with three hits and two RBIs, and Hardman had two RBIs on a pair of hits. Daniel and
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.”
Apr 3, 2021
NORMAN – For the second straight game, Oklahoma’s bats heated up late. But for the second straight game, it wasn’t enough.
OU dropped the second game of its series against No. 11 TCU 17-6 Saturday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
After scoring seven runs in the final four innings in Friday’s loss, the Sooners (13-13 overall, 1-4 Big 12) scored five runs in the eighth and ninth innings on Saturday.
Brandon Zaragoza
First baseman
Jimmy Crooks and left fielder
Diego Muniz also notched two hits apiece.
The Horned Frogs (19-7, 5-0 Big 12) went ahead early with six runs in the first inning.