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Baseball: Sooners Unravel in Ninth

(by OU Media Relations) Just when the Sooners looked like they might turn their luck around, misfortune struck again as the Wildcats rallied to win 6-5, scoring its game-winner on a wild pitch.Kansas State (38-15, 15-7 Big 12) clinched its first conference title in...Read more

Oklahoma baseball: Kansas State beats OU in ninth inning, wins Big 12 championship

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State scored the deciding run on a passed ball Friday night and beat Oklahoma 6-5 to win the Big 12 regular season baseball championship. The Wildcats, winning their first conference baseball title since 1933, had the bases loaded with one out in the...Read more

Shinn at 3: Baseball - Gray, Oberste semifinalists for award

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- Oklahoma's Jonathan Gray and Matt Oberste were both named semifinalists for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 2013 Dick Howser Trophy. Gray is third in the Big 12 with a 1.43 overall ERA and holds an 8-2 record...Read more

College Baseball Weekend: Sooners And Wildcats Settle The Conference Title

(by M. Hofeld) The Oklahoma Sooners have watched their RPI plummet over the last month as their grip of the Big 12 Conference slip away. The culprit is a streak in which they've lost seven of their last nine games, including conference series against West Virginia and...Read more

Sooners' Big 12 hopes hinge on weekend sweep

(by Joey Helmer) NORMAN, Okla. -- Nobody said it was going to be easy. Well, that’s certainly the case for OU’s chances to win the outright Big 12 baseball title in the regular season heading into the final weekend of the year. he Sooners must storm into Manhattan...Read more

Baseball: One Way or Another

(by OU Media Relations) All or nothing -- that may be what's on the line for the Sooners this weekend.No. 19 Oklahoma travels for a three-game series against No. 18 Kansas State to end the regular season. The best possible result is a conference title. The worst is the...Read more

Baseball: OU has conference, postseason hopes on line this weekend

(by Jono Greco) This weekend is the definition of feast or famine for the No. 25 Oklahoma baseball team. By the end of the weekend, the Sooners (35-17, 12-9 Big 12) either could be crowned the Big 12 regular season champions or potentially kicked out of...Read more

Baseball: Postseason could depend on KSU series

(by John Shinn) Moods were light as Oklahoma boarded a bus for Manhattan, Kan., Thursday afternoon. What they'll be like by Sunday depends on what transpires over the next three games. The Sooners' season hinges on the outcome. 'If we go up there and win three games...Read more

Shinn at 3 p.m.: Baseball - Sooners not yet out of title race

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- Oklahoma still has a mathematical chance to win the Big 12 Conference regular-season title. All it has to do is sweep a three-game series at league-leading Kansas State this weekend. What are the odds of that happening?...Read more

Baseball: Mayfield Leads Academic All-Big 12 Team

(by OU Media Relations) Oklahoma senior shortstop Jack Mayfield led the 57-member Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, which included four Sooners on the first team, the conference announced Thursday.Mayfield, a multidisciplinary studies major from Del Rio...Read more

Baseball: Midweek struggles linked to lack of pitching depth

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- The outcome Tuesday night at L. Dale Mitchell Park has become familiar -- very familiar. Oklahoma suffered another midweek loss. This one, 6-4, to Dallas Baptist was more than just one game in a long season. Tuesday night’s performance was like a haymaker...Read more

Big 12 announces every game from conference baseball tournament to be nationally televised

(by Mel Bracht) The entire Big 12 Baseball Tournament will be nationally televised for the first time following the announcement Wednesday that Fox Sports Media Group is bringing the tourney to a national audience. Fox Sports Net will air the Sunday championship game...Read more

Baseball: Sooners wrap up midweek misfortune with another loss to Dallas Baptist

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- Oklahoma lost for the seventh time in the last nine games and continued a two-year streak of futility against Dallas Baptist with Tuesday night’s 6-4 loss. However, it was more than just one loss in a 55-game regular season. This one exposed the holes OU...Read more

Baseball: Dallas Baptist Spoils Senior Night

(by OU Media Relations) Riding the momentum of Sunday's Bedlam rally with a Big 12 Championship on the line in the weekend ahead, the Sooners stumbled on their Achilles' heel -- a midweek game.Dallas Baptist (27-26) outlasted No. 18 Oklahoma (35-17) 6-4 at L. Dale Mitchell...Read more w/video

Baseball: Sooners drop another midweek game, this time against DBU

(by Jono Greco) It was another typical non-conference Tuesday against an unranked opponent for the No. 25 Oklahoma baseball team. The Sooners (35-17) fell Tuesday, 6-4, against Dallas Baptist at L. Dale Mitchell Park thanks to the Patriots' five-run third inning...Read more

Oklahoma Baseball Hosts Dallas Baptist On Senior Night

(by Rich DeCray) The last time these two teams met, the Oklahoma Sooners were on a hot streak while finding their way into the top ten nationally. On the other end of the spectrum, the .500 Dallas Baptist Patriots threw a trio of freshman on the bump in an attempt to stifle...Read more

Baseball: Sooners' Golloway looking on the bright side

(by John Shinn) NORMAN -- After Sunday’s sweep-dodging 5-4 victory over Oklahoma State, Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway looked on the bright side. At the very least, his team had snapped a four-game losing streak -- its longest of the season...Read more

Baseball: Lorenzana Newcomer of the Week

(by OU Media Relations) Oklahoma's Hector Lorenzana was named the Big 12 Baseball Newcomer of the Week, the conference announced today.Lorenzana accounted for eight of the 11 runs Oklahoma scored in its Bedlam Series matchup with Oklahoma State last weekend. The second...Read more

Sooners salvage final game of Bedlam Series 5-4

(by Eric Bailey) OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's Sunny Golloway called Sunday's 5-4 triumph over rival Oklahoma State a "must-win" game. It was for so many reasons. OU had to stop the Bedlam bleeding following back-to-back 4-3 losses. A Big 12 regular-season championship...Read more

Bedlam baseball notebook: Josh Holliday ejected for first time in his coaching career

(by Anthony Slater) Oklahoma State coach Josh Holliday calmly argued a bang-bang play in the fifth inning of OSU's 5-4 loss to Oklahoma on Sunday, claiming to plate umpire Randy Wetzel that his runner touched the plate before OU's catcher tagged...Read more

Bedlam baseball: Dillon Overton's return vital for Sooners' stretch run

(by Anthony Slater) Dillon Overton started on Sunday. OU won on Sunday. Usually, those two things go hand-in-hand, with Overton sporting an excellent 2.87 ERA and the Sooners benefiting with a 10-2 record when the hard-throwing lefty pitches. But...Read more

Baseball: Sooners salvage Bedlam series with 5-4 win

(by Joey Helmer) They salvaged the Bedlam Series with a 5-4 rubber match victory over Oklahoma State Sunday afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and kept a chance to win the league with a sweep next weekend at Kansas State. Considering recent days, too, it was in unlikely...Read more

Baseball: Big 12 title within reach, but not greatest concern

(by Jono Greco) OKLAHOMA CITY -- Junior first baseman Matt Oberste wears a wristband that reads, 'Baseball is life.' After losing two of three against Oklahoma State this weekend, the No. 18 Oklahoma baseball team is close to being on life support. The Sooners (35-16, 12-9 Big 12)...Read more

Baseball: Newcomers Lead Sooners to Victory

(by OU Media Relations) For two days in the Bedlam Series, all the breaks went Cowboys' way. Sunday, it was the Sooners' turn.No. 13 Oklahoma (35-16, 12-9 Big 12) rallied for a 5-4 win over No. 19 Oklahoma State (36-13, 11-9) to avoid a series sweep Sunday at Chickasaw...Read more

Baseball: Sooner salvage Bedlam series, keep Big 12 title hopes alive

(by Jono Greco) OKLAHOMA CITY -- The No. 18 Oklahoma baseball team caught a few breaks in Sunday’s 5-4 victory against Oklahoma State at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark to avoid the series sweep. After falling behind 4-0 in the first three innings and getting junior pitcher...Read more

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