Oklahoma Baseball Takes Two From TCU

April 4, 2000

NORMAN, Okla. - Jeff Bajenaru became OU's career saves leader as the Sooner baseball team captured two victories from TCU Tuesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Oklahoma claimed a 16-13 victory in the first game as the two teams resumed play of a game begun on February 22 in Fort Worth, Texas. The Sooners then improved to 20-14 on the season with a 5-2 win in the second game. The Horned Frogs fell to 13-23 on the year after suffering the two losses.

Bajenaru came on to get the final out in the second game and pick up his 15th save as a Sooner (seventh on the year), breaking the previous record of 14 saves he shared with former Sooner Bucky Buckles. Buckles claimed all 14 of his saves in the Sooners' championship season of 1994. The senior co-captain produced at the plate as well on the afternoon nailing a solo home run as play resumed in the first game to finish 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs and added a 1-for-3 performance with a RBI in the second game.

OU first baseman Rick Park (2-for-5) matched a career high in RBIs in the first game with five, including a three-run homer. Park drove in three more runs in the second game as part of a 1-for-3 effort with a run scored. Shortstop Zach Lekse extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a career-high four hits in four at bats in the second game. Rocky Cherry evened his record at 4-4 by picking up the win in the first game, while Michael Bradbury improved to 2-0 with the win in the second game for the Sooners.

The Sooners travel to College Station, Texas, next to face Texas A&M over the weekend with game start times of 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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