OU Passes Missouri in the Ninth, 4-3

May 22, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MU	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	4
OU	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	9	1

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Anderson (5-3)	4.1	5	3	2	4	4
L - Gibson (9-2)	0.2	2	2	1	0	1
S - none	-	-	-	-	-	-

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
MU - Priday	4	0	2	3	0	0
OU - J. Johnson	5	0	2	3	0	0

Game Notes
Aljay Davis established a career high with a 12-game hitting streak when he singled in the third inning ... Davis has hit safely in 20 of the last 21 games with 34 hits ... The Sooners turned one double play on Thursday giving them 13 in the last seven games ... Thursday's game marked OU's 16th comeback victory of the season and third that concluded in the ninth inning or later ... The Sooners are 4-3 lifetime in the Big 12 Championship against Missouri and 21-19 overall ... OU is 5-3 in pool play since it originated in 2006.

Sooner Baseball Central

2008 OU Baseball Media Guide

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Sooners won their third straight game over a top ten team on Thursday and topped No. 9 Missouri, 4-3, on Jamie Johnson's walk-off, two-run double to center field in the bottom of the ninth in front of 6,087 fans at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.

Chase Anderson followed up Sunday's win over Oklahoma State with another stellar relief outing as he improved to 5-3 after 4 1/3 innings of scoreless work. The hurler allowed one hit and struck out four batters to move OU one game closer to reaching the conference title game.

Oklahoma (34-23-1) improved to 2-0 in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship's pool play, while Missouri (1-1) fell to 38-18 overall.

Aaron Baker began the ninth inning with a single through the right side of the infield and Doug Buser pinch ran and moved to second base on Bryant Hernandez's sacrifice bunt. With the game-tying run in scoring position and pinch hitter Spencer Selby at the plate, Missouri committed its fourth error of the game. Greg Folgia fumbled Selby's grounder at second base to keep the inning alive and that brought Jamie Johnson to the plate. The sophomore right fielder drove the ball deep to center field to bring home the game-tying and go-ahead runs.

Johnson led all Sooners with three RBIs in the game and joined Baker and Hernandez with two-hit performances against Aaron Crow, the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. Crow lasted to the seventh inning with two runs allowed, one earned, off six hits. Ryan Allen relieved Crow for 2/3 of an inning and Kyle Gibson (9-2) gave up the final two hits and runs in the ninth.

"What a tremendous college baseball game," said OU head coach Sunny Golloway. "I am really proud of our student-athletes. They continue to fight and like I said, baseball reveals character and there's some character that was revealed today."

Missouri jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning and took advantage of two walks by OU starter Ryan Duke and an error on catcher J.T. Wise. Greg Folgia, who walked to lead off the frame, scored the game's first run after moving to third base on a throwing error on Wise. Folgia came around to score on Jacob Priday's fielder's choice.

OU countered in the bottom of the second inning and tied the game after Bryant Hernandez brought home Jarod Freeman on a fielder's choice.

In the top of the third, Missouri regained the one-run advantage as Priday struck again with a RBI single to plate Folgia from second base.

Priday drove in his third run of the game on a hard-hit single up the middle that ended the night for Duke. The freshman had four strikeouts but allowed three runs, two earned, off five hits and four walks over 4 2/3 innings pitched.

The Sooners narrowed the gap in the bottom of the fifth as Jamie Johnson singled in Bryant Hernandez, who doubled with one out earlier in the frame and brought the game within one run at 3-2.

The Sooners conclude pool play on Saturday at 9 a.m. against No. 5 seeded Texas. The Longhorns (1-1) lost the opener, 3-2, to Missouri on Wednesday in extra innings and defeated Texas A&M, 15-9, earlier on Thursday.

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