OU Falls to ASU, Into Loser's Bracket

May 31, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ASU	0	3	4	0	0	3	1	0	4	15	15	0
OU	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	10	3

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Leake (10-2)	8.0	8	2	2	2	6
L - Duke (7-5)	1.2	3	4	4	2	0
S - NA	-	-	-	-	-	-

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
ASU - Davis	5	3	3	3	1	0
OU - Baker	2	2	2	2	2	2

Game Notes
The Sooners' double play streak ended on Saturday at nine games ... OU had 16 twin killings in that span ... Aljay Davis has 21 hits during his career-high 15-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 23 of the last 24 games (37 hits) ... Aaron Baker's multi-hit streak continued on Saturday with his sixth straight outing with two or more hits in 10 of the last 15 games ... Baker has 13 hits in the last six games with six RBIs ... With 10 hits on Saturday, OU has connected for 10 or more in OU is 67-59 lifetime in the NCAA Tournament in 31 appearances ... The Sooners and Sun Devils have met five times in the NCAA Tournament with ASU leading 3-2 after Saturday's game.

Sooner Baseball Central

2008 OU Baseball Media Guide

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Oklahoma Sooners were unable to overcome an early deficit as they dropped a 15-3 decision to No. 4 Arizona State on Saturday in the 2008 NCAA Tempe Regional in front of 3,744 fans at Packard Stadium.

The Sun Devils capitalized with several big innings, scoring three runs in the third and sixth innings and adding four runs in the third and ninth innings.

The loss drops OU to 35-25-1 overall and places it in the loser's bracket of Sunday's action. OU will face Vanderbilt (41-21) for the second time in an elimination game at 1 p.m. (MST) at Packard Stadium.

"I think it is pretty obvious we are disappointed in the outcome," said OU head coach Sunny Golloway. "It is one loss. We are still playing tomorrow. We will come back with our best effort tomorrow."

Arizona State took an early lead and chased starter Ryan Duke out of the ball game with three runs scored in the second inning off four hits, two errors and a wild pitch. Duke recorded a 1-2-3 inning to start off the game but all of the runs that crossed the plate in the second were earned. Duke lasted 1 2 /3 innings, marking the shortest start of the season for the freshman right-hander.

Tyson Seng helped extinguish Arizona State's offense in the top of the second, facing a bases-loaded situation and getting a ground out to end the frame, but he was not as lucky in the third. Seng's night ended after one inning of action after he allowed four runs off three hits in the top of the third. Greg Bordes and Ryan Sontag each drove in a pair of runs off singles before C.J. Blue recorded the final out of the third in relief of Seng.

Aaron Baker helped OU break up Mike Leake's shutout with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the fourth inning. Baker's seventh home run of the season was sent out in a hurry over the right-field fence and cut the lead down to 7-1. The sophomore added another solo shot in the ninth inning and finished the day with two hits, two walks and two RBIs.

Blue held the Sun Devils' offense at bay through the fourth and fifth innings as OU started to chisel away at the lead with Mike Gosse's RBI single in the fifth inning. But in the top of the sixth, ASU put things out of reach when Mike Jones sent a three-run shot over the fence in right field to extend the lead to 10-2.

ASU starter Mike Leake improved to 10-2 despite scattering eight hits throughout the game and allowing OU to place a runner in scoring position in four of the nine frames. Leake limited OU to two runs over eight innings and received plenty of run support on 15 ASU hits in the contest.

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