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University of Oklahoma Athletics
No. 16 OU Heads to No. 11 San Diego
February 23, 2009 | Baseball
Feb. 23, 2009
| No. 16 Sooners (4-0) vs. No. 11 San Diego (2-1) | |
| Location | Cunningham Baseball Stadium |
| Game 5 | Tuesday, Feb. 24 - 4 p.m. CT |
| Game 6 | Wednesday, Feb. 25 - 4 p.m. CT |
| Online | Live Stats | Live Audio |
| Game Information | Game Notes | 2009 Media Guide |
NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 16 Sooners (4-0) will face their first road test of the season at No. 11 San Diego (2-1) on Feb. 24-25. OU will also be facing its first ranked opponent after sweeping Western Illinois in a four-game set over the weekend. The Sooners and Toreros will face off on Tuesday at 4 p.m. CT at Cunningham Baseball Stadium. The midweek series concludes on Wednesday with another 4 p.m. first pitch.
OU and San Diego have met on three previous occasions with the Sooners owning a 2-1 edge. the most recent meeting came two in 2007 at Petco Park in San Diego. Oklahoma won that meeting, 6-4, over then No. 22 San Diego in the Tony Gwynn Classic. The Sooners also won the first meeting in the series, a 10-9 win over the Toreros in 1994 in Fullerton, Calif. San Diego's lone win in the series came in 2001, a 14-2 victory in San Diego.
San Diego was picked along with Pepperdine to win the West Coast Conference. The Toreros won the league last season with a 44-17 overall mark and 16-5 conference record. San Diego returns 17 letterwinners from that squad which is led again by 11th-year head coach Rich Hill. Toreros opened the season at the MLB Urban Classic and defeated Southern University and Bethune Cookman, while dropping Sunday's contest to San Diego St.
Junior RHP A.J. Griffin is perhaps the star of San Diego's 2009 squad. Griffin is on the Golden Spikes Watch list after saving 14 games a year ago with a 1.96 ERA. Offensively, rightfielder James Meador, a first team all-conference member in 2008, led San Diego with a .374 average with 57 RBIs last season.
SAN DIEGO SERIES INFORMATION
OU leads 2-1
First Meeting: OU won 10-9, Feb. 27, 1994 (Fullerton, Calif.)
Last Meeting: OU won 6-4, March 10, 2007 (San Diego, Calif. - Petco Park)
GAME 5 - Tuesday, Feb. 24
First Pitch 4 p.m. CST
OU Starter J.R. Robinson - LHP (0-0)
SD Starter Darrin Campbell- RHP (0-0)
Audio All-Access/Soonersports.com
GAME 6 - Wednesday, Feb. 25
First Pitch 4 p.m. CST
OU Starter Michael Rocha - RHP (0-0)
WIU Starter Matt Thomson (0-0)
Audio All-Access/Soonersports.com
PLAYER TO WATCH - JAMIE JOHNSON
The Sooners' leadoff hitter set the table against Western Illinois with 10 hits (3 doubles, 2 triples, homer) and drove in four runs while also stealing two bases on two attempts.
UP NEXT
OU stays on the road for a four-game set over the weekend at Washington State (Feb. 27-March 1). OU and the Cougars will start the series on Friday at 5:30 p.m. CT. On Saturday, the teams will begin a doubleheader at 2 p.m. and then conclude the series on Sunday at 2 p.m. OU returns home on March 3 to host a doubleheader ith Arkansas Little Rock at L. Dale Mitchell Park. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. in Norman.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The two-game series with San Diego will be broadcast live on the internet via Oklahoma All-Access,SoonerSports.com's premium paid site.
LIVE STATS
Live stats are available for all games on SoonerSports.com to both media and fans. This feature allows individuals to follow a live box score of the game. The box score gives a detailed play-by-play as well as updated stats as the game progresses. All home games and most of the team's road games can be viewed on www.SoonerSports.com.
LAST TIME OUT
The Sooners began the 2009 season with a four-game sweep of Western Illinois. OU scored in double digits in three of the contests and outscored the Leathernecks, 59-16. OU leads the all-time series with WIU, 18-1, and has won 17 straight over the Leathernecks.
SCORING RUNS
The Sooners have scored 59 runs after four games this season, averaging 14.75 runs per contest. It took the 2008 Sooners nine games to reach that same total. In addition, OU has eight homers in 2009, a total that was also reached after nine games last season. Seven different Sooners have homered in 2009.
4-0 STARTS
The last time an OU team started a season 4-0 was in 1998 when the Sooners rattled off 12 straight wins to begin the campaign.
Monday, August 17
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