OU Blanks Shockers in Wichita, 15-0

April 8, 2009

No. 11 OU 15, Wichita State 0 | Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OU	0	0	0	3	3	0	6	3	0	15	14	0
WSU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Richards (4-1)	4.0	1	0	0	2	7
L - Flynn (1-2)	1.2	5	6	6	2	6
S - none	-	-	-	-	-	-

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - Wise	4	1	3	2	0	1
OU - J.Johnson	5	4	3	1	1	0

GAME NOTES
OU is 12-10 all-time against Wichita State with wins in each of the last five games ... The Sooners' 15-0 victory was the largest margin of victory in the history of the series and OU's second win all-time at Wichita (2-8, last win in 1992) ... The Sooners are 6-2 against the Shockers under head coach Sunny Golloway ... J.T. Wise's home run in the fourth inning was the 22nd this year by a Sooner with two outs on the board and the 58th overall on the year for OU ... OU leads the Big 12 in home runs with 59 and has cleared the fences in nine of the last 10 games and in 25 of the 33 contests in 2009 ... OU posted its 13th multi-home run game of the season ... In three career games against WSU, Aaron Baker has driven in 10 runs ... OU has scored first in six of the last seven games and 20 overall this season with a 15-5 record ... Jaime Johnson snapped out of an 0-for-15 skid with a RBI triple in the fifth and later added two more hits ... In his last two outings, Garrett Richards has allowed one run off two hits in seven innings pitched with 10 strikeouts ... The Sooners' staff had a season-high 16 strikeouts on Wednesday, marking the sixth time this year it has recorded double digits .... It was also the most strikeouts recorded by OU since March 23, 2007 against Texas A&M (16) ... The Sooners have scored 10 or more runs in 15 games with a perfect record in those contests ... OU batted around the lineup in the seventh inning for the 17th time this season and has scored five or more runs in an inning for the 14th time ... OU's 15-0 victory is the seventh this season decided by double digits.

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WICHITA, Kan. -- The No. 11 University of Oklahoma baseball team (26-7) was firing on all cylinders Wednesday night at Wichita State (18-12) during a 15-0 victory.

Despite another offensive explosion by the Sooners, the pitching staff was the headliner, as Garrett Richards (4-1) led the way with seven of the team's season-high 16 strikeouts.

For the Sooners, Richards (four innings) combined with Jeremy Erben (two innings), J.R. Robinson (one inning), Michael Rocha (one inning) and Jarrett Semler (one inning) for 16 strikeouts. The staff retired the side in order on five occasions and limited WSU to a season-low three hits in the shutout.

Jaime Johnson (3-for-4, four runs, RBI) and J.T. Wise (3-for-4, run, two RBIs) led the offensive that connected for 14 hits.

“Tonight was a complete victory,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. “We played well in all three facets of the game and thought our pitching staff was very strong, especially Garrett Richards' performance.”

After three scoreless innings, Richards and company received all of the run support it needed.

The Sooners started the scoring in the top of the fourth with a trio of two-out runs. Aaron Baker broke up Brian Flynn's no-hitter and laced a double into right-center field to plate Jaime Johnson from third base. Johnson was the Sooners' first base runner of the game and moved to second on Matt Harughty's sacrifice bunt and later to third on his team-leading 11th stolen base. Baker quickly came home as J.T. Wise cleared the fence in left field for his team-high 11th home run of the year. Wise entered Wednesday's contest ranked second in the Big 12 in homers.

Oklahoma scored three more runs in the fifth and benefitted again from a leadoff walk issued by Flynn. The Sooners' manufactured the first run of the frame as Garrett Buechele received the free pass and moved to second on Tyler Ogle's sacrifice bunt. Kaleb Herren plated Buechele on a double to left field and quickly scored as Jaime Johnson tripled to center field. Harughty drove in the third and final run of the fifth inning on a ground out to short.

Richards also had a no-hitter through three innings and was impressive in his sixth start of the year. The hurler tied a career high with seven strikeouts in the predetermined start and allowed one hit and two walks in four innings of work. On the other side, Flynn dropped to 1-2 after surrendering six runs off five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.

In the top of the seventh, Baker put the game out of reach with his ninth home run of the season, a three-run shot to right field that extended the Sooners' lead to 10-0. Earlier in the frame, Chris Ellison scored on a wild pitch. Casey Johnson kept the scoring going in the seventh with a RBI triple and Buechele extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a run-scoring double that gave OU a 12-0 lead.

The Sooners return home to host Texas Tech over the weekend for a three-game Big 12 series. Friday's series opener is slated for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch. Saturday's game will begin at 4 p.m. and the series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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