Baylor Ends Sooners' Winning Streak

Baylor 8, No. 12 Oklahoma 3
Box Score (PDF) |

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

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Fritsch (2-3)	5.0	6	3	3	3	6
L - Neal (8-3)	3.0	4	5	5	3	2
SV - Verrett (1)	4.0	3	0	0	0	6

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - White	5	1	3	0	0	0
BU - Towey	3	1	2	3	1	0

GAME NOTES
The Sooners are 22-5 when scoring first after failing to secure victory on Friday with the game initial's run ... Junior Danny Black's two triples in the game tied three records on Friday (school, Big 12 single game and conference tournament record) ... Black has six triples on the year, the most by a Sooner since 2000 when Tommy Whiteman had 10 ... Sophomore Garrett Buechele produced his team-leading 29th multiple-hit game of the season with a 2-for-5 evening ... Buechele extended his hitting streak to seven games and has hit safely in 28 of the last 30 games ... Sophomore Tyler Ogle hit his third home run in the last seven games after starting the year with four in the first 29 contests ... Freshman Max White tied a career with three hits, marking the eighth time he has accomplished the feat ... OU is 23-23 all-time in the Big 12 Championship and 7-7 in pool play, a format that originated in 2006.

Sooner Baseball Central

Main Page | Ticket Information | Webcasts

2010 OU Baseball Media Guide | 2010 Game Notes

Oklahoma Season Statistics | Big 12 Conference | NCAA

May 28, 2010

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The No. 12 Sooners' eight-game winning streak ended on Friday night in their second game of the Big 12 Championship, as Baylor produced an 8-3 victory. The loss drops Oklahoma to 43-15 overall and ends its chances of advancing to Sunday's Championship game.

Friday night's game featured a five-run Baylor third inning that Oklahoma was never able to fully recover from. Despite scoring a run in the top of the third, the Sooners fell behind for good in the bottom half of the frame as the Bears scored all five runs with two outs.

"We didn't seem ourselves today. We didn't play well," said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. "I told them (players) we were eliminated and we have to wash that because we are getting ready to enter NCAA play, which is double elimination."

Baylor improved to 33-21 with the win and advances to Sunday's final as it holds the tiebreaker over Kansas State and OU with a 2-0 record.

Meanwhile, the Sooners conclude pool play in the Big 12 Championship on Saturday, May 29 against No. 3 seed Kansas State (1-1). First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

"It has to mean something," said Golloway on the importance of tomorrow's game. "I hope our fans will roll out and support us and watch us fight as hard as we can. We need to find victory tomorrow. It could be the difference between Okahoma hosting or going on the road."

Baylor starter Craig Fritsch (2-3) led the way on the mound after he lasted five innings. Fritsch gave up three runs and then the staff ace, Logan Verrett, closed the door for his first save of the season with three shutout innings.

Zach Neal (8-3) turned in his second shortest outing of the year for OU and the three innings only trailed his other start against Baylor on March 19 (2 IP).

Neal was relieved by J.R. Robinson who struck out six over 3 2/3 innings but surrendered two runs off three hits.

Oklahoma struck first in the top of the third as Garrett Buechele came home from third base on a wild pitch. In the bottom half of that same frame, Baylor produced a five-run, two-out rally to take its first lead.

The Sooners' 14-game streak with a home run ended in the Big 12 opener on Wednesday, but Tyler Ogle started another one for OU with a two-run shot in the fifth. The two-out blast on an 0-2 count cut the Bears' lead down to 5-3.

That was as close as Oklahoma would get as it stranded nine base runners off nine hits. Baylor scored all eight of its runs with two outs on the board and stranded three runners off nine hits.

Next Event

Sponsors

University of Oklahoma Athletics