Rocha Tosses Complete Game in 10-1 Victory

April 1, 2011

Oklahoma 10, Texas Tech 1
Box Score |

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TTU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
OU	0	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	X	10	11	1

Pitching	IP	H	R	E	BB	SO
W - Rocha (7-0)	9.0	3	1	1	1	5
L - Paiz (3-1)	4.0	9	9	7	1	2

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - Bushyhead	4	3	2	3	0	0
TTU - Hagen	4	0	1	1	1	0

Game Notes
OU has won each of the last nine series openers with Texas Tech ... Michael Rocha has lasted at least seven innings in all seven starts this season and has also posted at least five strikeouts in each start ... OU fell behind for just the second time this season with Rocha on the mound ... The Sooners also trailed early against UALR on March 11 and won 11-4 despite trailing 3-2 after the top of the fifth Freshman second baseman Drew Dahlberg made his first career start on Friday ... He is the fifth different Sooner to start at second base in 2011 ... Caleb Bushyhead drove in a season-high three runs, tying his career high for RBI ... Chris Ellison hit his first homer of the season and eighth of his career ... It also marked the second homer in Big 12 play this year for the Sooners ... OU scored eight runs in the first five Big 12 games this season ... Garrett Buechele extended his hitting streak to eight games.

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NORMAN, Okla. -- Senior captain Michael Rocha improved to 7-0 after he tossed his second complete game of the year en route to No. 7 Oklahoma's 10-1 win over Texas Tech Friday night at L. Dale Mitchell Park in front of 2,002 fans.

The Sooners improved to 20-6 overall and 3-3 in Big 12 play while the Red Raiders fell to 17-9 and 4-3.

Rocha's first complete game of 2011 came back on March 3 at San Diego State and he has lasted at least seven innings in all seven starts. He entered Friday night tied for the national lead in victories and is one shy of tying his single season best total for wins set in 2010.

“He is poised and that's the thing, he doesn't get rattled,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway on the Sooners' ace after he gave up a run in the first.

On top of the strong pitching performance, the Sooner offense was equally impressive with 10 runs scored off 11 hits, including three extra-base hits and a home run from Chris Ellison.

“We really played well,” added Golloway. “Our bats really came to life tonight.”

Texas Tech got out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning but were held scoreless for the rest of the game. Rocha only allowed three hits in the game and all three came in the first three frames. After giving up a leadoff single in the third, Rocha retired 14 straight up until the seventh inning. He walked one batter and struck out five.

Texas Tech freshman David Paiz (3-1), who made his first career Big 12 start on Friday, surrendered nine runs, seven earned, off nine hits in four innings of work.

The Sooners were held scoreless in the first but Caleb Bushyhead put OU on the board with a RBI single in the second to score Cameron Seitzer. Bushyhead later scored on a wild pitch and then Seitzer came around on Chris Ellison's two-run homer to right field.

Bushyhead, who tied a career high with three RBIs, kept his hot streak rolling with a double in the third to plate Garrett Buechele and Max White. The Sooners built a comfortable 7-1 lead after three frames that they would not relinquish.

Oklahoma plated two more runs in the fifth off of a two run single by Casey Johnson, and Ellison scored the Sooners final run in the seventh.

The Sooners play the Red Raiders again on Saturday at 7 p.m. with the Sooner Sports Network broadcasting the game on KREF 1400 AM. The contest will also be televised nationally on ESPNU.

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