Oklahoma Tops Oral Roberts 5-2

March 27, 2012

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ORU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	2
Oklahoma	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	5	8	0

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Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W-Coshow (2-0)	5.0	2	0	0	6	1
L-Smith (1-1)	3.0	5	4	3	1	3
S-John (4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0

Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - White	4	1	2	2	0	0
ORU- King	3	0	1	0	2	0

Game Notes

OU has won six of the last 10 meetings with ORU, including three of the last four ... Max White has hit safely in 17 of the last 19 games with nine multi-hit performances ... White has 21 RBI in the last 19 contests after having two in the first seven games ... In his third straight start, freshman Brian Brightwell recorded his third straight multi-hit game with two base knocks ... Hunter Lockwood recorded his seventh multi-RBI game of the season (second best on team) ... The OU pitchers have allowed two or fewer earned runs in four of the last five games ... The Sooners have scored first in four of their last five wins ... OU leads the Big 12 with 26 double plays turned, including eight in the last five games.

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NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 24 Oklahoma baseball team recorded its fifth victory in the last six games on Tuesday with a 5-2 win over visiting Oral Roberts.

“We needed to get momentum back on our side,” said Max White when asked about coming back on Saturday at Texas Tech after falling to 0-4 in Big 12 play.

It marked the first regular season meeting between the in-state rivals since 2004. OU improved to 16-10 overall this season and 33-29 all-time against Oral Roberts (10-13).

“It's a good win at home over a quality opponent,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway.

White gave the Sooners a 2-0 lead in the first inning of a two-run single with the bases loaded. OU pushed its lead to 4-0 after Hunter Lockwood's Big 12-leading seventh homer of the year.

The Sooners took a 5-0 lead after four innings on Jack Mayfield's sacrifice fly and Cale Coshow held the Golden Eagles scoreless until the sixth inning. Coshow tossed five scoreless innings before walking the leadoff hitter in the sixth, who later came around to score with reliever Kindle Ladd on the mound.

Coshow improved to 2-0 in his second straight start with five innings. He improved to 1-0 in his first appearance as a Sooner last week in the start against Air Force. ORU starter Alec (1-1) Smith only lasted three innings with four runs allowed, three earned.

The Sooner hurlers limited the Golden Eagles to three hits, a season best for Oklahoma. The Sooners eight hits were paced by multi-hit performances by White, Brian Brightwell and Caleb Bushyhead.

OU welcomes Kansas State for a Big 12 series starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday is set for 2 p.m. and the finale on Sunday is slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

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