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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, April 28
Lawrence, Kan.
6:00 PM
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White Powers OU to Series-Clinching Win
April 28, 2012 | Baseball
April 28, 2012
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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Max White had his seventh straight game with multiple hits and No. 23 Oklahoma recorded a convincing 8-2 win on Saturday over Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark.
White, who entered the game fourth in the Big 12 in batting average and RBI, has been on a tear all season but has been especially hot in the last seven games. During the hitting streak, White is hitting .533 (16-for-30) with 13 RBI, including eight runs driven in with two outs on the board.
"That's baseball. The ball gets big every now and then and, right now, I am seeing it well," said White. "It's good to see the guys get going. I am just trying to stay consistent and set the tone."
The win was the Sooners' 10th in the last 12 games and moved them to one game above .500 in Big 12 play at 9-8 (28-16). It also clinched the series win for Oklahoma, which has won 10 straight games over Kansas (17-27, 4-13) and three straight series.
KU left the bases loaded in the second inning but plated the game's first run on a sacrifice fly in the third inning by Jordan Dreiling, an unearned run off Sooner starter Jonathan Gray.
OU also left the bases loaded in the third inning and finally got the offense going in the fifth inning. Max White, the Sooners' hottest hitter, blasted his second homer of the year and 20th blast of his career in the fifth inning.
The homer helped Gray settle down on the mound and last 6 1/3 innings with just the one earned run off four hits. Gray did encounter another bases loaded jam in the seventh inning but reliever Steven Okert induced a double play to end the threat.
Gray improved to 4-4 on the season in his fifth straight start with at least 5 2/3 innings.
"I thought the way Jon Gray turned around and pitched, after he didn't have his stuff early, was great," said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. "He was walking guys and we talked to him in the dugout after three innings and he really came back and focused. He was better his last three (innings) than his first three."
In the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, Gray faced one batter over the minimum and struck out the side in the sixth.
Kansas' offense struggled throughout the game and stranded 11 base runners off six hits. The Sooners did strand nine runners of their own but pounded out 12 hits, the most since collecting 14 on April 14 in a win over Missouri. In addition to White, Hunter Lockwood (2-for-5, RBI), Caleb Bushyhead (2-for-4) and Evan Mistich (3-for-3, RBI) all contributed multiple-hit games.
White also led the Sooners with a career-high five RBIs and drove in a pair during OU's five-run ninth inning. The Sooners took a 5-1 lead on White's single to centerfield and Cody Reine followed with a triple for extra insurance. OU wasn't done as it received a RBI single by Lockwood and a RBI double by Mistich, who came off the bench and connected on three doubles in the game.
The Jayhawks plated a late run off the Sooner bullpen with Jacob Rhame on the mound. Okert did not allow a run or hit in his 1 2/3 innings of relief.
"I like the way we are coming together," added Golloway. "We have to continue to press forward, keep moving and not look back. It really doesn't matter what the rest of the Big 12 does right now. We are just fighting to get every win we came before the Big 12 tournament and that is what we will focus on tomorrow."
The series finale is slated for noon on Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark on KREF 1400 AM.
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