Doubleheader on Tuesday vs. UALR

April 15, 2013


	Junior Hector Lorenzana

No. 10 OU (28-8, 8-4 Big 12) vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (16-18)
Game 1	Tuesday, April 16, 3 p.m. CT
Game 2	Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m. CT
Location	Norman, Okla. \| L. Dale Mitchell Park
TV Game 1	FS Southwest
TV Game 2	Fox College Sports Central
Radio	KREF 1400
Live Stats	SoonerSports.com
Game Info	Game Notes (PDF)
Additional Info	Twitter \| Instagram \| Media Guide

NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 10 University of Oklahoma baseball team plays host to the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans in a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday, April 16, with the first game set to begin at 3 p.m. CT. Both games will air live on KREF 1400, with game one shown on FSN Southwest and game two over on FCS Central. UALR and the Sooners last met up in 2011 in a three-game series, with OU claiming two games to UALR's one. Overall, OU leads the all-time series 21-3.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
Fans can buy hot dogs and sodas for 50 cents apiece while supplies last on Tuesday. In addition, fans who follow @OU_Baseball and @SoonerSportscom on Twitter can receive a discounted ticket of $4 by ordering online at SoonerSports.com.

LAST WEEK
Oklahoma won the middle game a three-game series at Baylor last weekend while losing the two remaining games in a pair of nailbiters. In game one, OU tied the game in the top of the ninth at 1-1, but Baylor answered with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the inning. In game two, OU's Dillon Overton won his league-best seventh game, striking out eight in a 3-1 win. The Sooners and Bears battled in a high-scoring affair with the Bears winning 12-10 in game three.

A LOOK AT ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK
At 16-18 overall this season, UALR is led by Blake Johnson, a .333 hitter with 38 hits, 11 doubles and a team-high six homers in 31 starts on the year. Ben Crumpton leads the Trojans with 45 hits and 14 doubles. The bulk of the UALR pitching has come from Chance Cleveland (3.00 ERA, 4-5, 63.0 IP, 61 K) and Blake Huffman (3.09 ERA, 4-2, 55.1 IP, 46 K).

PLAYER TO WATCH -- HUNTER HALEY
The freshman leftfielder led Oklahoma last week in the Sooners' series at Baylor, going 5-for-10 with a home run, two RBI and two runs, slugging .800 over the three games, including a 3-for-4 day with two RBI in game three of the series. Haley, a native of Nacogdoches, Texas, has played in 35 games with 31 starts this season.
2013 Season Stats: .284, 16 R, 29 H, 1 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .412 SLG%, 10 BB, 7 SB

ALL-AMERICAN ACES
OU sports a pair of 2013 preseason All-American aces in its weekend rotation in junior righty Jonathan Gray and junior southpaw Dillon Overton.

Overton is 7-2 with a 2.20 ERA and has fanned 59 against just 13 walks over 68.1 innings. Overton went eight innings with eight strikeouts for the Sooners last Saturday to earn the win at Baylor. The junior walked just two and gave up only one earned run for his seventh victory, the most of any pitcher in the Big 12. Overton also is second in the league behind teammate Jonathan Gray averaging 8.13 strikeouts per game, helping OU maintain its place atop the Big 12 standings. The award was the second for Overton, who was also named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after fanning seven over seven frames while surrendering just two hits to help power Oklahoma to a 10-4 victory over Hofstra on opening day.

Gray, who is 6-1, leads the starting rotation with a 1.19 ERA and a team-high 81 strikeouts over 68.1 innings of work. The junior ranks third in the nation in strikeouts, fifth in WHIP and ninth in hits allowed per nine innings.

Gray has won three Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors, becoming the 13th pitcher to earn three or more Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors in a single season and the first Sooner to do so. The junior from Chandler, Okla., tied a career high with 12 strikeouts against Kansas to earn the honor, going all nine innings in a 12-1 win in the series opener. Gray took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, ultimately allowing just two hits, one run and no walks.

Gray was also named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after Oklahoma rode his arm to a 4-0 victory at then-No. 12-ranked UCLA three weeks ago in Los Angeles. Gray put together a masterful performance on the mound for OU, fanning eight over seven scoreless frames. He followed that effort up by fanning a career-high 12 in a complete-game effort to push OU to a 1-0 victory over Northwestern State. Gray, who tossed his first complete-game shutout in the triumph over the Demons, was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the second week in a row.

Oklahoma in the Polls
Date	BB America	USA/ESPN	Coll. BB	NCBWA
Preseason	19	16	14	17
Feb. 18	18	-	14	15
Feb. 25	18	12	10	15
March 4	17	12	10	14
March 11	23	17	19	20
March 18	17	16	18	18
March 25	14	12	11	14
April 1	13	13	10	13
April 8	9	10	8	11
April 15	11	13	10	13