Elliott Dominant in 10-1 Win over UW

Washington

Oklahoma

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Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UW	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2
OU	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	4	X	10	8	0

Pitching
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Elliott (2-0)	7.0	3	1	1	2	7
L - Davis (1-1)	6.0	6	6	5	2	3
S - N/A	1.0	2	1	1	0	1

Individual Leaders
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - Carpenter	2	3	1	3	2	1
OU - Ake	4	0	2	3	0	0
OU - O'Brien	3	3	2	0	1	0

Player of the Game
Jake Elliott // So. // P Elliott had all of his pitches working for him as he struck out seven across seven innings of work.

MESA, Ariz. – For the second time in as many starts, sophomore right-hander Jake Elliott (Coppell, Texas) was brilliant as he pitched the University of Oklahoma baseball team to a 10-1 win over Washington in the Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge at Sloan Park on Friday afternoon. The win evened the Sooners' record at 4-4, while the Huskies dropped to 4-2.

“We were struggling [this week],” began head coach Pete Hughes. “We stumbled, which is going to happen during the season, but you also need a guy to get you back on track. Elliott has shown he can be that guy. He was awesome. We needed that kind of performance and it couldn't have come at a better time. He was constantly up in counts and finishing.”

Elliott (2-0) allowed just three hits over seven innings of work. He struck out seven and walked two. The only blemish on his stat line was a solo home run in the seventh by UW first baseman Branden Berry.

The scoring started in the fourth inning for OU. Sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse (Fort Worth, Texas) was the team's first lead-off man to reach base as he drew a walk. An error on the Huskies gave the Sooners two runners in scoring position with no outs. In his first appearance of the season since pulling a hamstring, junior Hunter Haley (Nacogdoches, Texas) delivered Neuse to the plate with a sacrifice-fly to left.

Sophomore first baseman Austin O'Brien (Owasso, Okla.) picked up a single through the left side to put runners on the corners and junior Kolbey Carpenter (Waco, Texas) blasted a three-run home run over the fence in left-center. It was Carpenter's second of the season and seventh of his career.

“Our offense had been struggling for a couple of games. There's nothing like a three-run homer to get everyone to relax.”

O'Brien got things started for Oklahoma in the sixth with a one-out single to left. Carpenter walked and redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh (Broken Arrow, Okla.) advanced both runners with a sacrifice-bunt. Senior third baseman Joshua Ake (Readington, N.J.), making his first start of the season, came through with a two-out, two-strike hit to right field that plated both base runners.

“Two-out, two-strike hits are huge. Ake's a guy that comes to the park every day to win and help the team win. Today he got the job done. I'm very happy for him.”

O'Brien went 2-for-3 with three runs, while Carpenter went 1-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored.

The Sooner bats continued to attack as Washington went to its second reliever of the day. OU loaded the bases on three walks and scored two runs on a pair of wild pitches. Ake picked up his third RBI of the game with a double kicking up chalk behind the third base bag and junior center fielder Craig Aikin (Coppell, Texas) pushed the score to 10-1 with a sacrifice-fly.

Senior right-hander Tyler Davis (1-1) took the loss for the Huskies. He pitched six innings and allowed six runs, five earned, on six hits and two walks to go with three strikeouts.

Junior righties Keaton Hernandez (Palm Springs, Calif.) and Thomas McIlraith (Amarillo, Texas) each threw a shutout-inning of relief for Oklahoma.

The Sooners return to action on Saturday at 2:00 pm CT against Oregon State in Surprise, Ariz.; the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers.

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Players Mentioned

Craig Aikin

Joshua Ake

Taylor Alspaugh

Kolbey Carpenter

Jake Elliott

Hunter Haley

Keaton Hernandez

Mac James

Thomas McIlraith

Sheldon Neuse

Austin O'Brien

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