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March 02, 2015 | Baseball
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RHP-Corey Copping |
RHP-Cameron Allen |
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| Radio | 1400 AM | 1560 AM SoonerSports.tv Toby Rowland | George Frazier |
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| TV/Video | SoonerSports.tv |
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Hunter Haley // Jr. // LFHaley returned to the lineup from a hamstring injury to start each of the last seven games. He found his power-stroke with a two-run jack in Saturday's win over BYU. |
NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma baseball began 2015 at home opening weekend before heading west for the last nine games in Arizona and Nevada. The Sooners are back in the friendly confines of L. Dale Mitchell Park to face Arkansas-Little Rock at 2:00 pm on Tuesday evening.
Overall, Oklahoma is 9-5 on the season and winners of six out of its last seven. Junior Kolbey Carpenter, the National and Big 12 Player of the Week a week ago, leads the Sooners with a .340 batting average to go with four home runs and 11 RBI. Four players are hitting .300-or-better, including junior center fielder Craig Aikin (.327), redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh (.306) and junior Anthony Hermelyn (.302). Aikin leads the team with 14 runs scored and four stolen bases. Hermelyn is second on the team with 11 RBI. Sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse is first on OU with 12 RBI, while scoring eight runs and hitting two homers. Junior right-hander Corey Copping (1-0) gets the nod for his third start of the year. He owns a 3.60 earned run average and has struck out 10 batters in 10 innings of work. Oklahoma is outscoring opponents in runs per game; 6.14-3.71.
Scouting the Trojans
UALR is 3-4 this season, with all their wins at home with a recent series sweep against SIUE. Shortstop Scott Ryan leads the Trojans with a .450 batting average, while also leading the team with six runs and one homerun. UALR will throw RHP Cameron Allen (1-0). On the season, he holds a 2.70 ERA in three appearances and one start across 10 innings.
The Sooner pitching staff leads the Big 12 with 121 strikeouts; averaging a league-best 8.78 per nine innings. The next closes is Oklahoma State at 88 and 8.16. Sophomore right-hander Alec Hansen struck out 12 vs. Oregon State (2/22) and leads the league with 24. Tied for fourth in the Big 12 is sophomore RHP Jake Elliott at 17. Redshirt-junior lefty Adam Choplick ranks eighth in the league with 15. Elliott and Choplick have each set a season-high at seven strikeouts.
Oklahoma is well on its way to surpassing its 30-home run total from 2014. Through 14 games, the Sooners have gone yard 12 times, including a team-leading four from Carpenter. Three of his home runs have come on the road after all three homers he hit in 2014 came away from L. Dale Mitchell Park. Sophomores Austin O'Brien and Neuse are second on the team with two jacks.