Sooners Pound Baylor in Finale, 13-3

Oklahoma

Baylor

Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OU	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	13	21	0
BU	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	10	4

Pitching
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Tasin (5-1)	6.0	7	2	2	0	4
L - Hessemer (1-1)	0.1	6	8	8	1	0
S - N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-

Individual Leaders
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - Aikin	6	2	4	0	0	0
OU - Hermelyn	6	2	3	3	0	0
OU - Wise	5	2	3	3	0	0

Player of the Game
Robert Tasin // RSr. // RHP In an unexpected start, Tasin picks up his second-straight Sunday win to move to 5-1 on the season with a 1.44 ERA.

WACO, Texas – The University of Oklahoma baseball team came out of the gates strong with an eight-run first inning on the way to a 13-3 win over Baylor in the series finale at Ferrell Field on Sunday afternoon. The Sooners improved to 18-12 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12 with a 21-hit effort. The Bears dropped to 12-15 and 4-5.

Oklahoma totaled eight hits in the first inning; starting with a base hit by junior second baseman Kolbey Carpenter (Waco, Texas) to lead off the game. The Sooners loaded the bases with no outs after a walk to redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and a bunt-single by junior center fielder Craig Aikin (Coppell, Texas). The first run of the game came in on a base hit to right by junior first baseman Anthony Hermelyn (McKinney, Texas).

Sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse (Fort Worth, Texas) and junior third baseman Alex Wise (Neosho, Mo.) each picked up RBI-singles around another run produced by a fielder's choice. Junior left fielder Hunter Haley (Nacogdoches, Texas) broke the game open with a two-run single to push the lead to 6-0. Two more runs scored on a sac-fly by Carpenter and a RBI-single from Alspaugh.

Redshirt-senior right-hander Robert Tasin (Klein, Texas) earned the spot start and went a career-high six innings. He picked up his team- and league-leading fifth win of the season as he improved to 5-1 on the year. He scattered seven hits and allowed two runs, while striking out four and not offering a single walk.

Right-hander Kody Hessemer (1-1) got just one out in the start for Baylor as he was tagged for eight runs on six hits and a walk.

Leading 8-2, Oklahoma added a run in the seventh. Wise led off with a bunt-single and moved into scoring position on an error by the BU pitcher. Sophomore Austin O'Brien (Owasso, Okla.) provided a pinch-hit single to put runners on the corners and Wise was able to score on a groundball off the bat of junior catcher Chris Shaw (Winnipeg, Man.).

The Sooners kept hitting into the eighth and pushed across three more runs. Aikin led off with a triple to that one-hopped the wall in right-center and scored on a base hit up the middle by Hermelyn with the infield in. Neuse walked and he and Hermelyn both moved into scoring position on a double-steal. Wise picked up both runners with his third hit of the day to push the lead to 12-2.

After Baylor got a run back in the bottom of the eighth, Oklahoma got one more in the top of the ninth. Alspaugh lined his second hit of the day and went first-to-third on Aikin's fourth knock of the game. Hermelyn then produced his third RBI-single of the game to bring across Alspaugh and push the game to its final score of 13-3.

The Sooners' 21 hits were the second most in a game this season. Eight players recorded multi-hit games. Aikin finished 4-for-6 with two runs scored. Hermelyn went 3-for-6 and Wise was 3-for-5, while each drove in three runs.

Oklahoma is back in action for four home games this week, beginning with Central Arkansas at L. Dale Mitchell Park Tuesday night at 6:00 pm.

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Players Mentioned

Craig Aikin

Taylor Alspaugh

Kolbey Carpenter

Hunter Haley

Anthony Hermelyn

Mac James

Sheldon Neuse

Austin O'Brien

Chris Shaw

Robert Tasin

Robert Tasin

Alex Wise

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