Baseball Road Swing Wraps at WVU

No. 23 Oklahoma

West Virginia

April 17-19 | Morgantown, W.Va. | Monongalia County Ballpark

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Pitching Match-Ups
Oklahoma	West Virginia
RHP-Jake Elliott 3-3, 68, 50 Ks	RHP-BJ Myers 2-1, 3.63, 33 Ks
RHP-Alec Hansen 4-4, 3.40, 69	LHP-Ross Vance 5-2, 2.79, 46
RHP-Robert Tasin 6-1, 1.66, 36	RHP-Chad Donato 5-3, 1.61, 40

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Radio	KREF 1400 AM \| KEBC 1560 AM Toby Rowland
TV/Video	N/A

Player to Watch
Robert Tasin // RSr. // RHP Tasin has pitched six innings in each of his three conference starts and hitting .308 (4-for-13) in his last three games.

Next Home Games
Oklahoma vs. Alcorn State L. Dale Mitchell Park Tickets: April 21 \| April 22 A stretch of five home games next week starts when Alcorn State comes to Norman for a pair of midweek, non-conference match-ups.

NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma baseball finishes off a stretch of seven out of eight games on the road with a Big 12 series at West Virginia. Game times are set for 5:00 pm Friday, 3:00 pm Saturday and 11:00 am on Sunday. All times listed are central.

The No. 23 Sooners hit the road with an overall record of 24-15 and are tied atop of the Big 12 standings with Oklahoma State at 8-4. Junior center fielder Craig Aikin leads Oklahoma with a .358 batting average, 32 runs scored and 10 doubles. Junior second baseman Kolbey Carpenter is second at .336 with a team-high six home runs and .530 slugging percentage to go with 27 RBI. Redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh has reached base in 14 straight games and sports a .321 average. Junior first baseman Anthony Hermelyn (.312) and sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse (.302) round out a group of five Sooners hitting .300-or-better. Sophomore right-handers Jake Elliott (3-3) and Alec Hansen (4-4) will start the Friday and Saturday games for OU. Elliott owns a 2.68 earned run average to go with 50 strikeouts and a .222 batting average against. Hansen has struck out a team-high 69 with a 3.40 ERA, while opponents are hitting just .224 off him.

Scouting the Mountaineers

In its third year in the Big 12 under head coach Randy Mazey, West Virginia is 21-13 this season and 4-5 in league play. Kyle Davis leads the squad with a .378 batting average on 54 hits with 30 runs. Tied for 11th in the NCAA with 35 homeruns this season, the Mountaineers are led by shortstop Taylor Munden's eight homers and 22 RBI. On the mound for the game one of the series, RHP BJ Myers gets the ball. He has 33 strikeouts 39 innings.

All-Time vs. WVU

Since joining the Big 12 in 2013, the Mountaineers lead the Sooners 4-2 with the all-time series at 4-3 dating back to 2012. In their first meeting, on March 10, 2012 in Eugene, Ore. at the NIKE Showcase, No. 16 Oklahoma beat West Virginia, 5-2. Dillon Overton pitched a complete game, while striking out six and walking none.

200 Hits and Counting

In the series opener at Texas (4/10), Aikin collected the 200th hit of his career with a single in the second and later came around to score. He is the 17th player on record at OU to reach the 200-hit mark and the first since Max White, who finished his career with 269, in 2013. Aikin's career total is up to 207.

Hits by Pitchers

Redshirt-senior Robert Tasin made 37 appearances on the mound, including five starts, in his first two seasons with OU. This year, he has pitched in 10 games with three starts across 31.1 innings. To add depth to the Sooner bench and lineup from the left side of the plate, Tasin picked up a bat this offseason and is currently hitting .255 (14-for-55) with six RBI. Junior Jacob Evans has also stepped to the plate for 12 at-bats this season and has five hits, including a walk-off home run.

Scouting the Mountaineers

200 Hits and Counting

Hits by Pitchers

Players Mentioned

Craig Aikin

Taylor Alspaugh

Kolbey Carpenter

Jake Elliott

Jake Elliott

Jacob Evans

Alec Hansen

Alec Hansen

Anthony Hermelyn

Sheldon Neuse

Robert Tasin

Robert Tasin

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