Tuesday and Wednesday vs. Alcorn State

Alcorn State

No. 23 Oklahoma

April 21-22 | Norman | L. Dale Mitchell Park

Pitching Match-Ups
Alcorn State	Oklahoma
TBA	RHP-Corey Copping 3-0, 1.96, 27 Ks
TBA	LHP-Adam Choplick 2-1, 3.45, 39

On the Air
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Player to Watch
Kolbey Carpenter // Jr. // IF On Monday, Carpenter became the first Sooner to earn three Big 12 Player of the Week honors in one season. He hit .421 in four games last week.

Next Home Series
Oklahoma vs. Sam Houston State L. Dale Mitchell Park Tickets: April 24 \| April 25 \| April 26 The Sooners' current five-game homestand continues with a non-conference series against Sam Houston State this weekend.

NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma baseball is at home for a five-game stand at L. Dale Mitchell Park beginning with two midweek games against Alcorn State. The Sooners and Braves take the field at 6:00 pm both Tuesday and Wednesday night.

The No. 23 Sooners return home with an overall record of 26-16 and are 10-5 in Big 12 play. Junior center fielder Craig Aikin leads Oklahoma with a .358 batting average, 34 runs scored and 11 doubles. Junior second baseman Kolbey Carpenter, a three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, is second at .350 with a team-high seven home runs and .558 slugging percentage to go with 30 RBI. Junior Anthony Hermelyn (.313) has collected a team-leading 19-multi-hit games and a career-best 28 RBI. Redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh (.308) is riding a 17-game reached base streak and sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse (.306) rounds out a group of five hitting .300-or-better with a Big 12-leading 34 RBI to go with six home runs. Junior right-hander Corey Copping (3-0) gets the nod on Tuesday and redshirt-junior lefty Adam Choplick (2-1) goes on Wednesday. Copping sports a 1.96 earned run average with 27 strikeouts in 28.1 innings, while Choplick sits at 3.45 with 39 Ks in 28.2 innings of work.

Promotions

It's “Tasty Tuesday” at the ballpark for game one of the midweek series. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be available for $.50, while supplies last. On Wednesday, “Baseball BINGO” returns as the first 500 fans will get a baseball bingo card and the first five winners will go home with a prize.

Bedlam Tickets on Sale

Oklahoma is the home team at this year' “Bedlam Series”, which takes place May 1-3 with game one at Tulsa's ONEOK Field and the remaining two played at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 14 at $22 per ticket for each game. Tickets will be available at the OU box office at Memorial Stadium or over the phone at 405-325-2424.

Bases Loaded for Carpenter

Carpenter earned a record-setting third Big 12 Player of the Week honor on April 20. Carpenter became the first Sooner to ever earn the award three times in a season and just the third in league history to do so. He hit .421 (8-for-19) in a 2-2 week for Oklahoma. Carpenter slugged .684 with a .450 on-base percentage for an impressive 1.134 OPS. He hit the decisive two-run home run in a 2-0 win at West Virginia (4/17) in a two-hit night before adding a two-hit game on Saturday and a three-hit game on Sunday.

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 13 games with six starts across 51 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 .279 (17-for-61) with eight RBI. Junior Jacob Evans has also stepped to the plate for 13 at-bats this season and has five hits, including a walk-off home run.