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No. 11 Oklahoma State

No. 25 Oklahoma

May 1 | Tulsa | ONEOK Field
May 2-3 | OKC | Bricktown Ballpark

Pitching Match-Ups
Oklahoma State	Oklahoma
RHP-Jon Perrin 4-4, 3.88, 50 Ks	RHP-Jake Elliott 4-3, 2.15, 65 Ks
LHP-Michael Freeman 7-2, 1.17, 70	RHP-Alec Hansen 4-4, 3.71, 81
LHP-Tyler Nurdin 2-2, 2.50, 31	RHP-Robert Tasin 7-2, 1.93, 41

On the Air
Radio	1400 AM \| 1560 AM SoonerSports.tv Toby Rowland \| Chris Plank
TV/Video	FCSC (Friday) SoonerSports.tv (Saturday/Sunday) Chad McKee \| Mickey Tettleton

Player to Watch
Kolbey Carpenter // Jr. // 2B Carpenter has notched eight multi-hit games over the last nine and leads the Sooners with 22 on the season, while hitting .372.

NORMAN, Okla. – In 2014, the Bedlam Series stretched into the Big 12 Tournament and spanned seven games throughout the season. The No. 25 Oklahoma baseball team hosts No.11 Oklahoma State in this year's series beginning Friday at 7:00 pm in Tulsa; seeking to avenge a non-conference defeat earlier in April.

The No. 25 Sooners are looking to end a short, three-game slide and push their 29-19 overall record to the 30-win mark and jostle for position at the top of the Big 12 with a 10-5 conference record. Junior second baseman Kolbey Carpenter, a three-time Big 12 Player of the Week honoree, leads Oklahoma with a .372 batting average and .574 slugging percentage on eight home runs. Junior center fielder Craig Aikin is second on the team at .348 with 38 runs scored and a team-leading 12 doubles. Junior first baseman/catcher Anthony Hermelyn is hitting .305 with 32 RBI on 10 doubles and two home runs after going deep on Tuesday at Wichita State. The OU rotation is anchored by Friday starter and sophomore right-hander Jake Elliott. He is 4-3 with a 2.15 earned run average.

Scouting the Cowboys

Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 with 12-6 conference record and sits at 29-14 overall. In his third year with the program, head coach Josh Holliday led the Cowboys to their first Big 12 Conference championship in 2014 and back-to-back NCAA Tournaments appearances. Second baseman Tim Arakawa, who has scored a team-high 34 runs and driven in 32, is hitting .301, while outfielder Corey Hassel leads the way at .316. Left-hander Michael Freeman (7-2) gets the nod Friday with a 1.17 ERA.

Bedlam 2014

In last year's Bedlam, Oklahoma went 1-2, salvaging the final game of the regular season with an 8-1 win over No. 6 Oklahoma State. Hermelyn led the offense with two hits and two RBI. With four runs in the first, Oklahoma led for the first time in the three-game series. The Sooners saw two more runs in both the fourth and eighth innings to solidify the win.

All-Time vs. OSU

Winning the first game of a 70-year tradition, Oklahoma trails Oklahoma State in the all-time record 111-117. The Sooners hold the longest win-streak of the series an 11-game stretch from 1976 to 1978. Last year the Sooners held a 2-5 season record against the Cowboys.

#YardWork

Oklahoma surpassed its 30-home run total from 2014 with Shaw hitting the team's 31st of the season against Sam Houston State (4/25). Through 48 games, the Sooners have gone yard 32 times, including a team-leading eight from Carpenter. Neuse and Carpenter are the team's active career home run leaders with 13. Junior left fielder Hunter Haley follows with 11.