Sooners? Slide Hits Five

No. 11 Oklahoma State

No. 25 Oklahoma

Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OSU	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	8	12	2
OU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

Pitching
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Freeman (8-2)	9.0	5	1	1	4	7
L - Hansen (4-5)	6.0	9	6	6	2	4
S - N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-

Individual Leaders
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OSU - Case	4	3	3	3	0	0
OSU - Hassel	5	0	3	2	0	0
OU - Neuse	4	0	2	0	0	0

OKLAHOMA CITY – The No. 25 University of Oklahoma baseball team fell by a score of 8-1 to No. 11 Oklahoma State in front of 7,751 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark to drop the Bedlam Series on Saturday night. The Sooners' losing streak hit five games as they are now 29-21 overall and 10-7 in the Big 12. The first place Cowboys improved to 31-14 and 14-6.

“I thought we had a really good approach against arguably the best arm in the league,” started head coach Pete Hughes. “[Freeman's] numbers are ridiculous. I thought we had quality at bats. I thought we had power and it is frustrating because we're competitive people, the coaching staff and players, everyone wants to win and have success. When you do not, it gets frustrating, but that is the challenge in athletics.”

For the second night in a row, Oklahoma took an early lead by scoring in the first, but it didn't hold. Starting the night for the Sooners, junior center fielder Craig Aikin (Coppell, Texas) walked, stole second and went to third on a passed ball. With runners on the corners and nobody out, junior left fielder Kolby Carpenter (Waco, Texas), who drove in Aikin with a fielder's choice groundball.

The second inning was all Oklahoma State as they took the lead and never looked back with three runs on three hits and one OU error. Second baseman Tim Arakawa and center fielder Ryan Sluder recorded back-to-back singles and catcher Bryan Case followed with a two-run triple to left that caromed around off the outfield wall. He would score on a throwing error by Sooner sophomore right-hander Alec Hansen (Loveland, Colo.).

You have to stay positive; you have to keep moving on; have it be the next inning, the next at bat or tomorrow. That is where we are. It is frustrating but that kid did a good job. When you have a 5-1 lead with that guy on the mound, it builds a lot of confidence in the other dugout. It leads to us trying to do too much in our dugout.

Hansen (4-5) pitched through the sixth and allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks, while striking out four on 97 pitches. Lefty Michael Freeman (8-2) was dominant in the win for the Cowboys. He pitched a complete game on 119 pitches and surrendered just one run on five hits and four walks to go with seven strikeouts.

The Sooners' first hit of the night off Freeman came in the fourth inning on a one-out single by junior catcher Anthony Hermelyn (McKinney, Texas). Sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse (Fort Worth, Texas) followed with a base hit and a walk loaded the bases, but the scoring threat in a 5-1 game ended as Oklahoma grounded into its first of three double plays on the night.

The bottom four hitters for Oklahoma State combined to score all eight of the teams runs, while hitting a collective 6-for-14 with four RBI and two walks. Case paced the group with a 3-for-4 night, while driving in three on two doubles and a triple. At the top of the order, left fielder Gage Green and right fielder Corey Hassel, who went 3-for-5, each knocked in two runs.

The series finale will be played Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm in OKC. Redshirt-senior right-hander Robert Tasin (Klein, Texas) gets the ball for the Sooners.