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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooner Sluggers on to Tulsa
March 21, 2016 | Baseball
Mar. 22 | Tulsa, Okla. | J.L. Johnson Stadium
Oklahoma
Oral Roberts
| Oklahoma Sooners |
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 Record: 11-9-1 (0-0 Big 12)Coach: Pete Hughes (3rd Season) Career Record/Years: 598-450-3/19 Rank: NR |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles |
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 Record: 10-9 (2-1 Summit)Coach: Ryan Folmar(4th Season) Career Record/Years: 106-83/4 Rank: NR |
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| Stream | ORU Sports Network |
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| Radio | Sooner Sports Network Chris Plank |
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NORMAN, Okla. – Halfway through its 10-game road trip, the University of Oklahoma baseball team is back in its home state for a Tuesday night road game at Oral Roberts. The Sooners head to Tulsa for a 6:30 pm first pitch from J.L. Johnson Stadium.
Oklahoma is riding a six-game win streak after winning five on the road in California last week, including a four-game sweep of CSU Bakersfield. The Sooners are back over .500 with an 11-9-1 overall record. Junior shortstop Sheldon Neuse went 7-for-11 in a doubleheader against the Roadrunners on Saturday to lift his team-leading batting average to .370. He has totaled 12 extra-base hits, contributing to a .685 slugging percentage, which ranks second in the Big 12. Junior infielder Jack Flansburg is second on the team at .324 with a team-high 19 runs scored. Senior Alex Wise, who has made starts in right field and at first base, has lifted his batting average to .291 over a 10-game hit stream. He has scored 14 runs and driven in seven. Flansburg and Wise are the only two players to have started every game for Oklahoma. Sooner pitchers own a collective 3.33 earned run average; ranking third in the conference. Freshman right-handed reliever Austin Hansen is tied for the league lead in wins with a 4-0 record. Junior right-handers JB Olson and Neuse are tied for second in the Big 12 with three saves. Hansen owns a 0.00 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 12.2 inning of work, while Olson sports a 0.54 ERA, 1-0 record and has struck out 14 in 16.2 innings.
Oral Roberts is 10-9 under fourth-year head coach Ryan Folmar following a home series win over South Dakota State over the weekend. Prior to that series, the Golden Eagles picked up a pair of road wins over SEC opponents at Auburn and Mississippi State. ORU is led offensively by First baseman Rolando Martinez (.377) and catcher Matt Whatley (.354). Martinez has hit two home runs and driven in 12 runs, while Whatley has gone deep three times with a team-high 15 RBI. Right-hander Cale Tims will make his second start of the season on Tuesday. He is 1-0 with a 4.05 ERA and eight strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Tims earned the win over the Bulldogs last Tuesday in a five-inning start.
Pitching Match-Up
| Game | Oklahoma | Oral Roberts |
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| Tuesday | RHP-Keaton Hernandez, Sr. (0-1, 3.00, 14 K) | RHP-Cale Tims, So. (1-0, 4.05, 8 K) |
All-Time vs. ORU
Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Oral Roberts, 37-32. However, the Golden Eagles have won three in a row after the Sooners had won the previous five. ORU leads the all-time series 14-11 when playing in Tulsa. OU last defeated Oral Roberts on the road in 2012.
Sooners Bat Around California
Oklahoma extended its win streak to six games with five wins coming in a five-day span in California. The Sooners started with a narrow 3-2 win at Fresno State (3/15) followed by a four-game sweep over CSU Bakersfield. OU lifted its season batting average by 19 points over the week with a collective .306 as a team. The Sooners posted double-digit hits in three games and scored double-figure runs in two, while matching a season-high 13 in the finale against the Roadrunners (3/19). Sheldon Neuse (.450) and Austin O'Brien (.438) led the Oklahoma offense in hitting.
Keepin' it 100
Across the nation, Sheldon Neuse ranks in the top-100 of five offensive statistical categories as well as 67th in the country with three saves. He peaks in the national rankings at 18th with three triples, which is tied for the Big 12 lead.
Sooners in the Top-100 National Rankings
| Player | Stat | ## | NCAA | Big 12 |
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| Andritsos, Chris | Hits Per Nine Innings | 4.09 | 16 | 1 |
| Andritsos, Chris | WHIP | 0.59 | 3 | 1 |
| DeRenzo, Domenic | Triples | 2 | 61 | 3 |
| Flansburg, Jack | Base on Balls | 17 | 42 | 1 |
| Hansen, Austin | Wins | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | Base on Balls | 17 | 42 | 1 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | Home Runs | 4 | 100 | 3 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | On-Base Percentage | .489 | 100 | 3 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | Saves | 3 | 67 | 2 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | Slugging Percentage | .685 | 48 | 2 |
| Neuse, Sheldon | Triples | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Olson, JB | Pitching Appearances | 10 | 71 | 2 |
| Olson, JB | Saves | 3 | 67 | 2 |
#YardWork
Oklahoma posted its best home run total since 2011 with 39 in 2015. The Sooners are tied for first in the Big 12 with TCU at 16 through five weekend of action. Sheldon Neuse is OU's active career leader with 17 followed by Hunter Haley at 13.
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