Sooners Welcome Shockers on Tuesday Night

Mar. 8 | Norman, Okla. | L. Dale Mitchell Park

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Oklahoma Sooners
Record: 4-7-1 (0-0 Big 12) Coach: Pete Hughes (3rd Season) Career Record/Years: 591-448-3/19 Rank: NR

Wichita State Shockers
Record: 4-7 (0-0 MVC) Coach: Todd Butler (3rd Season) Career Record/Years: 151-151/6 Rank: NR

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NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma baseball team is home for four games this week beginning Tuesday night against Wichita State. First pitch is set for 6:00 pm from L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The Sooners faced three top-25 opponents over the weekend and posted two losses, by a combined three runs, and a tie, due to travel restrictions. Oklahoma is 4-7-1 overall with all four wins coming at home. Freshman right-hander Kyle Tyler gets the ball for his first collegiate start. In two relief appearances, he has yet to allow an earned run on five hits and two walks in 5.1 innings. Tyler has also struck out five. He will become the third freshman to start on the mound for OU this season. Juniors Sheldon Neuse and Jack Flansburg each lead the Sooners with an identical .302 (13-for-43) batting average. Neuse picked up his team-leading ninth RBI of the season on a solo home run, his second of the year, at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon. As a team, Oklahoma has struggled away from home with a .208 batting average as opposed to .286 at home. However, the Sooner freshman class is hitting .277 on the road. In Saturday's 4-2 loss at UCLA, OU freshmen accounted for six of the team's seven hits as Hunter Southerland and Cade Harris each recorded a two-hit day.

Wichita State comes to Norman following a series against familiar foes for Oklahoma, Sam Houston State. The Shockers lost two of three to the Bearkats, but managed a total of 21 runs in the series. Overall, Wichita State is 4-7 on the season and 0-4 away from home. The bats have been hot to open up the year for the Shockers, who are hitting .304 as a team through their first 11 games. Infielder Tanner Kirk and catcher Gunnar Troutwine have led the charge, batting .429 (12-for-28) and .389 (14-for-36), respectively. Troutwine leads the team with three home runs on the season and first baseman Ryan Tinkham has drove in a team-high 12 runs. Freshman RHP Clayton McGinness (0-0) will make his first start of the season.

Pitching Match-Up

Game	Oklahoma	Wichita State
Tuesday	RHP-Kyle Tyler, Fr. (0-0, 0.00, 5 K)	RHP-Clayton McGinness, Fr. (0-0, 8.31, 6)

Schedule Notes

Tuesday night's game against Wichita State at L. Dale Mitchell Park remains scheduled for 6:00 pm. However, the game will no longer be televised by Sooner Sports TV due to weather concerns. A video stream of the game, with audio from the Sooner Sports Radio Network, will be available at SoonerSports.tv.

This coming Sunday's game against Long Beach State has been pushed up to a 12:00 pm first pitch. The change has been made in order to accommodate LBSU's travel out of Oklahoma City that evening. Complete details: HERE.

All-Time vs. Wichita State

Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Wichita State, 14-11, including an 8-4 win for the Sooners at the 1992 College World Series in Omaha. Oklahoma had won seven straight over the Shockers prior to last season's meeting, where Wichita State overcame an early 6-0 deficit to earn the victory. Hunter Haley recorded two doubles in the loss, and catcher Anthony Hermelyn tallied three hits for the Sooners.

Sooner-Shocker Connection

Wichita State's third-year head coach Todd Butler played at Oklahoma for two seasons, 1987-88. He was named an ABCA All-American in 1988 and set the Sooner record for stolen bases in a season with 46. He is tied for 14th all-time at OU with 53.

The Big Inning

The Sooners have scored more than two runs in an inning only four times this season. Oklahoma scored a season-high six runs in the third inning in a win against Northeastern (2/21). The Sooners last plated more than two men in an inning against Abilene Christian (2/24). OU pitchers have limited the opposition to scoring more than twice in an inning six times. The Sooners have allowed three runs in the first or second inning four times this season.