Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State
Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (Game Three)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. - ONEOK Field
Result: Win, 3-1
Attendance: 6,084
Date: May 15, 2016
Notes:
- The Sooners had four freshmen in the starting lineup, including pitcher Dylan Grove, marking the 37th time this season OU has started three or more in a game.
- Renae Martinez started at catcher for the first time since facing Oklahoma State (4/20) in Norman.
- Cody Thomas, who notched his eighth multi-hit game, hit his first career triple in the first inning and recorded his fifth multi-RBI game of the season in the process.
- Since April 12, Thomas is hitting .455 (20-for-44).
- Sheldon Neuse extended his hit streak to a career-best nine games with a first-inning single.
- Neuse is hitting .348 (23-for-66) in his career against Oklahoma State.
- Neuse registered his fifth save of the season and seventh of his career.
- Alex Wise extended his career-best hit streak to 13 games with a ninth-inning single.
- Cade Harris tallied his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
- Sooner pitchers have accounted for 17 of the team's 26 wins.
- Oklahoma won five Big 12 series in a season for back-to-back years.
- This season marks the first time the Sooners won the Big 12 series against both Oklahoma State and Texas since 1998.
- The series win marked the first time for OU over a ranked opponent since taking two out of three at No. 25 Texas in 2015.