Sooners vs. Shockers Tuesday Night in Norman

March 7 | Norman, Okla. | L. Dale Mitchell Park

Wichita State

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Midweek Pitching Match-Up
First Pitch	Oklahoma	Wichita State
Tuesday 6:30 pm	RHP-Dylan Gove, So. (0-0, 3.86)	RHP-Adam Keller, Jr. (1-0, 0.00)
>>>Last Start	vs. Boston College (2/26): ND, 4.0 IP, 3 R, 4 K	First start of 2017.

Oklahoma Sooners
Record: 13-1 (0-0 Big 12) Coach: Pete Hughes (4th Season) Career Record/Years: 630-469-3/21 Rank: 13^CBN/19^USA

Wichita State Shockers
Record: 7-3 (0-0 MVC) Coach: Todd Butler (4th Season) Career Record/Years: 175-184/7 Rank: NR

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TV/Stream	FCS-Central FOXSportsGo Chad McKee Mickey Tettleton
Radio	KREF 1400 AM TuneIn Radio App TV Simulcast

Player to Watch
OF-Steele Walker, So. Walker stretched his hit-streak to 17 games with a 3-for-3 performance on Sunday. He raced around the bases for an inside-the-park home run in the 11-2 win.

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FIRST PITCH

The University of Oklahoma baseball team rides a 12-game win-streak into Tuesday night's contest. The No. 13 Sooners host non-conference rival Wichita State at L. Dale Mitchell Park for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch. Sooner Sports TV will broadcast the game nationally on FOX College Sports-Central. Veteran OU broadcaster Chad McKee (play-by-play) and former MLB All-Star Mickey Tettleton (color commentary) will have the call from the booth. Audio from the television broadcast will air on radio at Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM; the home for Sooner baseball all season long.

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Tuesday	$4 Ticket w/ Promo Code "SOCIAL" $1 Hot Dogs While Supplies Last

ABOUT THE SOONERS

Oklahoma is 13-1 and riding its longest win-streak since winning 13 in a row in 2013. Sophomore outfielder Steele Walker is the Big 12's leading hitter at .429, while taking a 17-game hit-streak into Tuesday. He is slugging .696 with five doubles, two triples and two home runs. Sophomore Brylie Ware, who splits his time between third base and designated hitter, is second on the team and in the league with a .417 average. Senior first baseman Austin O'Brien is hitting .392 with a .608 slugging percentage and is tied with senior Jack Flansburg for the team lead in runs at 14. Flansburg, who has started at all four infield positions this season, is hitting .383. As a team, Oklahoma is hitting a league-leading .335 and has scored 118 runs; the fourth most in the nation. On the mound, the Sooners turn to sophomore right-handed pitcher Dylan Grove. Grove owns a 3.86 earned run average in 9.1 innings and has not factored into a decision in his two starts; though OU has won each game he started. Grove has totaled 11 strikeouts on the season, including seven on opening weekend against No. 17 Long Beach State. The Sooner pitching staff owns a Big 12-best 2.14 ERA.

THE FORECAST

Projected Starters
OU Lineup	BA/OBP/SLG	Stats	Notes
CF-Ben Hollas	.333/.419/.519	7 R, HR	Hit first career home run Sunday vs. CCSU
2B-Kyle Mendenhall	.349/.431/.605	3 HR, 12 R	Homered in back-to-back games vs. NIU and Villanova.
LF-Steele Walker	.429/.467/.696	5 2B, 16 RBI	Extended hit-streak to 17 over the weekend.
1B-Austin O'Brien	.392/.463/.500	14 R, 4 2B	Hit 11th career hom run last Tuesday.
3B-Jack Flansburg	.383/.423/.532	14 R, 9 RBI	Has started at all four infield positions for second year.
C-Renae Martinez	.351/.359/.514	11 R, 3 2B	Reached on leadoff-E6 and scored walk-off run vs. BC.
DH-Brady Lindsly	.208/.296/.375	3 R, HR	Hit first career home run Saturday.
SS-Brandon Zaragoza	.382/.488/.412	12 R, 8 RBI	Scored five runs in series vs. CCSU.
RF-Blake Brewster	.200/.400/.467	3 R, 2 RBI	Went 2-for-4 vs. Grambling (2/21).

Last 10 Meetings
Year	Result	Location
2016	Win, 15-7	Wichita
	Win, 4-2	Norman
2015	Loss, 8-9	Wichita
2009	Win, 5-4	Norman
	Win, 8-1	Norman
	Win, 15-0	Wichita
2008	Win, 12-11	Norman
2007	Win, 5-4	Norman
2006	Win, 7-6	Norman
	Win, 12-7	Norman

SCOUTING THE SHOCKERS

Wichita State began its season 7-0, but comes to Norman at 7-3 after a weekend sweep on the road to Louisiana Tech. Right fielder and leadoff hitter Greyson Jenista is the Shockers' top hitter at .341. Third baseman Alec Bohm is second on the team with a .316 average and tied for the team-lead with nine runs scored. Right-hander Adam Keller, who has appeared out of the bullpen four times, gets the start. He has a 1-0 record with a 0.00 ERA in 4.1 innings.

ALL-TIME VS. WICHITA

Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Wichita State, 16-11, 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 a 2015 meeting, where Wichita State overcame an early 6-0 deficit to earn the victory.

Next Home Game
Oklahoma vs. Buffalo March 9-11 \| Norman, Okla. The Sooners welcome Buffalo for a four-game series beginning Thursday night. Saturday's doubleheader will be the annual "Bark in the Park" event. TICKETS

#YARDWORK

The Sooners enter the week tied with TCU for the Big 12 lead in home runs at 14. OU is averaging 1.00 home runs per game, led by junior second baseman Kyle Mendenhall, who had just one career home run entering the season, at three.

Home Run Notes:

Back-to-back home runs twice this season:
- Renae Martinez (solo) and Blaker Brewster (solo) vs. Long Beach State (2/17).
- Brady Lindsly (solo) and Kyle Mendenhall (solo) vs. Central Connecticut (3/4-Gm1).
Hit a season-high four home runs vs. Central Connecticut (3/4-Gm1).
Austin O'Brien hit his 11th career home run vs. Little Rock (2/28).
- He is OU's active career home run leader.
The Sooners hit a grand slam (Jeremiah Adams, 3/4-Gm1) and an inside-the-park home run (Steele Walker, 3/5) vs. CCSU.

SOONER-SHOCKER CONNECTION

Wichita State's fourth-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.