No. 24 Sooners Host No. 5 TCU in Home Finale

May 12-14 | Norman, Okla. | L. Dale Mitchell Park

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²⁴Oklahoma

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Weekend Pitching Match-Ups
First Pitch	Oklahoma	TCU
Friday 6:30 p.m.	RHP-Jake Irvin (6-0, 2.44)	LHP-Nick Lodolo (5-1, 4.71)
>>>Last Start	at K-State (5/5): W, 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R	vs. Texas (5/5): ND, 4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R
Saturday 2 p.m.	RHP-Devon Perez (5-2, 3.54)	RHP-Brian Howard (7-3, 4.74)
>>>Last Start	at K-State (5/7): W, 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R	vs. Texas (5/6): W, 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R
Sunday 1 p.m.	RHP-Kyle Tyler (0-1, 3.79)	RHP-Mitchell Traver (2-1, 3.72)
>>>Last Start	at K-State (5/6): ND, 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R	vs. Texas (5/7): ND, 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R

Oklahoma Sooners
Record: 32-17 (10-8 Big 12) Coach: Pete Hughes (4th Season) Career Record/Years: 649-485-3/21 Rank: 24^BA/26^N/RV^USA

TCU Horned Frogs
Record: 35-11 (15-6 Big 12) Coach: Jim Schlossnagle (14th Season) Career Record/Years: 677-312/16 Rank: 4^CBN/5^BA/5^N/6^D1B/6^USA

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TV/Stream	FSOK (Fri.-Sat.) George Frazier Mickey Tettleton FCS-Central Dave Barnett Pat Combs FOXSportsGo.com
Radio	KREF 1400 AM TuneIn Radio App Toby Rowland Ross Hubbard

Player to Watch
1B-Austin O'Brien, Sr. O'Brien has homered in three of the last four games to lift his season total to seven and career total to 17. The only four-year player in the Hughes era, he plays his final home games this weekend.

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FIRST PITCH

The No. 24 University of Oklahoma baseball team plays its final home series of the 2017 regular season this weekend when it welcomes No. 5 TCU to L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners take the field against the Horned Frogs in game one on Friday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. The entire series can be heard across the Sooner Sports Network and will air locally on Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM. Voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland will have the call alongside former Sooner Ross Hubbard. Sooner Sports TV will broadcast the first to games on FOX Sports Oklahoma. Former big leaguers George Frazier and Mickey Tettleton will be in the booth. For game three, Dave Barnett (pbp) and Pat Combs (color) will be in Norman for the game on FOX College Sports-Central.

ABOUT THE SOONERS

Oklahoma picked up its third series win on the road in conference play last week to improve to 32-17 overall and 10-8 in the league. The Sooners head into the weekend ranked No. 24 by Baseball America and are slotted 21st in the RPI. Senior catcher Renae Martinez leads OU with a .355 batting average and is second in on-base percentage (.434) and third in slugging (.533). He doubled four times at Kansas State last weekend to tie Steele Walker for the team-lead at 12. Walker, the Sooners' sophomore center fielder, is second with a .333 average, first in slugging (.559) and third in OBP (.410). He has eight home runs, 43 runs scored and 45 driven in. As a team, Oklahoma has hit 43 home runs. Senior first baseman Austin O'Brien has total seven, including three in the last four games, and sophomore designated hitter Brylie Ware has come through with the first two of his OU career in each of the last two series finales. On the mound, the Sooners turn to sophomore right-hander Jake Irvin on Friday night. He is 6-0 with a 2.44 earned run average and 58 strikeouts after a six-inning win a week ago.

THE FORECAST

Projected Starters
OU Lineup	BA/OBP/SLG	Notes
LF-Cade Harris	.224/.459/.327	Started the last seven games in left field.
3B-Jack Flansburg	.234/.386/.292	Fifth in the Big 12 and 25th in the NCAA in walks (38).
C-Renae Martinez	.355/.434/.533	Doubled four times at K-State last weekend.
CF-Steele Walker	.333/.410/.559	First career two-home run game at K-State (5/5).
1B-Austin O'Brien	.299/.359/.540	Homered in three of the last four games.
DH-Brylie Ware	.316/.408/.400	Hit home runs in each of the last two series finales.
RF-Ben Hollas	.297/.443/.428	Reached base in career-high 24 games in a row.
2B-Kyle Mendenhall	.236/.339/.375	Three-run double in the seventh to beat WVU (4/29).
SS-Brandon Zaragoza	.252/.333/.271	Started 38 consecutive games at shortstop.

Last 10 Meetings
Year	Result	Location
2016	Loss, 0-2	Fort Worth
	Loss, 2-12	Fort Worth
	Loss, 3-11	Fort Worth
2015	Loss, 2-4	Norman
	Loss, 9-11	Norman
	Loss, 4-5	Norman
	Loss, 3-4 (10)	Fort Worth
2014	Loss, 1-9	Fort Worth
	Win, 7-5	Fort Worth
	Loss, 2-10	Fort Worth

SCOUTING THE HORNED FROGS

No. 5 TCU is coming off a series win over Texas to lift its record to 35-11 overall and 15-6 in the Big 12. Following this weekend, the Horned Frogs, who sit atop the league standings, will be in non-conference play at California. Right fielder Austen Wade leads the TCU lineup with a .351 average, a team-high 13 doubles and has added 13 stolen bases for a team that has totaled 81 on the season. First baseman Luken Baker is second in hitting at .316 with a team-high .532 slugging on eight doubles and eight home runs. Catcher Evan Skoug has hit a team-leading 12 home runs and is hitting .282 with 43 RBI. Lefty Nick Lodolo gets the ball in game one. He is 5-1 with a 4.71 ERA.

ALL-TIME VS. TCU

TCU has won eight in a row over Oklahoma, including a sweep in Fort Worth a year ago and a Big 12-clinching sweep in Norman in 2015. Overall, the Sooners lead the series 57-32 vs. the Horned Frogs, who have an 8-4 advantage in league games since joining the Big 12 in 2013. Since 2012, 11 of 16 games have been decided by two runs or less, including two extra-inning games. Oklahoma hosted TCU at the 2006 Norman Regional. The Horned Frogs opened with a 6-5 win over the Sooners before OU eliminated TCU, 15-6, on the way to advancing to the Houston Super Regional.

The Bedlam Series
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State May 18 Tulsa \| May 19-20 OKC The Sooners are the home team for this season's Bedlam series. The action starts at Tulsa's ONEOK Field next Thursday. All three games of the series are set for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch. TICKETS

SEIZING A SECOND CHANCE

Renae Martinez spent his first two season at UC Irvine and as a redshirt-freshman went to Omaha with the Cinderella Anteaters. Seeking an opportunity to be an everyday catcher, he went through the junior college route and landed at El Camino College-Compton near his hometown of San Pedro, Calif. Martinez committed to the Sooners and served as the backup to freshman All-American Domenic DeRenzo for most of 2016. A torn UCL shut down DeRenzo late in the season and Martinez finished out the year as the starting backstop; hitting .423 over the final nine games. Prior to being forced into the lineup, Martinez was hitting just .128 on May 14, 2016. After being named a California Collegiate All-Star with the Neptune Beach Peal over the summer, he was honored to be elected a team captain by his teammates at OU in the fall.

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LEARNING LEFT

After starting five different left fielder in five consecutive games, head coach Pete Hughes turned to infielder Cade Harris to make is six in a row on April 23 in the series finale against Kansas. Harris started 37 games at third base as a freshman and an additional three this season plus two at shortstop. He has anchored left field in each of the last seven games as OU has turned in the same lineup in each of those seven games. Steele Walker, who has played 10 in a row out in center, has started a team-leading 23 games in left this season.