Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Xavier

Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Xavier
Location: Louisville, Ky. - Jim Patterson Stadium
Result: Win, 7-2
Attendance: 2,031
Date: June 2, 2017

Notes

Team:

The Sooners are 80-69 all-time in NCAA postseason games.
The game marked the first match-up all-time between OU and Xavier.
Oklahoma has trailed in the first or second inning in seven of the last nine games.
The Sooners are 15-14 when the opponent scores first.
Dating back to 2013, OU has won back-to-back regional openers for the first time since 2009 and 2010.
Head coach Pete Hughes owns a 5-4 record in NCAA postseason play.
OU notched its sixth win of the season when trailing after the sixth inning.

Domenic DeRenzo:

Made his fourth start in right field and sixth overall in the outfield this season.
Hit his third double of the season and ninth of his career.
Hit his second triple of the season and fifth of his career.
First two extra-base hit game of the season and first since hitting two home runs vs. Oral Roberts (5/3/16).
Recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season and ninth of his career.

Jack Flansburg:

Logged his 11^th multi-hit game of the season and 21^st of his career.

Cade Harris:

Extended his hit-streak to seven games; marking a career-best.
Hit his third double of the season and 10^th of his career.
Matched a career-high with three RBI having previously done so at Austin Peay (5/19/16).
Collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and 14^th of his career.

Renae Martinez:

Stole his third base of the season.

Devon Perez:

Tossed his seventh game of seven strikeouts or more.
Fourth start of six or more innings this season and the 16^th overall by a Sooner in 2017.
First OU starter to complete the seventh since Austin Hansen vs. Buffalo (3/11) and just the fourth overall for Oklahoma this season.