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 11th multi-hit game of the season and 21st of his career.
Cade Harris:
- Extended his hit-streak to seven games; marking a career-best.
- Hit his third double of the season and 10th 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 14th 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 16th 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.