Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. West Virginia (Game One)
Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. West Virginia (Game One)
Location: Norman, Okla. - L. Dale Mitchell Park
Result: Win, 19-6
Attendance: 1,107
Date: March 23, 2018
Notes
Team:
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series against West Virginia, 11-9.
- The Sooners scored a season-high 19 runs on a season-high 22 hits; the most runs since an 18-run game vs. Dallas Baptist (3/6/8) and the most hits since 21 at Baylor (3/29/15).
- OU scored the most runs against a Big 12 opponents since a 17-6 win at Kansas (5/1/16).
- Sooner pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts; the 13th game of the season in double digits.
Cade Harris:
- Hit his first home run of the season and fourth of his career.
- Tallied his fourth three-hit game of the year, matching a career-high, and 10th multi-hit game to push his career total to 25.
- Hit his team-leading 11th double of the season and 21st of his career.
Jake Irvin:
- Won his 16th game overall and fourth in Big 12 play in his career.
- Registered his 13th career game of six starts or more; matching a career-high with seven innings for the sixth time.
- Struck out nine batters for his sixth career start of nine or more.
Kyle Mendenhall:
- Posted his fourth three-RBI game of the season and seventh of his career.
- Recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season and 32nd of his career.
Steele Walker:
- Extended his reached base streak to 16 games and hit streak to seven games.
- Collected the first four-hit game of his career; a career-high.
- Became the 40th player in program history with 100 career RBI and 100 career runs; reaching the 100-mark in both categories on the night. He is the first to reach that mark since Sheldon Neuse (2014-'16).
- Recorded his 11th multi-hit game of the season and 47th of his career.
Brylie Ware:
- Extended his career-best reached base streak to 21 games and his hit streak to seven games.
- Posted a career-high six RBI and the first six-RBI game by a Sooner since Craig Aikin vs. Little Rock (3/3/15).
- Notched his 10th multi-hit game of the season and 23rd of his career.