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Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Kansas (Big 12)

May 25, 2018 | Baseball

Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Kansas (Big 12)

Game Notes: Oklahoma vs. Kansas
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla. - Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
Result: Won, 4-2
Attendance: 7,084
Date: May 25, 2018

Notes

  • Oklahoma improved to 38-36 all-time at the Big 12 Championship.
  • First time a Sooner starting pitcher has tossed six or more innings at the Big 12 Tournament since 2016 when Dylan Grove threw a 7-inning complete game vs. Texas Tech (5/27/16).
  • The Sooners have racked up 567 strikeouts as a pitching staff this season, just 17 from breaking the school record (583, 2010).
  • The Sooners are 20-4 (19-4) this season when scoring in the first inning. OU is 27-8 when it scores first.
  • OU is 34-2 when leading after seven innings

Cade Harris

  • Drew his 61st walk of the season, which ranks second in OU single-season history.
  • Needs eight more walks to break the OU single-season record, held by Terry Bogner (68, 1976).

Austin Hansen

  • Struck out the side in the ninth to earn his eighth save of the season, which is tied for 10th all-time in a single season.

Thomas Hughes

  • Registered his second consecutive multi-hit game.
  • Made his second start of the season and the seventh of his career.

Kyle Mendenhall

  • Drove in two runs to push his season RBI total to 40.
  • Picked up his ninth sac fly of the season, which leads the Big 12.
  • Has 14 sac flys in his career, which is the second-most by an OU player since 1996.

Justin Mitchell

  • Recorded his second multi-hit game of the season.
  • Collected his first triple of his career.

Kyle Tyler

  • Picked up his fifth victory of the year
  • Made his first start since April 24 at UT-Arlington.

Brandon Zaragoza

  • Made his 106th consecutive start at shortstop.

 

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