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Acker Earns Big 12 Weekly Honors
March 02, 2020 | Baseball
NORMAN – After pitching the seventh no-hitter in Oklahoma baseball history on Sunday, junior Dane Acker has been named the Big 12 Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Acker won a 1-0 pitcher's duel over No. 14 LSU in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic. He struck out a season-high 11 batters, walked just one and allowed only four baserunners. His feat was OU's first individual nine-inning no-hitter since Jim Huslig against Old Dominion in 1989. The Brenham, Texas, product pitched Sunday with nearly 50 family members and friends in the stands at Minute Maid Park.
Acker maintained the effort throughout seven innings of no-hit ball on both sides, dueling with LSU's AJ Labas, until the Sooners went ahead 1-0 on catcher Justin Mitchell's solo home run in the top of the eighth inning. When first baseman Tyler Hardman squeezed the throw from shortstop Brandon Zaragoza for the final out of the ninth inning, Acker was mobbed on the mound by teammates and doused with water during a postgame television interview.
The accomplishment was the 11th individual no-hitter in Big 12 history and first since 2017, and the first time the LSU program has been no-hit in a nine-inning game in recorded history. Acker's effort was also OU's first complete game since 2015 (Alec Hansen vs. Texas Tech) and first complete-game shutout since 2013 (Jonathan Gray vs. Northwestern State).
The awards mark Acker's first Big 12 weekly honors, and this is the second week in a row an OU player has earned a conference award. Tanner Tredaway was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 24.
The 11th-ranked Sooners (9-3) are at home for five games this week, beginning Tuesday against No. 21 Dallas Baptist. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Acker won a 1-0 pitcher's duel over No. 14 LSU in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic. He struck out a season-high 11 batters, walked just one and allowed only four baserunners. His feat was OU's first individual nine-inning no-hitter since Jim Huslig against Old Dominion in 1989. The Brenham, Texas, product pitched Sunday with nearly 50 family members and friends in the stands at Minute Maid Park.
Acker maintained the effort throughout seven innings of no-hit ball on both sides, dueling with LSU's AJ Labas, until the Sooners went ahead 1-0 on catcher Justin Mitchell's solo home run in the top of the eighth inning. When first baseman Tyler Hardman squeezed the throw from shortstop Brandon Zaragoza for the final out of the ninth inning, Acker was mobbed on the mound by teammates and doused with water during a postgame television interview.
The accomplishment was the 11th individual no-hitter in Big 12 history and first since 2017, and the first time the LSU program has been no-hit in a nine-inning game in recorded history. Acker's effort was also OU's first complete game since 2015 (Alec Hansen vs. Texas Tech) and first complete-game shutout since 2013 (Jonathan Gray vs. Northwestern State).
The awards mark Acker's first Big 12 weekly honors, and this is the second week in a row an OU player has earned a conference award. Tanner Tredaway was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 24.
The 11th-ranked Sooners (9-3) are at home for five games this week, beginning Tuesday against No. 21 Dallas Baptist. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
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