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Baseball Hosts San Diego State This Weekend
March 05, 2020 | Baseball
11 Oklahoma
San Diego State
Friday-Sunday, March 6-8 / L. Dale Mitchell Park
| Pitching Matchups | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Pitch | Oklahoma | San Diego State |
| Friday, 6:30 p.m. | RHP Cade Cavalli (1-1, 3.24 ERA) | RHP Michael Paredes (0-1, 4.20 ERA) |
| Saturday, 2 p.m. | LHP Levi Prater (0-0, 4.32 ERA) | RHP Troy Melton (3-0, 1.06 ERA) |
| Sunday, 1 p.m. | RHP Dane Acker (1-1, 2.57 ERA) | TBA |
First Pitch:
• Oklahoma continues its homestand with a three-game series this weekend against San Diego State. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
• All three games will be broadcast on Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM KREF, and streamed live on SoonerSports.com.
• The Sooners are ranked as high as No. 9 in the March 2 national polls (ninth by Perfect Game). OU is ranked No. 11 by Baseball America, No. 15 by D1Baseball and the NCBWA, and is No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Promotions:
• $4 Fridays: Beers are only $4 until last call on Fridays at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
• Food Truck Saturdays: Midway Deli will be on hand Saturday afternoon
• On Saturday, the first 250 fans at the park will receive a free OU water bottle
• Sunday Family Fundays: Kids can run the bases and play catch on the field after every Sunday home game.
• The first 150 fans in attendance on Sunday will receive a free OU baseball mini bat.
Ticket Information:
• General admission seats with chair backs are available in boxes 6, 8 and 10-18, as well as bleacher sections. General admission tickets are $10 while reserved seats are $15.
• A mini plan is available to fans for OU's remaining non-conference games this season, and can be purchased at SoonerSports.com.
• The ticket office and gates open 90 minutes prior to the scheduled game time. The ticket office and will call windows are located behind home plate, along W. Imhoff Rd.
Clear Bag Policy/Stadium Entry for 2020:
• Consistent with all University of Oklahoma Athletics events, a clear bag policy is in effect for the 2020 baseball season at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
• The approved clear plastic bag size is a maximum of 12 inches x 6 inches x 12 inches or a one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag. Stadium policy will allow non-transparent clutch purses that are no larger than 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches.
• In addition, metal detectors will be located at each stadium entrance gate.
• Lawn chairs and metal frame seats with chairbacks are allowed in L. Dale Mitchell Park, and are required to go through appropriate security screening at the main gate west entrance. Per Big 12 conference policy, umbrellas are not allowed in the stadium, but ponchos and other rain gear are permitted.
• For more information, visit SoonerSports.com/gameday.
On the Air:
• Taylor Maples will call the action Friday and Saturday locally on Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF. George Frazier will be on the call for Sunday.
• The games will be streamed live on SoonerSports.com, with audio the radio calls.
Series History vs. SDSU:
• Oklahoma and San Diego State have played 11 times. OU leads the series 10-1.
• The Sooners won 1-0 last season at SDSU in San Diego as part of the Tony Gwynn Legacy tournament.
• This will be the first meeting in Norman between Oklahoma and San Diego State since the schools' first meeting in 1991. OU won those games 16-7 and 6-5.
• The Aztecs won 9-8 in 2001, before the Sooners followed with seven straight wins, in 2007 (4-1), 2010 (7-4; 17-5; 9-5; 5-2) and 2011 (4-0; 13-5).
About the Sooners:
• Oklahoma is 4-1 in its last five games, with wins over Dallas Baptist (10-3) and UAPB (13-2) this week. OU went 2-1 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic with wins over No. 6 Arkansas 6-3 and No. 14 LSU 1-0. Its only loss came in 10 innings, 8-7, to Missouri.
• Through 14 games, OU has 22 stolen bases. The Sooners finished the 2019 season with 29 steals. OU catchers have also thrown out 7 of 17 runners stealing so far (four by Justin Mitchell and three by Brady Lindsly).
• Through 14 games, Oklahoma is hitting .284 and averaging 6.4 runs per game while posting a 2.54 team ERA and allowing a .197 batting average and 2.7 runs per game. OU pitchers have struck out 171 batters and walked only 39 in 124.0 innings.
• The OU pitching recorded 21 strikeouts against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Wednesday, setting a Big 12 record for a nine-inning game. Jake Bennett (9), Ben Abram (4), Braxton Webb (2), Carson Carter (3) and Christian Ruebeck (3) combined on the effort. The previous Big 12 record for a nine-inning game was 20 by Oklahoma State in 2010. The overall Big 12 record is 26 by TCU in a 15-inning game in 2017.
• Junior catcher Justin Mitchell, who caught Acker's no-hitter, provided the only offense in Sunday's game with his first career home run. He deposited a solo homer on the first pitch of the eighth inning over the wall in left field and into Minute Maid Park's Crawford Boxes. Mitchell hit .429 in the tournament, and is hitting .414 on the season.
• Sophomore Wyatt Olds earned the win against Dallas Baptist on Tuesday with five scoreless innings in which he struck out seven batters. He improved to 4-0 on the season and has a 0.53 ERA.
• Junior center fielder Tanner Tredaway has hit .429 (9 for 21) in the last five games with six RBIs, four extra base hits and three steals. He is batting .414 on the season, and 12 of his 24 hits have gone for extra bases. He leads the team with 12 RBIs, 13 runs scored and four triples.
• Junior Cade Cavalli registered a career-high 11 strikeouts in 5.0 innings against Arkansas last Friday. He scattered six hits and allowed three runs.
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