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Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley
Sooners Drop Series Opener to TCU
April 02, 2021 | Baseball
NORMAN – First baseman Tyler Hardman hit a pair two-run home runs, but the Oklahoma baseball team could not overcome an early deficit in an 11-7 defeat to No. 11 TCU Friday evening at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
The Sooners (13-12, 1-3 Big 12) scored all seven of their runs in the last four innings but it was not enough to make up a 9-2 margin through six frames. The Horned Frogs (18-7, 4-0 Big 12) led 7-0 after five, then added two runs in the seventh and ninth innings.
"I thought Wyatt (Olds) was in a really good rhythm to start the game," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "They took the momentum and got a couple of hits. There were three or four balls that never got out of the infield that were hits – that's just pure momentum. I thought the last four innings was the best baseball we've played in probably a week. That was good. Hats off to Jett Lodes coming in as a true freshman coming in. I was really proud of him, and that's a sign of the time to come."
Hardman's two-home run, four-RBI night was his second such game in the last week. He also hit two two-run homers at Texas on Saturday. Hardman's first homer of the night, a shot past the scoreboard in left center field, put the Sooners on the board in the sixth inning and cut into TCU's 7-0 lead. He homered again in the ninth inning, another blast to left field that made the 11-7 final.
Designated hitter Diego Muniz hit his first home run of the season in the seventh inning, driving a low pitch over the left field wall to make the score 9-3. In the eighth inning catcher Justin Mitchell doubled down the left field line and scored on a base hit up the middle by center fielder Tanner Tredaway. Shortstop Brandon Zaragoza, who went 2 for 4 in the game, singled home Tredaway to bring OU within 9-5.
TCU scored three runs in the second inning on a solo home run by first baseman Gene Wood, a single by left fielder Porter Brown and a fielder's choice groundout, then added a solo homer in the third by third baseman Brayden Taylor. The Horned Frogs made it 7-0 in the fifth with RBI singles by Taylor, Brown and designated hitter Hunter Wolfe. A two-run homer by Wood in the seventh and two more runs in the ninth gave TCU a 9-2, then an 11-5 lead.
Wyatt Olds (1-3) went 4.2 innings in the start, and Ledgend Smith, Jett Lodes and Christian Ruebeck pitched in relief. The true freshman Lodes threw 2.1 innings in just his second appearance of the season (he previously pitched one inning against Arizona on March 4).
TCU starter Russell Smith (4-1) pitched 7.0 innings in the win and Haylen Green earned the save throwing the final 1.1 frames.
Oklahoma and TCU continue the series Saturday. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
The Sooners (13-12, 1-3 Big 12) scored all seven of their runs in the last four innings but it was not enough to make up a 9-2 margin through six frames. The Horned Frogs (18-7, 4-0 Big 12) led 7-0 after five, then added two runs in the seventh and ninth innings.
"I thought Wyatt (Olds) was in a really good rhythm to start the game," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "They took the momentum and got a couple of hits. There were three or four balls that never got out of the infield that were hits – that's just pure momentum. I thought the last four innings was the best baseball we've played in probably a week. That was good. Hats off to Jett Lodes coming in as a true freshman coming in. I was really proud of him, and that's a sign of the time to come."
Hardman's two-home run, four-RBI night was his second such game in the last week. He also hit two two-run homers at Texas on Saturday. Hardman's first homer of the night, a shot past the scoreboard in left center field, put the Sooners on the board in the sixth inning and cut into TCU's 7-0 lead. He homered again in the ninth inning, another blast to left field that made the 11-7 final.
Designated hitter Diego Muniz hit his first home run of the season in the seventh inning, driving a low pitch over the left field wall to make the score 9-3. In the eighth inning catcher Justin Mitchell doubled down the left field line and scored on a base hit up the middle by center fielder Tanner Tredaway. Shortstop Brandon Zaragoza, who went 2 for 4 in the game, singled home Tredaway to bring OU within 9-5.
TCU scored three runs in the second inning on a solo home run by first baseman Gene Wood, a single by left fielder Porter Brown and a fielder's choice groundout, then added a solo homer in the third by third baseman Brayden Taylor. The Horned Frogs made it 7-0 in the fifth with RBI singles by Taylor, Brown and designated hitter Hunter Wolfe. A two-run homer by Wood in the seventh and two more runs in the ninth gave TCU a 9-2, then an 11-5 lead.
Wyatt Olds (1-3) went 4.2 innings in the start, and Ledgend Smith, Jett Lodes and Christian Ruebeck pitched in relief. The true freshman Lodes threw 2.1 innings in just his second appearance of the season (he previously pitched one inning against Arizona on March 4).
TCU starter Russell Smith (4-1) pitched 7.0 innings in the win and Haylen Green earned the save throwing the final 1.1 frames.
Oklahoma and TCU continue the series Saturday. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Russell (4-1)
L: Olds, Wyatt (1-3)
S: Green, Haylen (6)
Batting:
2B: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1
HR: Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Wood, Gene 2
RBI: Taylor, Brayden 2 ; Wood, Gene 3 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Brown, Porter 2 ; Sacco, Tommy 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1
SF: Sacco, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sikes, Phillip 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wood, Gene 3 ; Wolfe, Hunter 3 ; Brown, Porter 1
SB: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wood, Gene 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Brown, Porter 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
CS: Brown, Porter 1
HBP: Sikes, Phillip 1 ; Wood, Gene 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
Batting:
2B: Mitchell, Justin 1
HR: Hardman, Tyler 2 ; Muniz, Diego 1
RBI: Hardman, Tyler 4 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Muniz, Diego 1 ; Zaragoza, Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Graham, Peyton 2 ; Mitchell, Justin 1 ; Hardman, Tyler 2 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Muniz, Diego 1
HBP: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Hardman, Tyler 1 ; Daniel, Breydon 1
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