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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Tuesday, April 6
Norman
6:30 p.m.
University of Oklahoma
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Oral Roberts
Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley
Sooners Set to Face Oral Roberts Tuesday
April 05, 2021 | Baseball
Oklahoma
Oral Roberts
Tuesday, April 6 / 6:30 p.m. / L. Dale Mitchell Park / Norman, Okla.
| Pitching Matchups | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game Time | Oklahoma | ORU |
| Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. | RHP Javier Ramos | RHP Brett Gregory |
First Pitch:
• Oklahoma (13-14) welcomes Oral Roberts (12-15) to L. Dale Mitchell Park on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.
• The Sooners continue their nine-game homestand with four contests this week at L. Dale Mitchell Park. OU will play host to Kansas for a Big 12 series this weekend. Game times for the KU series are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
• This will be only the second home midweek contest for the Sooners this season (also March 9 vs. UT Arlington).
Tickets:
• Tickets for seats inside L. Dale Mitchell Park remain available for purchase to Tuesday's game.
Watch/Listen/Follow:
• The game will be broadcast on SoonerSports.tv, with Chad McKee and George Frazier on the call.
• Toby Rowland and Blake Brewster will call the game on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (locally on SportsTalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF). The radio broadcast will also be available for free via the TuneIn app.
• Live stats will be available at OUStats.com.
Leading Off:
• Oklahoma ranks fifth nationally in hits (283), sixth in doubles (59) and walks (150), 16th in runs (200) and OBP (.404) and 19th in batting average (.297).
• OU ranks sixth nationally and tops among Big 12 schools with its 59 doubles this season (2.2 per game), and has registered 41 doubles in its last 16 outings (average of 2.6 per game). The national leader in doubles per game (San Diego) averages 2.7 per game. The Sooners registered a season-high nine doubles against Houston on March 20.
• Thirty-two percent of Oklahoma's hits (90 of 251) have gone for extra bases. The Sooners have totaled 59 doubles, five triples and 26 home runs in 27 games, an average of 3.3 extra base hits per contest.
• OU leads the Big 12 in doubles, doubles per game (2.19) and sacrifice flies (14), ranks second in hits, batting average, and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.59), third in base on balls (150), runs (200), scoring (7.4 runs per game), OBP (.404) and slugging (.451). The Sooners also rank fourth in the Big 12 and 44th nationally by averaging 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• OU has scored at least seven runs in 14 games this season (averaging 7.4 runs per game overall), and notched double-digit hits in 13 games.
• Sixteen of Oklahoma's 22 scheduled games between March 9 and April 14 will be played at the friendly confines of L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Series History:
• This will be the 78th meeting between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts. OU leads the series 41-36.
• ORU won both meetings in 2019, 4-2 (11 innings) in Norman and 3-2 in Tulsa.
• The Sooners won twice in 2018, 5-2 in Tulsa and 20-5 in Norman.
• OU has held ORU to three or fewer runs in six of the last seven meetings, and to five or fewer runs in 12 straight contests (dating back to the last meeting of the 2013 season).
• Oklahoma won the first eight meetings between the schools, played between 1970-72.
About the Sooners:
• Tyler Hardman continues to lead the nation in hits (50) and also ranks first nationally in total bases (84). He ranks eighth nationally in OBP (.561; first in Big 12), ninth in batting average (.467; first in Big 12), 14th in runs scored (30) and 18th in walks (22).
• Hardman has notched at least two hits in five of his last six games (and six of last eight). He leads the Sooners with 17 multiple hit games, has a hit in his last eight games, and has recorded a hit in 24 of OU's 27 contests this season. He ranks fifth nationally and leads the Big 12 with his 1.85 hits-per-game average (national leader Jaden Fein of San Diego State averages 1.95 hits per game).
• Hardman was 6 for 12 with three home runs, eight RBIs and three runs scored in the TCU series.
• Diego Muniz batted .444 (4 for 9) with two walks in the TCU series. He slugged .778 and reached base at a .544 clip over the weekend. He hit his first home run of the season on Friday and totaled seven bases and two RBIs.
• On Friday, Justin Mitchell recorded two hits (both doubles) in the series, including one in his first at bat since March 9. He started at catcher on Saturday, his first start since leaving the March 9 game with an injury.
• Jason Ruffcorn pitched two scoreless innings on Sunday, striking out three batters. Christian Ruebeck tossed 1.1 scoreless innings in the series, striking out the side in the ninth inning on Saturday. • Peyton Graham has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games and has registered a hit in 13 of his last 16 contests.
• Hardman and Conor McKenna lead the Sooners with nine multiple RBI games apiece. Hardman has registered a team-high 30 RBIs (1.11 per game), while McKenna (0.96 RBIs per game) and Brandon Zaragoza (23 RBIs, 0.85 per game) are all averaging around one RBI per team game played.
• Zaragoza has already registered 23 RBIs on the season. His career high prior to this year was 30 RBIs in 2019.
• OU is in its fourth season under the direction of head coach Skip Johnson. Johnson has led the Sooners to an 98-66 record and an NCAA postseason appearance in 2018.
• The Sooners have played eight contests against ranked opponents so far this season and are 3-5 in such games. One-third of OU's games have been against ranked opponents at the time they played.
• Oklahoma's first 23 games of the season were played against 15 different opponents. In that time, the Sooners faced only six teams – Omaha, UT Arlington, Arizona, Arkansas State, Houston and Texas – more than once this season.
Big Leaguers:
• Seven former Sooners, including four players, were on MLB Opening Day rosters.
• Pitchers Jonathan Gray (Colorado Rockies), Garrett Richards (Boston Red Sox), Chase Anderson (Philadelphia Phillies) and Burch Smith (Oakland Athletics) were on the rosters for their respective clubs.
• Former Sooners Reggie Willits (New York Yankees) and Tim Cossins (Baltimore Orioles) are on their respective coaching staffs.
• OU's four MLB players ranked second among Big 12 schools. Only Texas and TCU (five each) had more former players on MLB Opening Day rosters.
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