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Photo by: Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
Sooners Fall to No. 15 Arizona
February 20, 2022 | Baseball
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Oklahoma baseball team fell to No. 15 Arizona 14-4 Saturday night in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field.
The Sooners (1-1) trailed 5-0 after the third inning and cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth, but the Wildcats (2-0) tacked on two runs in the fifth and seven runs in the seventh inning.
Shortstop Peyton Graham and designated hitter Blake Robertson each tallied two hits and scored a run. Right fielder Trent Brown hit a two-run single and center fielder Tanner Tredaway also knocked in two runs for OU.
"(Arizona) did a good job of two-strike hitting in the third, and we missed a ball in the outfield and let a ball fall in front of us. That's the game of baseball, but they took the momentum of the game," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "We got back into the game until the same thing happened. With two strikes they get a ball that finds the hole, a flare, and it imploded. That's the power of momentum and putting at bats together."
Oklahoma responded to Arizona's five-run third inning with a two-run single by Brown in the top of the fourth inning. The Sooners cut into the lead again in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Tredaway that made the score 5-3. Graham hit a leadoff double in the seventh inning and scored on a Tredaway groundout to cut the deficit to 7-4.
Arizona scored five runs in the third inning on two-run doubles by center fielder Mac Bingham and right fielder Tanner O'Tremba, and a sacrifice fly. The Wildcats scored two runs in the fifth on a pair of shallow doubles that fell in between fielders. O'Tremba hit a solo home run in the seventh inning and the Wildcats added six more runs to extend their lead to 14-4.
Junior college transfer David Sandlin (0-1) struck out four batters over 4.1 innings in the start for OU. He pitched two scoreless frames with a pair of strikeouts in the second, then responded to Arizona's five-run third by punching out two more hitters in a 1-2-3 fourth inning. Javier Ramos, the final of four Sooners relievers, worked around a walk and a single in a scoreless eighth. Quinn Flanagan (1-0) earned the win for Arizona with 2.1 relief innings.
Pitcher Aaron Calhoun, first baseman Max McGwire and second baseman Jackson Nicklaus all made their collegiate debuts in the game. Calhoun pitched one inning in relief while McGwire and Nicklaus pinch hit in the eighth inning, then played the bottom half in the field. Nicklaus drew a walk in his plate appearance.
The Sooners conclude the College Baseball Showdown Sunday evening against Michigan. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
The Sooners (1-1) trailed 5-0 after the third inning and cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth, but the Wildcats (2-0) tacked on two runs in the fifth and seven runs in the seventh inning.
Shortstop Peyton Graham and designated hitter Blake Robertson each tallied two hits and scored a run. Right fielder Trent Brown hit a two-run single and center fielder Tanner Tredaway also knocked in two runs for OU.
"(Arizona) did a good job of two-strike hitting in the third, and we missed a ball in the outfield and let a ball fall in front of us. That's the game of baseball, but they took the momentum of the game," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "We got back into the game until the same thing happened. With two strikes they get a ball that finds the hole, a flare, and it imploded. That's the power of momentum and putting at bats together."
Oklahoma responded to Arizona's five-run third inning with a two-run single by Brown in the top of the fourth inning. The Sooners cut into the lead again in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Tredaway that made the score 5-3. Graham hit a leadoff double in the seventh inning and scored on a Tredaway groundout to cut the deficit to 7-4.
Arizona scored five runs in the third inning on two-run doubles by center fielder Mac Bingham and right fielder Tanner O'Tremba, and a sacrifice fly. The Wildcats scored two runs in the fifth on a pair of shallow doubles that fell in between fielders. O'Tremba hit a solo home run in the seventh inning and the Wildcats added six more runs to extend their lead to 14-4.
Junior college transfer David Sandlin (0-1) struck out four batters over 4.1 innings in the start for OU. He pitched two scoreless frames with a pair of strikeouts in the second, then responded to Arizona's five-run third by punching out two more hitters in a 1-2-3 fourth inning. Javier Ramos, the final of four Sooners relievers, worked around a walk and a single in a scoreless eighth. Quinn Flanagan (1-0) earned the win for Arizona with 2.1 relief innings.
Pitcher Aaron Calhoun, first baseman Max McGwire and second baseman Jackson Nicklaus all made their collegiate debuts in the game. Calhoun pitched one inning in relief while McGwire and Nicklaus pinch hit in the eighth inning, then played the bottom half in the field. Nicklaus drew a walk in his plate appearance.
The Sooners conclude the College Baseball Showdown Sunday evening against Michigan. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Flanagan, Q. (1-0)
L: Sandlin, David (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Graham, Peyton 1
RBI: Tredaway, Tanner 2 ; Brown, Trent 2
SF: Tredaway, Tanner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Robertson, Blake 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 1
CS: Tredaway, Tanner 1
HBP: Muniz, Diego 1 ; Orduno, Sebastian 1
PO: Tredaway, Tanner 1
Batting:
2B: Bingham, M. 1 ; Casagrande 1 ; Paugh, B. 1
3B: Bingham, M. 1 ; O'Tremba, T. 1
HR: O'Tremba, T. 1
RBI: Bingham, M. 4 ; O'Tremba, T. 3 ; Davis, C. 1 ; Casagrande 1 ; Paugh, B. 2 ; Caulfield, G 1 ; McClaughry 1
SF: Davis, C. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bingham, M. 2 ; Susac, D. 1 ; O'Tremba, T. 3 ; Davis, C. 1 ; Turley, N. 1 ; Casagrande 2 ; LaLiberte, C 1 ; Caulfield, G 1 ; McClaughry 2
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