NORMAN – Due to inclement weather in Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma baseball home series against Northwestern State this weekend will now be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The games were originally scheduled to be held at OU's L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Game times for the series will be noon on Friday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. OU will remain the home team for all three games. Fans are encouraged to follow the 3-1 Sooners to Globe Life Field this weekend in lieu of the games in Norman.
General admission single-day and full-weekend tickets are on sale now at
texasrangers.com/collegebaseball. Single-day tickets and weekend passes include the OU-NSU games as well as the previously scheduled series between TCU and Nebraska at Globe Life Field.
Fans who hold tickets for OU's series against Northwestern State in Norman may exchange them for any remaining home game on the schedule. Contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 456-4668 or
outickets@ou.edu for more information.
"We're grateful for the Texas Rangers for their willingness to make this weekend's games possible with the inclement weather we're having in Oklahoma," Oklahoma head coach
Skip Johnson said. "While we're disappointed we won't have the opportunity to play in front of Sooner fans in Norman this weekend, we look forward to returning to L. Dale Mitchell Park beginning March 8 for a nine-game homestand."
All three games of the series will be broadcast locally on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM in Norman and on Sportstalk1400.com. Live stats will also be available via OUStats.com.
This will be the second straight weekend the OU baseball team will play at the Texas Rangers' home ballpark in Arlington, Texas. The Sooners won two of three games in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown last weekend at Globe Life Field.
