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Photo by: Ty Russell
Sooners Sweep Midweek Set from Air Force
March 16, 2022 | Baseball
NORMAN – Peyton Graham, Jackson Nicklaus, Trent Brown and Cade Horton homered for Oklahoma, and the Sooners held off Air Force for an 8-7 victory Wednesday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners (11-5) swept the two-game set from the Falcons (6-9) and won their sixth in a row.
OU scored five runs in the second inning, including a two-run homer by Graham, then added solo home runs by Nicklaus in the fourth, Brown in the sixth and Horton in the eighth. Graham and Nicklaus share the team lead with three home runs and Brown hit his first of the year. It was also the first home run of Norman High product Horton's college career.
Air Force scored two runs in the fourth inning to make it 5-2, then added three runs in the seventh and two in the top of the ninth before Jaret Godman closed it out for his third save of the season. Javier Ramos (1-0) earned the win with three shutout innings in his first start of the year.
"What Javy did on the mound today was a sign of the work he put in," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "We got ahead, then they got us off balance and got three runs and took the momentum. Then Cade came back, got the home run and kind of gave us the momentum again, which was really good."
Chazz Martinez lined the first of six straight one-out hits into right field in the second inning, then scored on a single by Sebastian Orduno. Brown doubled home Orduno and scored on an error off of Nicklaus' infield single. Graham then launched his two-run home run among the pine trees over the left field berm.
After Air Force scored two runs in the fourth on a double play and a wild pitch, the left-handed hitting Nicklaus hit a leadoff homer to left field to make it 6-2. Brown also smashed his one-out home run in the sixth inning over the left field berm.
The Falcons cut it to 7-5 with three runs in the seventh inning on a two-run homer by Trayden Tamiya and an RBI double by Cayden Zimmerman. Freshman Keegan Allen retired three straight batters after a leadoff double in the eighth inning, striking out two batters to strand the runner at third base and preserve the two-run lead. Horton got a run back with his solo shot in the bottom of the eighth to make it 8-5.
In the ninth, Air Force scored two runs on a single, a double, an RBI groundout and a triple by Gabriel Garcia to make it 8-7. Godman covered home plate on a wild pitch and caught the throw from Jimmy Crooks in time to make the game-ending tag before Garcia could touch the plate. The play was upheld after video review.
Ramos tossed three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one batter. He worked around an error in the first and a hit batter in the second by inducing double play grounders to Horton at short (first inning) and Diego Muniz at third base (second inning).
Oklahoma plays host to New Orleans for three games this weekend at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
OU scored five runs in the second inning, including a two-run homer by Graham, then added solo home runs by Nicklaus in the fourth, Brown in the sixth and Horton in the eighth. Graham and Nicklaus share the team lead with three home runs and Brown hit his first of the year. It was also the first home run of Norman High product Horton's college career.
Air Force scored two runs in the fourth inning to make it 5-2, then added three runs in the seventh and two in the top of the ninth before Jaret Godman closed it out for his third save of the season. Javier Ramos (1-0) earned the win with three shutout innings in his first start of the year.
"What Javy did on the mound today was a sign of the work he put in," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "We got ahead, then they got us off balance and got three runs and took the momentum. Then Cade came back, got the home run and kind of gave us the momentum again, which was really good."
Chazz Martinez lined the first of six straight one-out hits into right field in the second inning, then scored on a single by Sebastian Orduno. Brown doubled home Orduno and scored on an error off of Nicklaus' infield single. Graham then launched his two-run home run among the pine trees over the left field berm.
After Air Force scored two runs in the fourth on a double play and a wild pitch, the left-handed hitting Nicklaus hit a leadoff homer to left field to make it 6-2. Brown also smashed his one-out home run in the sixth inning over the left field berm.
The Falcons cut it to 7-5 with three runs in the seventh inning on a two-run homer by Trayden Tamiya and an RBI double by Cayden Zimmerman. Freshman Keegan Allen retired three straight batters after a leadoff double in the eighth inning, striking out two batters to strand the runner at third base and preserve the two-run lead. Horton got a run back with his solo shot in the bottom of the eighth to make it 8-5.
In the ninth, Air Force scored two runs on a single, a double, an RBI groundout and a triple by Gabriel Garcia to make it 8-7. Godman covered home plate on a wild pitch and caught the throw from Jimmy Crooks in time to make the game-ending tag before Garcia could touch the plate. The play was upheld after video review.
Ramos tossed three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one batter. He worked around an error in the first and a hit batter in the second by inducing double play grounders to Horton at short (first inning) and Diego Muniz at third base (second inning).
Oklahoma plays host to New Orleans for three games this weekend at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ramos, Javier (1-0)
L: HAWKS,SAWYER (0-1)
S: Godman, Jaret (3)
Batting:
2B: KULASINGAM,SAM 1 ; ZIMMERMAN,CAYDEN 1 ; ALTORFER,BRAYDON 1
3B: GARCIA,GABRIEL 1
HR: TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 1
RBI: ZIMMERMAN,CAYDEN 1 ; BOOKER,JASON 1 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 1 ; TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 2
SH: JOE,AERIK 1
Base Running:
RUNS: COVIN,BLAKE 2 ; KULASINGAM,SAM 2 ; ZIMMERMAN,CAYDEN 1 ; THOMPSON,MATT 1 ; TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 1
HBP: KULASINGAM,SAM 1 ; ZIMMERMAN,CAYDEN 1 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 1 ; THOMPSON,MATT 1
Batting:
2B: Horton, Cade 1 ; Brown, Trent 1
HR: Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Graham, Peyton 1 ; Horton, Cade 1 ; Brown, Trent 1
RBI: Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Graham, Peyton 2 ; Horton, Cade 1 ; Orduno, Sebastian 1 ; Brown, Trent 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Nicklaus, Jackson 2 ; Graham, Peyton 1 ; Martinez, Chazz 1 ; Horton, Cade 1 ; Orduno, Sebastian 1 ; Brown, Trent 2
SB: Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Graham, Peyton 1
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