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Sooners Fall to LSU in 11 Innings
March 04, 2022 | Baseball
HOUSTON – Kendall Pettis homered and Jake Bennett allowed one run over 6.2 innings, but the Oklahoma baseball team fell to No. 7 LSU 5-4 in 11 innings Friday in the Shriners Children's College Classic at Minute Maid Park.
Pettis' home run was part of a two-run two-out seventh inning that extended OU's lead to 3-0. The Tigers sent the game to extra innings with a run in the seventh and a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth by Cade Doughty.
Jimmy Crooks put the Sooners (5-3) back on top in the 10th with an RBI double into the right field corner, but LSU (9-1) countered with a run in the bottom half. Jake Thompson's home run to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning ended the game.
"I think we broke through and really competed tonight," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "That's what was really fun to watch as much as anything. We had some big two-strike hits and did a lot of good things. (The team) learned how to compete tonight. They know they can play with anybody in the country."
Oklahoma broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning when Brett Squires doubled and scored on a throwing error to first base on a sacrifice bunt by Pettis.
Pettis banged his second career home run off an advertising board above the Crawford Boxes in left field in the seventh inning. The third-year sophomore's first career homer, which came in the same ballpark two years ago in the Shriners College Classic against Missouri, also landed in the boxes above the high left field wall.
Graham followed the home run with a single and scored on a base hit by Blake Robertson to make the score 3-0. Graham and Robertson were two of the four Sooners with two hits in the ballgame.
Bennett, who struck out four on Friday, was dealing throughout his outing. He retired the first seven batters of the game and allowed only two hits through six innings. A leadoff double in the seventh inning represented the first LSU baserunner to reach second base in the game. The runner, who eventually scored on a single by Gavin Dugas to make it 3-1, was the first run allowed by Bennett in 18.0 innings this season.
Tanner Tredaway led off the top of the 10th inning with a single and hit a two-out double in the 11th inning. Crooks, who was hitless in four at bats prior to the 10th inning, delivered the RBI double that put OU back in front, 4-3. LSU, however, tied the game in the bottom half with a two-out double by Doughty.
LSU's Bryce Collins (1-0) earned the win while Griffin Miller (0-1) was saddled with the loss.
The Sooners continue in the Shriners College Classic against UCLA on Saturday. First pitch is set for 11 a.m.
Pettis' home run was part of a two-run two-out seventh inning that extended OU's lead to 3-0. The Tigers sent the game to extra innings with a run in the seventh and a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth by Cade Doughty.
Jimmy Crooks put the Sooners (5-3) back on top in the 10th with an RBI double into the right field corner, but LSU (9-1) countered with a run in the bottom half. Jake Thompson's home run to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning ended the game.
"I think we broke through and really competed tonight," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "That's what was really fun to watch as much as anything. We had some big two-strike hits and did a lot of good things. (The team) learned how to compete tonight. They know they can play with anybody in the country."
Oklahoma broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning when Brett Squires doubled and scored on a throwing error to first base on a sacrifice bunt by Pettis.
Pettis banged his second career home run off an advertising board above the Crawford Boxes in left field in the seventh inning. The third-year sophomore's first career homer, which came in the same ballpark two years ago in the Shriners College Classic against Missouri, also landed in the boxes above the high left field wall.
Graham followed the home run with a single and scored on a base hit by Blake Robertson to make the score 3-0. Graham and Robertson were two of the four Sooners with two hits in the ballgame.
Bennett, who struck out four on Friday, was dealing throughout his outing. He retired the first seven batters of the game and allowed only two hits through six innings. A leadoff double in the seventh inning represented the first LSU baserunner to reach second base in the game. The runner, who eventually scored on a single by Gavin Dugas to make it 3-1, was the first run allowed by Bennett in 18.0 innings this season.
Tanner Tredaway led off the top of the 10th inning with a single and hit a two-out double in the 11th inning. Crooks, who was hitless in four at bats prior to the 10th inning, delivered the RBI double that put OU back in front, 4-3. LSU, however, tied the game in the bottom half with a two-out double by Doughty.
LSU's Bryce Collins (1-0) earned the win while Griffin Miller (0-1) was saddled with the loss.
The Sooners continue in the Shriners College Classic against UCLA on Saturday. First pitch is set for 11 a.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bryce Collins (1-0)
L: Miller, Griffin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Crooks, Jimmy 1 ; Squires, Brett 2
HR: Pettis, Kendall 1
RBI: Robertson, Blake 1 ; Crooks, Jimmy 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 1
SH: Pettis, Kendall 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Squires, Brett 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 1
HBP: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Orduno, Sebastian 1 ; Brown, Trent 1
Batting:
2B: Tre' Morgan 2 ; Cade Doughty 2
HR: Cade Doughty 1 ; Jordan Thompson 1
RBI: Cade Doughty 3 ; Jordan Thompson 1 ; Gavin Dugas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tre' Morgan 2 ; Cade Doughty 2 ; Jordan Thompson 1
HBP: Gavin Dugas 1
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