Sooners Travel to Face ORU Tuesday

Tuesday, April 26

Tulsa, Okla.

6 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

Oral Roberts

Photo by: Ty Russell

April 25, 2022 | Baseball

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Oklahoma

Oral Roberts

Tuesday, April 26 / Tulsa, Okla. / J.L. Johnson Stadium

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Matchups
Game Time	OU Projected Starter	ORU Projected Starters
Tuesday, 6 p.m.	LHP Braden Carmichael	RHP Andrew Roach

First Pitch

• Oklahoma (25-13) travel to Tulsa on Tuesday to face Oral Roberts (23-14) at J.L. Johnson Stadium. Game time is 6 p.m.
• The Sooners won the first meeting this season, 8-2, on April 5 in Norman. Braden Carmichael pitched 4.0 shutout innings, and Peyton Graham (home run) and Tanner Tredaway each had three hits and two RBIs.

Watch/Listen/Follow

• The game will be televised via ESPN+ and will be broadcast on the Sooner Radio Network (locally on Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF, Sportstalk1400.com and the Varsity Network app anywhere), and streamed live on SoonerSports.tv, with Toby Rowland and George Frazier on the call.
• Live stats will be available.

Leading Off

• Through 10 weeks of the season (38 games), the Sooners are 12-9 against the RPI top 100, including six top-50 wins (6-8) and three top-25 wins (3-4). OU's overall strength of schedule is ranked 20th in the country while its non-conference SOS is ranked 30th nationally.
• As a result of his recent offensive tear, Blake Robertson ranks him among the national and Big 12 leaders in several categories: .519 OBP (ninth nationally; 2nd Big 12), 17 doubles (15th nationally; T-1st Big 12), 37 walks (12th nationally; third Big 12), .392 batting average (41st nationally; fourth Big 12).
• Since April 2 (14 games), Robertson has batted .509/.622/.825 (29 for 57) with 23 RBIs, 21 runs, 11 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 15 walks and 10 strikeouts.
• In the Sooners' series sweep of Kansas Robertson and Peyton Graham combined for 21 hits, 19 RBIs, 18 runs scored, 12 extra base hits and five walks. Robertson, the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, hit .647 (11 for 17) with 11 RBIs, eight runs, five doubles, one homer and two walks. Graham hit .588 (10 for 17) with eight RBIs, 10 runs, three doubles, two triples, a homer and two walks.
• Oklahoma is hitting .295 as a team and averaging 7.3 runs, 9.8 hits and 3.0 extra base hits per game (74 doubles, 30 home runs). The pitching staff has compiled a 5.24 ERA, 335 strikeouts to 145 walks and 363 hits in 343.1 innings and has allowed a .271 opponent batting average.
• Oral Roberts is hitting .285 as a team. The Golden Eagles average 7.0 runs, 9.8 hits and 3.0 extra base hits per game (71 doubles, 26 home runs). The pitching staff has compiled a 4.17 ERA, 346 strikeouts to 121 walks and 298 hits in 324.0 innings and has allowed a .243 opponent batting average.
• Oklahoma is in its fifth season under the direction of head coach Skip Johnson (including the 2020 season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson, who spent the 2017 season on staff as an assistant coach, has led the Sooners to a 137-93 record since taking over as head coach prior to the 2018 season.

Series History

• This will be the 80th meeting between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts. The Sooners lead the series 43-36.
• Oklahoma won the only meeting between the schools last year, 14-12. ORU scored eight runs in the first inning and two in the second, while OU scored four in each of the first two innings and tied the game 10-all with two runs in the fourth. The Sooners took the lead for good with a three-run seventh and added one more in the eighth.
• The Golden Eagles won twice in 2019 and the Sooners won twice in 2018. OU is 12-8 overall against ORU since 2010, but the Golden Eagles hold a 24-18 edge in Tulsa (4-3 mark since 2011).

#LaunchPad

• The #LaunchPad is back for 2022. For the second straight year, pledged donations to a customized dollar amount for every homer that OU baseball hits in 2022 will go towards the the stadium renovation project. For more information, visit TheSoonerClub.com/LaunchPad.
• All donations from the Pledge Per Home Run Campaign will be treated as charitable donations supporting either the OU Softball Stadium Project or the OU Baseball Stadium Renovation Project and are tax-deductible.

Noting the Sooners

• During the first 10 games of the season, Oklahoma scored a total of 35 runs (average of 3.5 per game) and did not score more than six runs in any game. The Sooners have scored 244 runs during the last 28 games (8.7 per game). OU has scored at least seven runs in 23 of those 28 games, and has posted a 20-8 record in that span.
• OU is 71 for 91 on stolen base attempts in the last 28 games (average of 2.5 steals per game). Over the last 28 games, Peyton Graham leads the Sooners with 13 steals while Tanner Tredaway has 11 steals.
• Oklahoma has posted two separate eight-game stretches scoring at least seven runs: March 8-19 and April 12-24 (current). The Sooners had a similar eight-game scoring run between March 9-21 of last season, but have only scored at least seven runs in eight or more games four times in the last 11 years. OU opened the 2011 season by scoring at least seven runs in nine consecutive games.
• Blake Robertson leads the Sooners with a .392 batting average (56 for 143), 37 walks and 17 doubles. Graham has team bests of 10 home runs and 45 runs scored while batting .342 (52 for 152) with 28 RBIs. Tredaway is batting .338 (52 for 154) with a team-high 37 RBIs, nine doubles, two homers and 29 runs scored and Jimmy Crooks is hitting .302 (39 for 129) with 30 walks, 25 RBIs and 24 runs scored.

Recapping the Last Week

• Oklahoma defeated Wichita State 9-5 on Tuesday and swept its three-game Big 12 series at Kansas by scores of 15-2, 7-6 (14 innings) and 24-4 (seven innings).
• The Sooners compiled 46 runs, 46 hits and 26 walks while outscoring the Jayhawks 46-12 in the series. The 24-4 victory on Sunday was OU's highest offensive output since 2011 (27-7 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff), its most runs against a conference opponent since 2009 (29-4 win at Kansas State) and most runs scored against Kansas since 1974 (25-1 win in Norman).
• Oklahoma registered its first conference series sweep since 2019 (vs. Kansas in Norman), its first road series sweep since 2017 (at Kennesaw State) and its first road conference sweep since 2010 (at Kansas).
• Blake Robertson notched five hits in the opener on Friday. It was his second five-hit contest in a six-game span (also April 12 vs. Texas Tech) and tied for the most hits in a single game by a Big 12 player this season. OU totaled 17 hits, scoring three runs in the fourth, sixth and ninth innings, and four runs in the eighth. Robertson and Peyton Graham combined for eight hits, seven RBIs, six runs and four extra base hits. Jimmy Crooks and Max McGwire (second home run of the season) each added two RBIs. Jake Bennett struck out seven over 6.0 frames, allowing one earned run on five hits and two walk.
• On Saturday, the Sooners scored three runs in the ninth inning on four straight walks and a pinch-hit, two-out RBI single by Cade Horton that tied the game. Tanner Tredaway's sacrifice fly in the 14th inning gave OU its first lead of the contest. Trevin Michael finished the game by pitching 6.0 shutout innings with eight strikeouts. Crooks threw out three runners stealing in the game, including one to end the ninth and another as part of a strike-out throw-out double play in the 10th inning. Graham and Robertson each registered four hits in the gamewhile Wallace Clark notched three hits and Crooks walked four times.
• Sunday, Oklahoma exploded for nine runs in the second inning – all with two outs – and led 19-4 after four frames. Robertson notched six RBIs on two hits (including a three-run homer), Graham has three hits and four RBIs and Tredaway led the team with four hits and had four RBIs.
• Nine players scored at least one run and four players scored four runs (Graham, Robertson, John Spikerman and Kendall Pettis). The top four batters in the OU lineup (Spikerman, Graham, Robertson, Tredaway) combined for 10 hits, 14 RBIs and 14 runs. Crooks hit a three-run home run, Clark went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Hudson Polk had two RBIs.
• Chazz Martinez struck out three batters over 2.1 relief innings to earn the win. Colton Sundloff and Javier Ramos closed the game with a scoreless frame each.
• OU scored seven runs in the sixth inning to overcome a three-run deficit and defeat Wichita State 9-5 on Tuesday. Trailing 5-2, the Sooners strung together four hits, four walks and five stolen bases during the bottom half of the sixth to go ahead 9-5.

Base Snatchers

• The Sooners have registered 93 stolen bases in 119 attempts through 38 games this season. OU surpassed its total from all of last year (46 steals) in the 18th game of this season. The last time Oklahoma completed a season with at least 90 steals was in 2010 (98).
• Oklahoma ranks fifth nationally in stolen bases (93) and sixth in steals per game (2.5). Both figures rank second in the Big 12, only to West Virginia's 130 steals and average of 3.4 steals per game.
• OU's most steals over the last 12 seasons was 98, in 2010. Over the previous 30 years (1992-2021), OU has finished a season with more than 90 steals six times: 2010 (98), 2007 (96), 2003 (91), 1996 (104), 1995 (93), 1992 (91).
• Peyton Graham leads OU with 16 stolen bases, while Tanner Tredaway has 15 and Kendall Pettis has 14 steals. Blake Robertson has collected 11 steals and catcher Jimmy Crooks has eight steals. The last time OU had at least one player with 13 steals at the end of a season was 2013 (16 by Craig Aikin and 13 by Matt Oberste). A total of 14 players have recorded at least one stolen base this season.
• Oklahoma has registered at least 10 steals in a game twice this season. OU went off for 11 steals against Wichita State on Feb. 22 and stole 10 bases on April 16 vs. Pacific.
• Three players — Graham, Pettis and Tredaway — each had three stolen bases in the Feb. 22 game vs. Wichita State. Graham notched three steals again vs. Texas on April 2. It was the fourth time a single player has registered three steals in a single game this season.
• Prior to Feb. 22, no single Sooner had stolen three bases in a game since Erik Ross against Hartford in 2012. Oklahoma (3-1) finished the Wichita State game one steal shy of the school record of 12, set in 1937 against East Central (Okla.) University.