Sooners Drop Series Finale to K-State

Sunday, May 1

Norman

2 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

27-15, 0

Kansas State

22-21, 0

Kansas State

Oklahoma

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NORMAN – Jackson Nicklaus and Brett Squires homered, but the Oklahoma baseball team fell 8-7 to Kansas State in the series finale Sunday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

Nicklaus, who homered in all three games of the series, sent a shot over the left center field wall in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game 1-1. Squires gave the Sooners (27-15, 9-6 Big 12) a 3-1 lead in the second inning with a two-run blast to left center.

The Wildcats (22-21, 4-11 Big 12) scored two runs in the seventh and four runs in the eighth inning to erase OU's 6-2 lead and go ahead 8-6. The Sooners cut it to 8-7 on a sacrifice fly by Cade Horton in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Oklahoma won the series with 14-2 and 22-10 victories on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, OU registered 13 hits and concluded the weekend with 43 runs on 46 hits in the three games. This was the second straight weekend in which the Sooners compiled more than 40 runs and 40 hits in their three-game series.

"You look at today, and we didn't execute some things on the mound. All in all, we came back and swung the bats really well," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson said. "We left a guy at second with no outs and that probably cost us another early run. We have to continue to grow in those areas, and it's not a finished product by any means."

Nicklaus and Wallace Clark both went 3 for 4 with two RBIs in the game. Nicklaus drove in his second run with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Clark doubled twice, including a two-run chopper down the left field line in the sixth inning that extended Oklahoma's lead to 6-2.

Kansas State scored on a sacrifice fly in the first inning and on a wild pitch in the fifth inning to cut OU's lead to 3-2. The Wildcats scored twice in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Kaelen Culpepper and a double by Dylan Phillips, then scored four runs in the eighth, taking the 8-6 lead on a two-run homer by Dominic Johnson.

Horton started the game for Oklahoma and pitched 2.0 innings. Chazz Martinez went 3.1 innings in relief and Trevin Michael (3-1) pitched the final 3.2 frames. KSU reliever Blake Corsentino (3-4) earned the win and Phillips got the save.

The Sooners are on the road for four games this week, beginning with a Tuesday contest at Dallas Baptist. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. OU will then travel to Fort Worth next weekend for a three-game set at TCU.