Sooners Host No. 7 Stanford at L. Dale Mitchell Park

Thursday, March 30

6:30 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

13-13

Stanford

17-5

Stanford

Oklahoma

Photo by: Ty Russell

Sooners Host No. 7 Stanford at L. Dale Mitchell Park

March 29, 2023 | Baseball

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First Pitch

• Oklahoma (13-12) returns home to the friendly confines of L. Dale Mitchell Park this weekend for a four-game non-conference series against No. 7 Stanford (16-5). Game times are 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
• Stanford is the first top-10 non-conference opponent to visit Mitchell Park since 2012, when OU defeated No. 9 Arkansas 4-0 in a midweek contest.
• This series is a matchup of two teams that played in the 2022 College World Series. The Sooners reached the CWS finals, while the Cardinal made its second straight trip to Omaha.
• Oklahoma is celebrating its 125th anniversary season in 2023. The program was established in 1898, and OU has competed in 118 seasons since (including 2023).

Tickets/Promotions

• Tickets are available via SoonerSports.com. Fans can purchase a ticket for the four-game series for only $35. Mini plans and flex packages are available for all remaining home games.
• The L. Dale Mitchell Park ticket office and entrance gates will open two hours prior to the scheduled game time. The ticket office and will call windows are located behind home plate, along W. Imhoff Rd.
• Weekend promotions include Throwback Thursday, Friday Night Fireworks, Kids Club Day and Sunday Runday, a social hour on Thursday and giveaways throughout the weekend.
• Throwback Thursday will feature giveaways of retro OU baseball t-shirts to the first 500 fans, a 1995 College World Series pennant to the first 250 fans, throwback jams and a pregame social hour with $4 16 oz. beers from 4:30-6:30. Additionally, OU women's tennis head coach Audra Cohen will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
• The first 250 fans at Friday's game can receive a 2022 CWS pennant. A fireworks show will follow the game. Saturday is Kids Club Day; Jr. Sooner Kids Club members will be able to interact with the Sooner Schooner before the game and play wiffle ball on the field with Boomer following the game. The first 250 fans at Friday's game can receive a 2010 CWS pennant. Sunday is Junior Spirit Day and Sunday Runday. For this, and every Sunday OU home contest, kids 12 and under can run the bases on the field following the game.

Watch/Listen/Follow

• The games will be televised via SoonerVision on ESPN+ and broadcast on the Sooner Radio Network (locally on Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF, Sportstalk1400.com and the Varsity Network app anywhere). Chad McKee and George Frazier call the TV action Thursday and Saturday, and Toby Rowland and Fraizer will carry a TV/radio simulcast on Friday and Sunday. Rowland will be on the radio air for all four games.
• Live stats will be available at OUStats.com.

Leading Off

• Oklahoma is in its sixth 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 170-116 record, two NCAA Tournament appearances, the 2022 Big 12 tournament championship and the 2022 College World Series finals since taking over as head coach prior to the 2018 season.
• Oklahoma ranks 14th nationally and third in the Big 12 with its 57 stolen bases. OU also ranks 12th nationally (third in the Big 12) with its 152 walks.
• Junior right fielder Bryce Madron has registered a nation-leading 33 walks in the season's first 25 games. Freshman catcher Easton Carmichael leads the Big 12, is tied for sixth nationally and leads all catchers with his four triples. Junior first baseman Anthony Mackenzie ranks 22nd nationally and third in the Big 12 with his 15 stolen bases (in 16 attempts).
• Carmichael leads the team with 29 RBIs and is batting .352 (32 for 91). He has thrown out seven baserunners stealing. Mackenzie batting .361 (35 for 97) and leads the team with 22 runs scored. Freshman first baseman Rocco Garza-Gongora is hitting .338 (26 for 77) with three homers, five doubles, 14 RBIs and 17 runs. Junior shortstop Dakota Harris leads the Sooners with a .386 batting average (32 for 83), 10 extra base hits (six doubles, four homers) and has driven in 27 runs.
• Oklahoma is batting .286 and averaging 6.6 runs, 9.4 hits, 2.7 extra base hits, 6.1 walks and 2.3 stolen bases per game, and has a 5.06 team ERA and a .965 fielding percentage. OU opponents have batted .247 and averaged 5.8 runs, 8.4 hits, 2.8 extra base hits, 4.4 walks and 6.9 strikeouts per contest.
• The Cardinal is batting .308 and averaging 8.5 runs, 11.0 hits, 3.8 extra base hits and 4.8 walks per game and have a 4.96 team ERA and .973 fielding percentage. Stanford opponents have batted .244 and averaged 5.7 runs, 8.2 hits, 2.4 extra base hits, 5.1 walks and 10.1 strikeouts per contest.
• Mackenzie and Madron have each reached in 16 straight contests. Harris leads the team with 11 multiple-hit games, Carmichael has 10 multi-hit games, and Mackenzie and Garza-Gongora each have eight. Harris and Carmichael lead the team with eight multiple-RBI games apiece.

Series History

• Oklahoma and Stanford have met four times in baseball. Stanford leads the series 2-1. This will be the first time the programs have met since 1999.
• The Sooners defeated the Cardinal 10-4 in the 1994 NCAA Central Regional at Austin, Texas. Stanford won the first meeting between the schools 12-3 in 1971 (played in Riverside, Calif.), and won 5-1 in a midweek contest at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City in 1999

#CHAOUS

• The Sooners have registered 57 stolen bases in 72 attempts (79%) through the first 25 games of the season, which is about the same as its pace through 25 games of the 2022 season (58 for 73). Last year, OU registered 145 steals, the most by an Oklahoma club since 1989 (168 steals).
• Anthony Mackenzie leads the Sooners and ranks 22nd nationally with his 15 steals (in 16 attempts). John Spikerman is second on the team with 11 steals (11 for 13) and Kendall Pettis is 8 for 11 in stolen bases. Eleven players have stolen at least one base this season and six players have notched at leas four stolen bases.
• Mackenzie has stolen three bases in a game twice this season (vs. Abilene Christian on Feb. 22 and vs. Rider on Feb. 25). On 11 occasions, an OU player has stolen at least two bases in a game. Oklahoma registered a season-high eight steals against Rider on Feb. 25 and has stolen at least three bases seven times this season.
• #CHAOUS is not only about stealing bases, but also about being aggressive on offense and putting pressure on the defense. While Oklahoma ranks 14th nationally in steals (57) and steals per game (2.3), it also ranks 12th nationally in walks (152) and batters have been hit by a pitch 32 times. The Sooners also have 11 sacrifice bunts and 18 sacrifice flies (which ranks ninth in the country). OU opponents have committed 29 errors (.969 fielding percentage).

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Meier, Max (1-0)

L: Davis, Kale (2-3)

Stanford

Batting:

2B: Graham, Carter 1 ; Bowser, Drew 1 ; Rios, Alberto 1

3B: Bowser, Drew 1 ; Cobb, Owen 1

HR: Park, Eddie 1 ; Montgomery, Braden 1 ; Moore, Malcolm 2 ; Cobb, Owen 1

RBI: Park, Eddie 2 ; Troy, Tommy 1 ; Graham, Carter 1 ; Montgomery, Braden 2 ; Moore, Malcolm 7 ; Bowser, Drew 1 ; Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Rios, Alberto 4 ; Cobb, Owen 3

SF: Moore, Malcolm 1 ; Rios, Alberto 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Park, Eddie 1 ; Troy, Tommy 3 ; Graham, Carter 5 ; Montgomery, Braden 5 ; Moore, Malcolm 2 ; Bowser, Drew 2 ; Rios, Alberto 1 ; Sapien, Jake 1 ; Cobb, Owen 3