University of Oklahoma Athletics
April 18, 2023 | Baseball
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Harris hammered a three-run home run in the top of the first inning and doubled in the seventh and eighth innings. Madron hit a mammoth solo homer in the fifth inning and Muniz lined a two-run single in the seventh.
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The Sooners (19-19) pulled within 11-8 with their three-run eighth inning, then had the tying run at the plate with two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth inning and a 12-8 score but were unable to pull closer. The Cowboys (25-13) scored five runs in the first inning and three runs in the second inning, then added single runs in four straight frames and seven more runs in the eighth.
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The third batter of the game, Harris put Oklahoma on the board quickly in the first inning. Anthony Mackenzie walked and Bryce Madron was hit by a pitch, setting up the junior shortstop's three-run blast high off the building that houses the batting cages behind the home bullpen in left field. Madron drove home Wallace Clark with a sacrifice fly in the second.
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Oklahoma State responded with five runs in the bottom of the first on three hits and four walks, including a three-run double by Nolan Schubart. An RBI double by Chase Adkison and a two-run homer by Tyler Wulfert made it 8-4 after two innings.
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OSU added a run in the fourth on a double by Adkison, one in the fifth on a homer by Colin Brueggemann, one in the sixth on a homer by David Mendham and one more in the seventh on a homer by Roc Riggio.
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The Sooners picked up a run in the top of the fifth when Madron hit a 446-foot moonshot over the batter's eye in center field, then put up a crooked number in the eighth inning. Jackson Nicklaus drew a bases-loaded walk before Diego Muniz lined a two-run single into center field to make it 11-8. A strikeout with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth ended an OU scoring threat. OSU scored seven runs in the eighth on three hits and six walks.
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Starter Gray Harrison (0-2) took the loss, while Evan O'Toole (4-1) got the win in relief and Isaac Stebens earned a save.
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The Sooners and Cowboys will meet again in a Big 12 conference series on the final weekend of the regular season, May 18-20, at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.
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This weekend, Oklahoma travels to Austin, Texas, for a three-game series at No. 14 Texas. Game times are set for 7 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: O'Toole, Evan (4-1)
L: Harrison, Gray (0-2)
S: Stebens, Isaac (3)

Batting:
2B: Harris, Dakota 2
HR: Madron, Bryce 1 ; Harris, Dakota 1
RBI: Madron, Bryce 2 ; Harris, Dakota 3 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Muniz, Diego 2
SF: Madron, Bryce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mackenzie, Anthony 1 ; Madron, Bryce 2 ; Harris, Dakota 2 ; Pettis, Kendall 1 ; Spikerman, John 1 ; Clark, Wallace 1
SB: Harris, Dakota 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 1 ; Spikerman, John 1 ; Muniz, Diego 1
HBP: Madron, Bryce 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 1 ; Clark, Wallace 1

Batting:
2B: Riggio, Roc 1 ; Schubart, Nolan 1 ; Adkison, Chase 2 ; Mendham, David 1 ; Brown, Marcus 1
HR: Riggio, Roc 1 ; Mendham, David 1 ; Wulfert, Tyler 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
RBI: Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Riggio, Roc 3 ; Schubart, Nolan 2 ; Adkison, Chase 3 ; Mendham, David 5 ; Wulfert, Tyler 2 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Brown, Marcus 1
SF: Adkison, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ehrhard, Zach 2 ; Riggio, Roc 3 ; Benge, Carson 3 ; Schubart, Nolan 2 ; Adkison, Chase 2 ; Mendham, David 3 ; Wulfert, Tyler 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Holt, Brennan 1 ; Brown, Marcus 1
SB: Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Benge, Carson 1
HBP: Schubart, Nolan 1 ; Brown, Marcus 1






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