First Pitch
• Oklahoma (22-19) begins a four-game homestand on Tuesday against Oral Roberts (29-11) at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m. The Sooners won the first meeting this season, 12-2, on April 4 in Tulsa.
• Oklahoma hosts Kansas for a three-game Big 12 conference series this weekend at Mitchell Park. Game times for that set are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
• 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. 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.
• Fans can take advantage of $2 Tuesday concessions pricing with $2 hot dogs, popcorn and 12 oz. beer.
Watch/Listen/Follow
• The game will be televised via SoonerVision on ESPN+, with Chad McKee and George Frazier on the call.
• Toby Rowland will have the radio call, which will be carried on the Sooner Radio Network (locally on Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF, Sportstalk1400.com and the Varsity Network app anywhere).
• Live stats will be available via OUStats.com
Series History
• This will be the 82nd meeting between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts. The Sooners lead the series 44-37.
• OU defeated ORU 12-2 on April 4 in Tulsa.
• The teams split two games last season — OU won 8-2 in Norman on April 5 and ORU won 5-1 in Tulsa on April 26. Oklahoma won the only meeting between the schools in 2021, 14-12. The Golden Eagles won twice in 2019 and the Sooners won twice in 2018.
• OU is 13-9 overall and 9-4 in Norman against ORU since 2010.
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 179-123 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 seventh nationally and third in the Big 12 with its 248 walks, and ranks 16th nationally and fourth in the Big 12 with its 88 stolen bases. OU batters have also been hit by a pitch 52 times, totaling 300 free passes (an average of 7.3 free passes per game).
• The Sooners also rank fifth nationally with their 30 sacrifice flies (second in the Big 12 to 32 by Texas Tech) and 23rd nationally with 14 triples (second in Big 12; league leader Texas Tech has 18 triples).
• Junior right fielder
Bryce Madron has registered 44 walks in his 41 games, a figure that leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally. He also ranks 11th nationally and second in the Big 12 by averaging 1.1 walks per contest. Freshman catcher
Easton Carmichael ranks second in the Big 12, tied for 24th nationally and tied for second among catchers with his four triples. Junior infielder
Anthony Mackenzie ranks 36th nationally and third in the Big 12 with his 20 stolen bases (in 23 attempts). Junior
Carter Campbell is third nationally and first in the Big 12 with his 25 pitching appearances (national leaders have made 26 appearances). Graduate pitcher
Braxton Douthit leads the Big 12 (ranks 30th nationally) by allowing 5.98 hits per nine innings.
• Mackenzie has reached base in 32 straight contests; Madron's 30-game streak ended on Saturday at Texas. Junior infielder
Dakota Harris leads the team with 13 multiple-hit games. Mackenzie and Carmichael each have 12 multi-hit game, Madron and freshman
Rocco Garza-Gongora each have 11, and sophomore
John Spikerman has 10. Carmichael leads the team with 10 multiple-RBI games while Harris has nine, and Mackenzie and sophomore second baseman
Jackson Nicklaus each have eight.