OU to Face Oral Roberts in Tulsa Tuesday

First Pitch

• Oklahoma (15-14) heads across the state for a Tuesday matchup at Oral Roberts (20-9) at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
• The Sooners split four games over the weekend against No. 7 Stanford in Norman, while the Golden Eagles have won five straight games and 10 of their last 11.
• 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).

Watch/Listen/Follow

• The game will be streamed via ORUAthletics.com, and broadcast on the Sooner Radio Network (locally on Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF, Sportstalk1400.com and the Varsity Network app anywhere). Toby Rowland will be on the Sooner Network radio call.
• Live stats will be available at ORUAthletics.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 172-118 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 sixth nationally and third in the Big 12 with its 176 walks, and ranks 15th nationally and third in the Big 12 with its 62 stolen bases. OU batters have also been hit by a pitch 38 times, totaling 214 free passes (an average of 7.4 free passes per game).
• The Sooners also rank fourth nationally with their 21 sacrifice flies (second in the Big 12 to nation-leading 28 by Texas Tech) and 26th nationally with 10 triples (third in Big 12 to Tech's 13 triples).
• Junior right fielder Bryce Madron has registered a nation-leading 38 walks in the season's first 29 games. He also ranks third nationally and first in the Big 12 by averaging 1.3 walks per contest. Freshman catcher Easton Carmichael leads the Big 12, is tied for eighth nationally and ranks second among catchers with his four triples. Junior first baseman Anthony Mackenzie ranks 17th nationally and third in the Big 12 with his 17 stolen bases (in 18 attempts). Junior Carter Campbell is fourth nationally and first in the Big 12 with his 17 pitching appearances. Graduate senior Braxton Douthit now ranks 11th in the country and leads the Big 12 by allowing 4.9 hits per nine innings.
• Carmichael leads the team with 31 RBIs and is batting .333 (36 for 108). He has thrown out seven baserunners stealing. Mackenzie batting .351 (39 for 111) and leads the team with 30 runs scored. Fourth-year junior outfielder Kendall Pettis is batting .311 (19 for 61) with 21 runs scored, four doubles, 18 walks and eight stolen bases. He has hit .423 (11 for 26) with eight runs, three doubles, a home run and four steals in his last eight games (seven starts) since March 19.
• Oklahoma is batting .281 and averaging 6.6 runs, 9.2 hits, 2.7 extra base hits, 6.1 walks and 2.1 stolen bases per game, and has a 5.62 team ERA and a .967 fielding percentage. OU opponents have batted .263 and averaged 6.5 runs, 9.1 hits, 3.2 extra base hits, 4.6 walks and 7.0 strikeouts per contest.
• The Golden Eagles are batting .312 and averaging 7.6 runs, 10.9 hits, 3.6 extra base hits and 4.4 walks per game and have a 4.00 team ERA and .986 fielding percentage. ORU opponents have batted .236 and averaged 4.2 runs, 7.4 hits, 2.5 extra base hits, 3.7 walks and 9.0 strikeouts per contest.
• Mackenzie and Madron have each reached in 20 straight contests. Carmichael and junior infielder Dakota Harris lead the team with 11 multiple-hit games and Mackenzie has nine. Carmichael leads the team with nine multiple-RBI games while Harris has eight.

Series History

• This will be the 81st meeting between Oklahoma and Oral Roberts. The Sooners lead the series 43-37.
• 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 12-9 overall against ORU since 2010, but the Golden Eagles hold a 25-18 edge in Tulsa (5-3 mark since 2011).