No. 12 OU Meets DBU Tuesday

NORMAN – No. 12 Oklahoma (10-2) continues its homestand with a midweek matchup vs. Dallas Baptist (8-4) Tuesday in Norman. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT and can be seen on SECN+ and heard on 99.3 FM/1400 AM The REF with Chad McKee and Josh Helmer calling the action.

The Sooners (10-2) are coming off a series win vs. Gonzaga at Kimrey Family Stadium last weekend, winning consecutive games by run-rule before falling in the series finale.

Oklahoma made a one-spot jump in the ranks this week, moving to No. 12 in the D1Baseball Top 25 and ranking as high as No. 10 (Baseball America) across the five major polls. On the season, OU is outscoring opponents 132-43 and the pitching staff has a team ERA of 3.69 with 121 strikeouts to 45 walks.

The Sooners started the season with a program-record seven straight games scoring double digits and have scored 10+ runs in nine of 12 games.

Projected Pitching Matchup: OU LHP Jaden Barfield (0-0, 36.00 ERA) vs. DBU LHP Liam Watt (0-0, 1.04 ERA)

RECAPPING GONZAGA SERIES WIN

• No. 13 Oklahoma took the series over Gonzaga over the weekend, beating the Zags in Friday and Saturday's contests by a combined score of 25-5 before falling in the finale 7-1. The Sooners won game one 14-4 in eight innings before a 11-1 Saturday win in seven innings to clinch the series. OU had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the seventh on Sunday before a five-run ninth inning from the Zags put the game away.

• OU's pair of run-rule wins ran the total on the season to six wins by mercy-rule of Oklahoma's 10 wins.

• Friday on the mound, junior starting left-handed pitcher Cameron Johnson earned his third win of the season in as many starts. Johnson surrendered a three-run third inning but held Gonzaga scoreless in his other four innings pitched, striking out seven and walking none

• OU hit three home runs in Saturday's game, marking the second time this season the Sooners have hit three in a game.

• OU right-handed pitcher LJ Mercurius threw a seven-inning complete game one-hitter in OU's Saturday win over Gonzaga. Mercurius struck out nine and surrendered no earned runs on one hit with one walk. He retired 17 straight Zags to end the game.

• The complete game for Mercurius was his third of his career and first as a Sooner.

HOT START

• Oklahoma made a loud statement on opening weekend with its Shriners Showdown sweep, highlighted by dominant pitching and a revamped lineup that put up 32 runs across the three Showdown games.

• The pitching staff had a combined 48 strikeouts through the first four games.

• The Sooners continued their stellar start in Norman at the newly-named Kimrey Family Stadium, sweeping a series over Coppin State by a combined score of 57-1 in 21 innings. OU won the opener 22-1 (7) before a 24-0 (7) victory Saturday and 11-0 (7) finale victory.

• OU split a midweek set with Big 12 foe Arizona State last week, avenging its first loss of the season and in turn handing the Sun Devils their first loss of the year on Wednesday. Jaxon Willits was the hero with a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth to give the Sooners a 4-3 win.

• Through 12 games OU is outscoring the opposition 132-43 (11.0 runs/game). The offense is batting .320 with 45 extra-base hits to opponents' 23.

• The OU pitching staff has 121 strikeouts to 45 walks in the early season.

• OU's weekend rotation of Cameron Johnson, LJ Mercurius and Cord Rager have combined for 72 strikeouts to 13 walks and 9 ER on the year.

• Sixteen Sooners have registered a hit in the early season of 17 that has had a plate appearance.

• Senior Trey Gambill paces the team with a .385 batting average. Six Sooner starters (Gambill, Brendan Brock, Deiten Lachance, Camden Johnson, Nolan Stevens, Jaxon Willits) are batting over .300. Brock leads OU with four home runs while Gambill has a trio of long balls. Nine Sooners have combined for 18 blasts.

• The Sooners have homered in 10 of 12 games.

• Camden Johnson paces the team and ranks third in the country with 12 stolen bags on 13 attempts. OU ranks fifth in the country with 40 on 44 attempts.

• Trey Gambill and Camden Johnson's four stolen bases a piece 2/22 vs. Coppin State were the most since a program-record five by Derek Wathan vs. Kansas State in 1996.

FOR THE FANS

• Tuesday's matchup will feature the '$2 Takeover' promotion at Kimrey Family Stadium, featuring $2 concession deals on beer, popcorn, hot dogs and more.

• Season and single game tickets for the 2026 season are available now on SoonerSports.com/tickets. For more information about Oklahoma baseball tickets, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 405-325-2424, by email at outickets@ou.edu or by visiting SoonerSports.com/tickets.

• Oklahoma Baseball officially opens the newly-named Kimrey Family Stadium this season after a Board of Regents resolution in the fall of 2025 approved the renaming of L. Dale Mitchell Park in honor of the Kimrey family and their transformational gift to the program. Also approved were numerous renovation projects, including updates to the outfield wall, batter's eye, bullpens, exterior fence and spectator areas beyond the outfield wall.

• Project 2 of the Kimrey Family Stadium Project has officially moved forward, featuring significant expansion and improvements to team facilities, seating bowl upgrades and fan enhancements, including new concessions, restrooms and a dedicated fan plaza.

RANKINGS CHATTER

• After another impressive weekend, the Sooners moved up in the polls as high as No. 10 in the Baseball America Top 25. D1Baseball put the Sooners at No. 12 Monday, while Perfect Game ranks the team 13th, NCBWA 14th and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll 14th.

• OU is 1-0 in ranked matchups following its takedown of then-No. 10 TCU on Opening Weekend. A season ago, OU went 11-15 in ranked matchups.