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Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Suffer Run Drought at TCU

By Chip Rouse

Feb 24, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Country music recording artist Toby Keith watches college basketball action between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Country music recording artist Toby Keith watches college basketball action between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Run production was in extremely short supply for Oklahoma baseball in its three-game series at TCU over the weekend, and for the second time this season the Sooners were swept in a Big 12 road series.

The Sooners had won five of their last seven games and two weekend series in succession before running into a brick wall against the Horned Frogs. TCU outscored Oklahoma 25-5 in the three-game series, which ended in a doubleheader sweep over the run-challenged Sooners on Saturday.

Oct 24, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners fans are seen prior to action against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners fans are seen prior to action against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

TCU pounded out 16 hits in the series opener on Friday, blowing open the game with a six-run and went on to record an 11-3 win. The Horned Frog hit parade carried over to game one on Saturday. TCU collected 16 hits in the front end of Saturday’s double bill. The TCU lead-off hitter reached base six times in the seven innings played, and came around to score in six of those innings.

The game was ended by the run rule with TCU leading by 10 runs, 12-2, after seven innings.

The Sooners actually outhit TCU five to four in the nightcap, but the Horned Frogs’ hits were more productive in a 2-0 TCU victory. TCU junior right-hander Brian Howard yielded three hits in seven full innings of work, striking out four Sooners and walking no one.

Oklahoma starter Jake Elliott also had a good outing on the mound, giving up just four hits and one run through 5.1 innings, to go along with four strikeouts.

Here is what you need to know from the Sooners three games at TCU:

  • Saturday was the fourth doubleheader for Oklahoma this season. The Sooners are now 3-5 in those games.
  • Thirteen of OU’s 37 contests this season have been decided by one or two runs. The Sooners are 6-7 in those games.
  • Sooner starter Jake Elliott had pitched nine consecutive scoreless innings at TCU before the string was snapped in the bottom of the fifth inning in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader.
  • In three career starts vs. TCU, Elliott has a 2.16 ERA and 13 strikeouts.
  • OU managed just four hits in Friday’s 11-3 loss. That was the fifth time this season that Oklahoma has been held to four hits or less.
  • OU freshman center fielder had his sixth multi-hit game of the season in game one of the Saturday doubleheader. He had three hits in game one, the second time he has had three hits in a game in 2016.
  • Oklahoma has now lost nine consecutive games to TCU, but the Sooners still lead the overall series 57-32.
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