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Oklahoma Baseball: Sooner Bats Go Silent in Shutout by Baylor

ByChip Rouse|
Jun 23, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; General view of the stadium during the fifth inning of the contest between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 23, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; General view of the stadium during the fifth inning of the contest between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports

Oklahoma baseball is off to a banner start in 2017. The Sooners have scored in double digits in more than half of their 22 wins, but on Saturday at Baylor, they came up empty,

The 10th-ranked Sooners’ league-leading hitting ran up against better pitching on Saturday afternoon at Ferrell Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco as Baylor shut out OU 7-0 in the middle game of the three-game series.

It was only the fifth loss of the season for Oklahoma and the second time they have failed to score.

In case you missed it, or were just two busy catching all the Elite Eight and/or Sweet 16 action in the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, here is what you need to take away from the OU-Baylor baseball game on Saturday:

The Sooners managed eight hits against Baylor, but also left eight men stranded on the base paths.

Every player in the Sooner starting lineup had at least one hit except sophomore outfielder . The irony of that stat is that Walker has been one of the most reliable hitters on the team and leads the Big 12 in total bases with 61. Walker was 0 for 4 in the game.

  • Right-hander Devon Perez started the game for the Sooners and went five innings, giving up four runs on four hits and striking out nine Baylor hitters. He began the game fanning five of the first seven batters he faced.
  • Redshirt freshman Kyler Murray played in his first game since March 5. Murray, who is also a quarterback on the OU football team, had been out of action with a hamstring injury.

    • Oklahoma grounded into a season-high five double plays on Saturday at Baylor.

    The Sooners got their leadoff hitter on base in the fourth, sixth and ninth innings, but each time, the runner was wiped out by a Baylor double play.

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    Sophomore Brylie Ware had his ninth multi-hit game with two hits against Baylor on Saturday.

    The Sooners got their leadoff hitter on base in the fourth, sixth and ninth innings, but each time, the runner was wiped out by a Baylor double play.

  • The Sooners will go with their ace, Jake Irvin, in the rubber game of the series on Sunday. Irvin leads the OU staff with a 5-0 record, a 1.16 earned-run average and a Big 12-best 52 strikeouts.

    • While the Sooner baseball team was going scoreless at Baylor, the reigning Women’s College World Series-champion Oklahoma softball squad was extending its current winning streak to four games with a doubleheader sweep of Louisiana Tech and the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday.

    What’s more the Lady Sooners, now 27-7 overall in 2017 and ranked 12th in the country in the most recent ESPN/USA Softball poll, achieved the twin-bill victory on the same field, ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, where they captured their third national championship last spring. Oklahoma has won 10 straight regular-season games at ASA Stadium.




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