2017 Schedule Oklahoma Sooners
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n n n Games 1-3 Long Beach State Norman, Okla. L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time OKLAHOMA SOONERS LONG BEACH STATE DIRTBAGS Feb. 17 Long Beach State 4:00 pm Overall: 0-0 Overall: 0-0 Feb. 18 Long Beach State 2:00 pm Big 12: 0-0 Big West: 0-0 Feb. 19 Long Beach State 11:00 am Head Coach: Pete Hughes Head Coach: Troy Buckley Feb. 21 Grambling State [FSSW] 3:00 pm Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 22 Grambling State [FSOK] 3:00 pm Feb. 24 Villanova# [FSOK] 3:00 pm 617-468-3/20 186-155/6 # CBN BA USA Feb. 25 Northern Illinois 12:00 pm Rank: NR Rank: 17 /20 /RV Feb. 25 Villanova# 6:30 pm Feb. 26 Boston College# [FSOK] 12:00 pm First Pitch... Stream: SoonerSports.tv Feb. 28 Little Rock [SSTV] 3:00 pm A late change to the schedule brings opening weekend to L. Dale Audio .............................................................................Radio Simulcast Mar. 3 Central Conn. State 6:30 pm Mitchell Park for the University of Oklahoma baseball team. Origi- Radio: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM Mar. 4 Central Conn. State (DH) 2:00 pm nally scheduled to be on the road, the Sooners host No. 17 Long Play-By-Play ..............................................Toby Rowland (Fri./Sun.) Mar. 5 Central Conn. State 1:00 pm Beach State in Norman due to inclement weather in California. .....................................................................................Chad McKee (Sat.) Mar. 7 Wichita State [SSTV] 6:30 pm Online Mar. 9 Buffalo 7:00 pm About the Sooners... Twitter ............................................................................@OU_Baseball Mar. 10 Buffalo 6:30 pm Oklahoma is coming off a 30-27-1 campaign with an 11-13 record (DH) Live Stats .......................................................................... OUstats.com Mar. 11 Buffalo 2:00 pm and fifth-place finish in the Big 12 a season ago. Seven position Mar. 14 at Georgia Tech [ACC+] 5:00 pm players that started 30 or more games last season return, includ- Mar. 15 at Georgia State 5:00 pm ing sophomore outfielder Steele Walker. He is one of three Lou- Leading Off Mar. 17 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 5:00 pm isville Slugger Freshman All-Americans from 2016 and hit .290 • Oklahoma faces a ranked opponent on opening weekend for the Mar. 18 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 1:00 pm with 17 doubles; tied for the second most on record by an OU first time since visiting No. 1 UCLA to begin the 2008 season. Mar. 19 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 12:00 pm freshman. Senior first baseman Austin O’Brien, who was an All- Mar. 21 at Oklahoma State 6:30 pm Big 12 Freshman Team performer in 2014, is the only four-year • The Sooners salvaged the series finale against the Dirtbags in Mar. 24 at Baylor* [FCSC] 6:35 pm player under fourth-year head coach Pete Hughes. O’Brien en- 2016 by erasing a three-run deficit in the ninth and walking off Mar. 25 at Baylor* [FSSW+] 3:05 pm ters his final season in Norman with 104 career hits and 10 home on a three-run home run by Hunter Haley. Mar. 26 at Baylor* [FSSW] 12:05 pm runs. In 2016, he hit .267 with a .424 slugging percentage on Mar. 31 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 6:30 pm nine doubles and five home runs. Senior Jack Flansburg started • Seniors Renae Martinez, Austin O’Brien and JB Olson were Apr. 1 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 2:00 pm multiple games at all four infield positions last season, including elected captains by their teammates in fall ball. Apr. 2 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 1:00 pm Apr. 4 Oral Roberts [SSTV] 6:30 pm each of the first 47 games of the year before being sidelined with Apr. 7 at Texas* [FS1] 7:00 pm a hamstring injury. He earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as • The Sooners are 24-3 when playing the first game of the Apr. 8 at Texas* [LHN] 4:00 pm a .278 hitter with 32 runs scores and 29 driven in. Sophomore season at home since 1962. Apr. 9 at Texas* [LHN] 2:30 PM right-hander Jake Irvin finished his rookie campaign as the Fri- Apr. 11 at Oral Roberts 6:30 pm day night starter. He resumes that roll after posting a 6-2 record • In 2015, Oklahoma alums made the second most starts on the mound in MLB with 68 behind Long Beach State’s 70. Apr. 13 at Michigan 3:00 pm with a 4.47 earned run average in 2016. Apr. 14 at Michigan 3:00 pm • JuCo transfer Brylie Ware (Neosho) was named the 2016 Apr. 15 at Michigan 1:00 pm On the Air... NJCAA Player of the Year and won the Triple Crown with a .589 Apr. 18 at Dallas Baptist 6:30 pm Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM will be the home of Sooner baseball average, 29 home runs and 122 RBI. Apr. 21 Kansas* [SSTV] 6:30 pm all season long on the air and online at Sportstalk1400.com. The Apr. 22 Kansas* 2:00 pm voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland will provide the play-by-play • Kyler Murray is the second OU quarterback to play baseball Apr. 23 Kansas* [SSTV] 1:00 pm in games one and three. Veteran OU broadcaster Chad McKee under Pete Hughes, who was a third baseman and quarterback at Apr. 25 Texas-Arlington [SSTV] 6:30 pm will take game two. A video stream of the series will be available Davidson College (1986-90). Apr. 28 at West Virginia* 5:30 pm at SoonerSports.tv with a premium subscription. Apr. 29 at West Virginia* 3:00 pm Apr. 30 at West Virginia* 12:00 pm * Left-Handed Hitter Projected Starters May 5 at Kansas State* [FCSC] 6:35 pm Lineup BA R HR RBI SB Notes May 6 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 2:05 pm CF-Ben Hollas* .229 18 0 9 3 Provided two walk-off knocks in 2016. May 7 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 1:05 pm 2B-Kyle Mendenhall .183 23 1 15 5 Summer 2016 Texas Collegiate League All-Star. May 12 TCU* [SSTV] 6:30 pm 3B-Jack Flansburg* .278 32 4 29 3 Missed final eight games of 2016 (hamstring). May 13 TCU* [SSTV] 2:00 pm 1B-Austin O’Brien .267 32 5 28 4 Enters sesaon with 10 career HR, 59 RBI. May 14 TCU* [SSTV] 1:00 pm May 18 vs. Oklahoma State*! TBA LF-Steele Walker* .290 35 3 32 5 Named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. May 19 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA C-Renae Martinez .246 20 2 11 0 Hit .423 in final nine games of 2016. May 20 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA DH-Brady Lindsly* - - - - - Product of Keller (Texas) High School May 24-28 Big 12 Championship$ TBD RF-Blake Brewster* .250 3 1 6 0 Hit .300 off the bench as a freshman. June 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD SS-Brandon Zaragoza - - - - - All-State Large West bu Oklahoma Coaches Association. June 9-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Starters ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 17-28 College World Series TBD RHP-Jake Irvin 4.47 6-2 9 56.1 51 Most wins by a freshman since Jacob Evans (7, 2013). RHP-Dylan Grove 3.77 3-1 4 28.2 26 Pitched seven-inning CG vs. No. 5 Texas Tech (5/27/16). BOLD denotes home game | All times listed are central RHP-Kyle Tyler 2.12 1-0 3 17.0 14 Earned first career win at Little Rock (3/29/16) * Big 12 game | # - Sooner Baseball Classic Key Relievers ERA W-L SV IP SO Notes (DH) - Doubleheader RHP-JB Olson 2.03 1-1 4 53.1 43 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as OU setup man in 2016. ! - at ONEOK Field; Tulsa $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City RHP-Vincenzo Aiello 4.61 4-7 0 80.0 60 Pitched at Rider (N.Y.) University from 2013-16. Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: (405) 596-9264 | Twitter: @BFlynn35 | Website: SoonerSports.com Scouting the Dirtbags... THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Long Beach State is coming off a 38-22 2016 campaign, which Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. ended in a one-run loss to Miami (Fla.) in the Coral Gables Regional Founded ...........................................................................1890 Final. The Dirtbags are ranked No. 17 in the USA Today and No. 20 in Enrollment....................................................................30,813 the Baseball America preseason polls. Receiving 65 votes, in the Big Nickname ....................................................................Sooners West Conference 2017 preseason baseball coach’s poll, Long Beach Colors .....................................................Crimson and Cream is projected to finish second in the conference. First basemanDaniel Conference ...................................................................Big 12 Jackson was an All-Big West Second selection hitting a team-high President .........................................................David L. Boren .321 in 2016 with .491 slugging percentage and six home runs. VP/Director of Athletics.............................Joe Castiglione Right-handed pitcher Darren McCaughan comes into the season Assoc. Director of Athletics (Program Admin.) ..... Greg Tipton as the reigning Big West Pitcher of the year. In 2016, McCaughan made 16 starts and finished the year with a 10-1 record, 2.03 ERA and 0.83 WHIP with 84 strikeouts in 111 innings pitched. He also OKLAHOMA BASEBALL HEAD COACH PETE HUGHES Pete Hughes was named the ninth head baseball coach became the 12th player in Long Beach State history to compete for Head Coach .......................... Pete Hughes (Davidson ’90) the Team USA Collegiate National Team. Overall Coaching Record ...............617-468-3/20 Years in program history on June 27, 2013.