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Week Four - March 11 | Oklahoma at Whataburger College Classic 1 Craig Moran, Assistant Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-8231 | F: (405) 325-7623 baseball [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com ESTABLISHED 1898 | 1951 AND 1994 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | NINE CWS APPEARANCES | 25 CONFERENCE TITLES 2010 Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT RADIO/TV WEEK FOUR Feb. 19 at San Diego State W, 7-4 KREF Location:. Corpus Christi, Texas Feb. 20 at San Diego State W, 17-5 KREF Venue:. Whataburger Field (5,400) Feb. 20 at San Diego State W, 9-5 KREF Feb. 21 at San Diego State W, 5-2 KREF Game 15:. .vs. Mississippi State Feb. 26 vs. Valparaiso% W, 12-9 KREF . Dallas. Baptist. Friday, (7-4) March 12, 2 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Jacksonville% L, 3-4 KREF GamePATRIOTS 16:. .vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Feb. 28 vs. Richmond% W, 11-3 KREF (delay) . .Saturday, March 13, 1 p.m. March 2 Texas-Arlington W, 4-3 Internet Game 17:. .vs. No. 10 UCLA March 4 South Florida& W, 5-4 Internet March 5 Western Illinois& W, 12-1 Internet . Sunday, March 14, 11 a.m. March 6 South Florida& W, 4-3 Internet Live Stats: . SoonerSports.com March 7 Stephen F. Austin& W, 5-4 KREF Radio . .Sooner Sports Network March 9 at Dallas Baptist W, 8-4 Internet Free Internet Audio:. SoonerSports.com March 10 Houston Baptist W, 9-1 Internet/SSN Oklahoma (11-1) Houston Baptist (4-5) Webcast: . .none March 12 vs. Mississippi State# 2 p.m. KREF SOONERS HUSKIES March 13 vs. TAMU-CC# 1 p.m. KREF 13-1 9-3 7-4 10-0 March 14 vs. UCLA# 11 a.m. KREF March 16 Massachusetts 7 p.m. KREF/SSN WEEKEND PREVIEW March 17 Massachusetts 7 p.m. KREF/SSN • The No. 15 Sooners (13-1) have won eight straight games and face perhaps their toughest test of 2010 this weekend in the March 19 *Baylor 6:30 p.m. KREF/SSN Whataburger Collegiate Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas. OU opens the tournament against Mississippi State (9-3) on Friday before March 20 *Baylor 2 p.m. KREF/SSN March 21 *Baylor 1 p.m. KREF battling Texas A&M Corpus Christi (7-4) on Saturday. Sunday’s game features OU’s fi rst ranked opponent in No. 10 UCLA (10-0). March 26 *at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. KREF • Oklahoma is off to its best start since 1985 (23-1) and is ranked as high as No. 15 this week by the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll. March 27 *at Nebraska 2:05 p.m. KREF March 28 *at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. KREF • Mississippi State returns 17 letterwinners from the 2009 team that was 25-29 overall (9-20, 6th in SEC) ... The Bulldogs have won March 30 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. Internet/SSN fi ve in a row after claiming a 9-3 decision over Western Kentucky Wednesday ... Starter: LHP Nick Routt (0-0, 3.86) March 31 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. KREF/SSN April 1 *Texas 6:30 p.m. KREF$/SSN • Texas A&M Corpus Christi and OU will be meeting for the fi rst time ... It returns 15 letterwinners and was 18-38 in 2009 and ninth April 2 *Texas 6:30 p.m. KREF$/SSN in the Southland Conference (9-24) ... The Islanders won 14-5 over UT Brownsville at home Tuesday night ... Starter: TBA April 3 *Texas 2 p.m. KREF$/ESPNU April 6 at TCU 6:30 pm KREF • UCLA is ranked as high as No. 10 (Collegiate Baseball) and most recently knocked off UC Riverside, 3-2, on Tuesday at home... The April 9 *Missouri 6:30 p.m. KREF$/SSN Bruins return 17 letterwinners from a 27-29 record in 2009 (15-12, 3rd in Pac 10) ... Starter: LHP Rob Rasmussen (0-0, 3.38) April 10 *Missouri 2 p.m. KREF$/FSN April 11 *Missouri 1 p.m. KREF$/SSN BROADCAST INFORMATION April 13 at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. KREF$ April 16 *at Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. KREF$ • The OU broadcast with Chuck Kelly calling the play-by-play can be heard all weekend long on the Sooners Sports Network (KREF April 17 *at Texas Tech 5 p.m. KREF$ 1400 AM) and free online at SoonerSports.com. Sunday’s game will be joined in progress at 11:30 a.m. on KREF 1400 AM. April 18 *at Texas Tech 1 p.m. KREF$ • Live stats are available on SoonerSports.com via the baseball schedule page. April 20 TCU 7 p.m. KREF/SSN April 23 *at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. KREF$ SERIES HISTORY April 24 *at Texas A&M 2 p.m. KREF$ April 25 *at Texas A&M 1 p.m. KREF$/FCS Mississippi State ..............Tied 1-1 ...................Last meeting: May 23, 1992 in NCAAs; OU won 10-6 ............In Starkville: Tied 1-1 April 27 Dallas Baptist 7 p.m. KREF/SSN UCLA ...............................OU leads 7-5............ Last meeting: March 8, 2009 in Norman; OU won 6-4 ..........Neutral: UCLA leads 4-3 April 30 *Kansas State 6:30 p.m. KREF$/SSN May 1 *Kansas State 5 p.m. KREF$ PLAYER TO WATCH PROJECTED OU STARTERS May 2 *Kansas State 1 p.m. KREF$/SSN May 7 *vs. Oklahoma State^ 7:35 p.m. KREF$ May 8 *vs. Oklahoma State@ 7:05 p.m. KREF$ JEREMY ERBEN IN THE FIELD May 9 *vs. Oklahoma State@ 4:05 p.m. KREF$/SSN The senior captain C Bryan Groth .105, 1 HR, 1 RBI May 14 Memphis 6:30 p.m. KREF 1B Cameron Seitzer .385, 4 HR, 12 RBI May 15 Memphis 6:30 p.m. KREF/SSN was named the May 16 Memphis 1 p.m. KREF/SSN Big 12 Pitcher 2B Danny Black .333, 0 HR, 7 RBI May 18 Arkansas 7 p.m. KREF/SSN of the Week and 3B Garrett Buechele .453, 5 HR, 19 RBI May 21 *at Kansas 7 p.m. KREF$ CollegeBaseballInsider. SS Caleb Bushyhead .391, 0 HR, 9 RBI May 22 *at Kansas 6 p.m. KREF$ com’s National LF Casey Johnson .282, 1 HR, 4 RBI May 23 *at Kansas 1 p.m. KREF$ CF Chris Ellison .355, 1 HR, 7 RBI May 26-30 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ@ TBA KREF$ Pitcher of the Week June 4-7 NCAA Regional TBA KREF$ on March 9. Erben RF Ricky Eisenberg .237, 1 HR, 3 RBI June 11-14 Super Regional TBA KREF$ (5-0) appeared in four DH Ross Hubbard .333, 1 HR, 11 RBI June 19-30 NCAA College World Series TBA KREF$ games for the Sooners last week and did not allow ROTATION -All times listed are central | Home games in bold | * Big 12 a run. In six innings of work, Erben struck out eight game | ^ Game to be played at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Okla. | batters and held the opposition scoreless with four hits No. 1 Zach Neal (RHP) 1-0, 6.60, 15.0 IP, 5 BB, 16 SO @ Games to be played at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (Okla- and a walk allowed. He leads the Big 12 with fi ve wins. No. 2 Bobby Shore (RHP) 2-0, 2.55, 17.2 IP, 5 BB, 20 SO homa City) | % Jacksonville Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.) | No. 3 Ryan Gibson (LHP) 2-0, 3.07, 15.0 IP, 4 BB, 15 SO & Sooner Classic (Norman, Okla.) | # Whataburger Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) | $ Radio broadcast on Sooner Sports 2010 Season Stats: 5-0, 0.57 ERA, 7 appearances Network | SSN - games televised on Sooner Sports Network Week Four - March 11 | Oklahoma at Whataburger College Classic 2 UP NEXT overall. OU has a 8-1 record in those contests. The opposition OU returns to Norman for a fi ve-game home stand against Mas- has tallied the game’s fi rst run on fi ve occasions, but OU is 5-0 sachusetts and Baylor. The Sooners welcome the Minutemen on in those games. March 16 and 17 for a pair of 7 p.m. games. On March 19-21, OU opens Big 12 play with the Bears at L. Dale Mitchell Park. ONE-RUN GAMES The Sooners have recorded one-run victories in four of the last LAST TIME OUT seven games. OU is 4-1 in those situations this year and the HEAD COACH SUNNY GOLLOWAY The Sooners recorded a pair of midweek victories starting with Sooners are 54-20-1 (.727) under head coach Sunny Golloway. Sunny Golloway has led the Sooners to four NCAA an 8-4 win at Dallas Baptist on Tuesday. OU returned home the The Sooners’ skipper entered 2010 with the best winning Regional Finals, 170 victories and a top 25 ranking in next day to host Houston Baptist and post a 9-1 victory. percentage among Big 12 coaches over the last fi ve years. each of his fi ve years at the helm of the OU program. In 2009, the Sooners were awared the program’s QUICK HITS BULLPEN IN LAST SEVEN GAMES fi rst national seed (No. 7) in the NCAA Tournament. - OU ranks third in the Big 12 in batting (.328) and ERA (3.34). The Sooner bullpen combined to throw 22.2 innings in the - The Sooners started a stretch on Tuesday that features 10 last seven games. In that span, the relievers have allowed two The 2009 season was highlighted by Oklahoma games in 13 days.