2018 Schedule Oklahoma Sooners Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Texas Tech • Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Park (4,432) 2018 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result OKLAHOMA SOONERS TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Feb. 16 vs. #20Indiana^ W, 6-3 Feb. 17 vs. #17South Alabama^ L, 5-6 (12) Overall: 26-13 Overall: 30-8 Feb. 17 at Coastal Carolina^ L, 3-4 (10) Big 12: 9-3 Big 12: 8-4 Feb. 18 vs. Virginia Tech^ L, 6-14 Head Coach: Skip Johnson Head Coach: Tim Tadlock Feb. 21 Abilene Christian PPD Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 24 Holy Cross [SS.tv] W, 1-0 26-13/1 220-114/6 Feb. 24 Valparaiso [SS.tv] L, 4-11 Rank: 14CBN/20USA/21BA/N/22D1B Rank: 4N/5BA/D1B/USA/15CBN Feb. 25 Holy Cross [SS.tv] W, 11-5 Feb. 25 Valparaiso [SS.tv] W, 3-2 (10) First Pitch... TV: FSSW+ (Fri./Sun.), FSSW (Sat.) Feb. 27 at #24Dallas Baptist [FSSW+] L, 2-5 The Oklahoma baseball team gets back on the road to visit Play-By-Play ......................................... Robert Giovannetti March 2 #29Alabama [SS.tv] W, 2-1 (11) Texas Tech for a weekend series beginning Friday, April 20 at Color .......................................................... Mike Gustafson March 3 #29Alabama [FSOK] W, 16-4 6:30 p.m. in Lubbock. The No. 14 Sooners play the No. 4 Red Radio: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM March 4 #29Alabama [FSOK+] L, 1-13 Raiders at Rip Griffin Mark in their second top-25 match-up in Play-By-Play ................................................Toby Rowland March 6 #25Dallas Baptist [FSOK] W, 15-3 as many weeks. Color .............................................................Ross Hubbard March 9 A&M Corpus Christi [SS.tv] W, 11-7 March 10 A&M Corpus Christi [SS.tv] W, 3-2 Online About the Sooners... March 10 A&M Corpus Christi [SS.tv] W, 7-3 Twitter ........................................................@OU_Baseball Oklahoma is tied for first in the Big 12 with Oklahoma State at March 11 A&M Corpus Christi [SS.tv] L, 4-14 (8) Live Stats .......................................................OUstats.com 9-3; a game ahead of 8-4 Texas Tech. The Sooners are 26-13 March 13 Texas Southern [SS.tv] W, 12-0 overall after their first series loss of the season to No. 17 Texas Leading Off March 14 Texas Southern [FSOK] W, 10-1 at home last weekend. Junior right fielderSteele Walker is • Oklahoma last won in Lubbock on March 25, 2012 to claim March 16 Kennesaw State [SS.tv] W, 3-1 hitting a team-high .338 and slugging .572 with nine home the series. The Sooners have lost six in a row on the road to March 17 Kennesaw State [FSOK] W, 4-1 runs and 37 RBI. He has homered seven times in the last 10 the Red Raiders, but are 9-3 in games played in Oklahoma March 18 Kennesaw State [FCSC] L, 4-9 #26 games and became the first OU player since 2012 to go yard over that stretch. March 20 at Wichita State L, 1-2 three games in a row; capped by a long ball against Texas March 23 West Virginia* [FCSC] W, 19-6 March 24 West Virginia* [FSOK] W, 10-2 (4/13). Sophomore catcher Brady Lindsly is second with • Steele Walker hit his ninth home run of the season vs. Texas March 24 West Virginia* [SS.tv] W, 2-1 a .333 average, 10 doubles and 21 RBI. Junior third base- (4/13) to mark a career-high and push his career total to 20. March 27 Oklahoma State [FSOK] L, 1-7 man Brylie Ware is hitting .331 with 13 doubles and 29 RBI. • The Sooners won both of their road, Big 12 series against March 29 Baylor* [FSOK] W, 4-2 Lindsly posted two three-hit games against the Longhorns and (10) ranked opponents in 2017; at No. 25 West Virginia and No. 14 March 30 Baylor* [SS.tv] W, 5-4 Ware totaled five hits and four RBI in the series. Junior right- March 31 Baylor* [FSOK+] W, 6-1 handed pitcher Jake Irvin anchors the Sooner rotation with a Baylor. OU’s last series win at a top-10 Big 12 opponent was a sweep of No. 9 Baylor (2009). April 3 at Oral Roberts [WatchESPN] W, 5-2 5-0 record out of the Friday night role. He owns a 2.96 earned April 6 at TCU* W, 8-5 run average, .190 batting average against and 10.04 strikeouts • Kyle Mendenhall is a career .407 hitter against Texas Tech, April 8 at TCU* W, 6-3 per nine innings. including his first three-hit game as a freshman. April 8 at TCU* [FSSW] L, 2-6 April 10 Little Rock [SS.tv] W, 13-0 On the Air... • OU matched its 2017 season total with its fourth shutout of April 11 Oral Roberts [SS.tv] W, 20-3 #17 Voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland will call the series the season vs. Texas (4/15). The Sooners have not recorded April 13 Texas* [SS.tv] L, 6-7 #17 across the Sooner Sports Network and locally on Sportstalk more than four shutouts in a season since seven in 2013. April 14 Texas* [ESPNU] L, 3-5 99.3 FM/1400 AM. Former Sooner Ross Hubbard (color) April 15 #17Texas* [ESPN2] W, 6-0 #4 joins Rowland in the broadcast booth. The games can also • Cade Harris’ 24-game reached base streak matches Brylie April 20 at Texas Tech* [FSSW+] 6:30 pm #4 be streamed online at Sportstalk1400.com or on the TuneIn Ware’s got the longest this season and as the longest by April 21 at Texas Tech* [FSSW] 2:00 pm #4 mobile app. Texas Tech will televise the games to FSSW+ and a Sooner since Ben Hollas reached safely in 29 straight in April 22 at Texas Tech* [FSSW+] 2:00 pm FSSW (Saturday). Robert Giovannetti (pbp) and Mike Gus- 2017. April 24 at UT Arlington 6:30 pm tafson (color) will call the game from the TV side. April 27 at Oklahoma State* [FSSW+] 7:00 pm April 28 vs. Oklahoma State*! [FSOK] 7:00 pm * Left-Handed Hitter April 29 vs. Oklahoma State*! [FSOK] 3:00 pm Projected Starters May 4 Kansas State* [SS.tv] 6:30 pm Lineup BA R HR RBI SB Notes May 5 Kansas State* [FSOK+] 2:00 pm LF-Cade Harris* .299 43 3 21 6 Second in NCAA in walks (39) and 10th in runs (43). May 6 Kansas State* [FSOK+] 1:00 pm SS-Brandon Zaragoza .275 27 0 18 0 Made 87 consecutive starts at shortstop. May 11 at Central Florida 5:30 pm RF-Steele Walker* .338 35 9 37 2 Hit seven home runs in the last 10 games. May 12 at Central Florida 5:30 pm CF-Kyler Murray .279 29 5 28 5 First career two-HR game at TCU (4/6). May 13 at Central Florida 12:00 pm C-Brady Lindsly* .333 14 0 21 0 Walk-off double to beat Baylor (3/30) in the 10th. May 17 at Kansas* 6:05 pm 3B-Brylie Ware .331 17 0 29 0 Career-high four hits vs. Oral Roberts (4/11). May 18 at Kansas* 6:05 pm 2B-Kyle Mendenhall .324 26 3 31 3 Fifth player in OU history to turn 100 double plays. May 19 at Kansas* 1:05 pm 1B-Cade Cavalli .250 21 2 20 0 Hit second HR of the season vs. Baylor (3/31). May 23-27 Big 12 Championship TBD DH-Tyler Hardman .227 14 1 10 0 Three of four multi-hit games are in Big 12 play. June 1-3 NCAA Regionals TBD Starters ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 8-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBD RHP-Jake Irvin 2.96 5-0 9 54.2 61 15 career starts of six innings or more. June 16-27 College World Series TBD RHP-Devon Perez 2.78 4-0 9 45.1 28 Did not allow an earned run in loss to TTU (4/1/17). BOLD home game | Times central and subject to change RHP-Nathan Wiles 3.32 3-2 8 43.1 38 1.69 ERA in last five starts (26.2 innings). * Big 12 game | (DH) Doubleheader Key Relievers ERA W-L SV IP SO Notes ^ Baseball at the Beach (Myrtle Beach and Conway, S.C.) RHP-Connor Berry 1.72 1-1 7 15.2 20 Eight career saves tied for 12th all-time at OU. ! ONEOK Field; Tulsa LHP-Braidyn Fink 0.00 0-0 1 15.0 23 Averaging 13.8 K/9 and holding opponents to .125 BA. Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected]: (405) 596-9264 Twitter: @BFlynn35 Website: SoonerSports.com Scouting the Red Raiders... THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Texas Tech enters the weekend series on a four-game winning Location ...........................................Norman, Okla. streak, in which they have outscored their opponents, 76-25. Founded ........................................................1890 Overall, the Red Raiders are 30-8 and 8-4 in conference action Enrollment ..................................................31,250 plus 19-1 at home. Left fielderGrant Little has a team-high Nickname ..................................................Sooners .410 batting average, .729 slugging percentage, .508 on-base Colors ..................................... Crimson and Cream percentage and eight home runs. Third baseman Josh Jung en- Conference .................................................. Big 12 ters the weekend hitting .403 with seven home runs and 52 RBI. President ......................................... David L. Boren On the mound for Tech, right-hander Davis Martin leads the way VP/Director of Athletics .....................Joe Castiglione with a 6-2 record, 2.35 ERA and has struck out 56.