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2009 OKLAHOMA BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT MEDIA TIME/RESULT Feb. 20 Western Illinois Internet W, 17-2 Feb. 21 Western Illinois Internet W, 6-1 Feb. 21 Western Illinois Internet W, 15-4 Feb. 22 Western Illinois KOKC W, 21-9 SOONER BASEBALL | TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - 1951 AND 1994 Feb. 24 San Diego Internet 4 p.m. Feb. 25 San Diego Internet 4 p.m. Games NO. 16 OKLAHOMA (4-0) AT NO. 11 SAN DIEGO (2-1) Feb. 27 Washington State Internet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 and Wednesday, Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Washington State KOKC 2 p.m. Cunningham Baseball Stadium - San Diego, Calif. Feb. 28 Washington State KOKC 5:30 p.m. 5-6 March 1 Washington State KOKC 2 p.m. March 3 Arkansas Little Rock Internet 1 p.m. SAN DIEGO SERIES INFORMATION March 3 Arkansas Little Rock Internet 3:30 p.m. March 6 UCLA Internet 3 p.m. OU leads ...............................................................2-1 March 7 UCLA Internet 12 p.m. First Meeting ........................................ OU won 10-9 March 8 UCLA Internet 1 p.m. ...................................Feb. 27, 1994 (Fullerton, Calif.) March 9 California Internet 1 p.m. Last Meeting .......................................... OU won 6-4 March 10 Houston Baptist Internet 3 p.m. ...........March 10, 2007 (San Diego, Calif. - Petco Park) March 11 Houston Baptist Internet 3 p.m. March 13 Bethune Cookman KOKC 2 p.m. March 14 South Florida KOKC 6 p.m. GAME 5 - Tuesday, Feb. 24 March 15 Eastern Illinois KOKC 11 a.m. First Pitch ..................................................4 p.m. CST March 17 TCU KOKC 6:30 p.m. OU Starter .......................... J.R. Robinson - LHP (0-0) March 20 *Kansas State KOKC 6:30 p.m. SD Starter .......................Darrin Campbell- RHP (0-0) March 21 *Kansas State FSN / KOKC 2 p.m. Audio .......................... All-Access/Soonersports.com March 22 *Kansas State FSN / KOKC noon March 24 Central Arkansas KOKC 7 p.m. March 27 *Nebraska KOKC 6:30 p.m. GAME 6 - Wednesday, Feb. 25 March 28 *Nebraska KOKC 2 p.m. First Pitch ................................................. 4 p.m. CST March 29 *Nebraska KOKC 1 p.m. OU Starter ........................Michael Rocha - RHP (0-0) April 3 *Missouri KOKC 6:30 p.m. WIU Starter ............................... Matt Thomson (0-0) April 4 *Missouri KOKC 2 p.m. Audio .......................... All-Access/Soonersports.com April 5 *Missouri KOKC 1 p.m. April 8 Wichita State KOKC 7 p.m. PLAYER TO WATCH - JAMIE JOHNSON April 10 *Texas Tech KOKC 6 :30 p.m. OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTERS The Sooners’ leadoff hitter set the table against Western Illinois April 11 *Texas Tech KOKC 2 p.m. C J.T. Wise .308, 1 HR, 4 RBI with 10 hits (3 doubles, 2 triples, homer) and drove in four runs April 12 *Texas Tech KOKC 1 p.m. 1B Aaron Baker .333, 1 HR, 5 RBI while also stealing two bases on two attempts. April 14 TCU KOKC 7 p.m. 2B Matt Harughty .500, 1 HR, 10 RBI April 17 *Texas KOKC 6:05 p.m. 3B Garrett Buechele .385, 3 RBI April 18 *Texas KOKC 2 p.m. won the first meeting in the series, a 10-9 win over the April 19 *Texas KOKC 1 p.m. SS Bryant Hernandez .643, 2 HR, 6 RBI Toreros in 1994 in Fullerton, Calif. San Diego’s lone win April 22 Wichita State KOKC 7 p.m. LF Casey Johnson .364, 0 RBI in the series came in 2001, a 14-2 victory in San Diego. April 24 *Baylor KOKC 6:30 p.m. CF Jamie Johnson .714, 1 HR, 4 RBI April 25 *Baylor FSN / KOKC 1 p.m. RF Kaleb Herren .571, 1 RBI San Diego was picked along with Pepperdine to win the April 26 *Baylor KOKC 1:30 p.m. DH Tyler Ogle .500, 1 HR, 10 RBI West Coast Conference. The Toreros won the league last April 28 Arksansas KOKC 6:30 p.m. season with a 44-17 overall mark and 16-5 conference May 1 *Kansas KOKC 6:30 p.m. KEY RESERVES record. San Diego returns 17 letterwinners from that May 2 *Kansas KOKC 2 p.m. INF Tyson Seng 2 games played, RBI squad which is led again by 11th-year head coach Rich May 3 *Kansas KOKC 1 p.m. C Bryan Groth 4 games played, .333 Hill. Toreros opened the season at the MLB Urban Classic May 4 Southern Utah KOKC 7 p.m. INF/C/DH Ross Hubbard 3 games played, 2 RBI and defeated Southern University and Bethune Cook- May 5 UT-Arlington KOKC 6:30 p.m. INF/DH Cameron Seitzer .400, HR, 4 RBI man, while dropping Sunday’s contest to San Diego St. May 8 *Oklahoma State$ KOKC 7:35 p.m. OF Chris Ellison 4 games played, RBI May 9 *Oklahoma State@ KOKC 7:05 p.m. May 10 *Oklahoma State@ KOKC 4:05 p.m. Junior RHP A.J. Griffin is perhaps the star of San Diego’s May 15 *Texas A&M KOKC 6:30 p.m. SERIES PREVIEW 2009 squad. Griffin is on the Golden Spikes Watch May 16 *Texas A&M KOKC 6:30 p.m. The No. 16 Sooners (4-0) will face their first road test list after saving 14 games a year ago with a 1.96 ERA. May 17 *Texas A&M KOKC 1 p.m. of the season at No. 11 San Diego (2-1) on Feb. 24-25. Offensively, rightfielder James Meador, a first team all- May 20-24 Big 12 Tournament@ KOKC TBA OU will also be facing its first ranked opponent after conference member in 2008, led San Diego with a .374 May 29 - June 1 NCAA Regional KOKC TBA sweeping Western Illinois in a four-game set over the average with 57 RBIs last season. June 5-8 NCAA Super Regional KOKC TBA weekend. The Sooners and Toreros will face off on Tues- UP NEXT June 13-24 NCAA College World Series KOKC TBA day at 4 p.m. CT at Cunningham Baseball Stadium. The - All times listed are central | Bold indicates home game | * Big 12 game midweek series concludes on Wednesday with another OU stays on the road for a four-game set over the week- | % Game at Dr Pepper Ballpark (Frisco, Texas) | # Denotes Houston College 4 p.m. first pitch. end at Washington State (Feb. 27-March 1). OU and the Classic (Minute Maid Park) | $ Game to be played at Drillers Stadium (Tulsa, Cougars will start the series on Friday at 5:30 p.m. CT. Okla.) | @ Games to be played at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (OKC). OU and San Diego have met on three previous occasions On Saturday, the teams will begin a doubleheader at 2 with the Sooners owning a 2-1 edge. the most recent p.m. and then conclude the series on Sunday at 2 p.m. OU MEDIA RELATIONS meeting came two in 2007 at Petco Park in San Diego. OU returns home on March 3 to host a doubleheader ith Craig Moran - Assistant Director/Baseball Contact Oklahoma won that meeting, 6-4, over then No. 22 Arkansas Little Rock at L. Dale Mitchell Park. First pitch O: (405) 325-6449 - C: (405) 249-8264 - F: (405) 325-7623 San Diego in the Tony Gwynn Classic. The Sooners also is slated for 1 p.m. in Norman. E-mail: [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com - 1 - vs. FEB. 23 - WEEK 2 NOTES - SAN DIEGO HEAD COACH SUNNY GOLLOWAY BROADCAST INFORMATION went on to win the NCAA Norman Regional. It also marks The two-game series with San Diego will be broadcast live the highest preseason ranking for OU by Baseball America Fifth Year at OU (131-78-1) on the internet via Oklahoma All-Access, SoonerSports. since the 1996 season when it appeared at No. 14. Overall: 466-234-1 com’s premium paid site. TOUGH SCHEDULE Sunny Golloway has led the Sooners LIVE STATS Oklahoma will face 12 opponents, for a total of 27 games, to three NCAA Regional Finals, 127 Live stats are available for all games on SoonerSports.com that participated in last year’s NCAA Tournament, including nine teams that finished the season ranked in the top 25. victories and a top 25 ranking in each to both media and fans. This feature allows individuals to Six of those opponents (Nebraska, Oklahoma State, San of his four years at the helm of the OU follow a live box score of the game. The box score gives a Diego, TCU, Texas A&M, Wichita State) posted 40 wins a year program. In 2008, OU returned to the detailed play-by-play as well as updated stats as the game ago, while Texas A&M and Wichita State both advanced to NCAA Tournament for the 31st time in program history, two progresses. All home games and most of the team’s road the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament. years after Golloway became the second coach in NCAA games can be viewed on www.SoonerSports.com. TICKETS Division I history to guide his club to a Super Regional Seats remain for this weekend’s game and gates will open 90 minutes prior to The Sooners will face seven of the teams ranked in Baseball Appearance in his first year at the helm. The 2006 season LAST TIME OUT first pitch. Tickets are available at the gate, online or by calling the OU Athletics America’s preseason poll for a combined 18 games. Six of was highlighted by the Sooners’ 45-22 overall mark, a The Sooners began the 2009 season with a four-game Ticket Office at (800) 456-GoOU.