2015 Oklahoma Baseball GAME NOTES
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2015 Oklahoma Baseball GAME NOTES Game 31 | Central Arkansas | Norman, Okla. • L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) 2015 SCHEDULE Oklahoma Sooners Central Arkansas Bears Date Opponent Time Feb. 13 Notre Dame W, 6-1 Overall: 18-12 Overall: 14-8 Feb. 14 SIUE W, 11-1 Feb. 14 Notre Dame L, 9-10 Big 12: 3-3 Southland: 8-4 Feb. 15 Notre Dame L, 1-5 Head Coach: Pete Hughes Head Coach: Allen Gum Feb. 15 SIUE W, 9-1 Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 18 at No. 17 Arizona State L, 4-7 571-426-2/18 363-179/10 Feb. 19 vs. Washington St.# L, 3-4 Feb. 20 vs. Washington# W, 10-1 Rank: NR Rank: NR Feb. 21 vs. Oregon State# W, 9-6 Game Coverage Feb. 22 vs. Utah# W, 4-3 First Pitch... The University of Oklahoma base- Feb. 24 at Dallas Baptist CANCELLED ball team is at home for four games in a five-day Radio: 1400 KREF | 1560 AM Feb. 26 BYU^ W, 7-6 stretch beginning Tuesday night at 6:00 pm when Toby Rowland Feb. 27 BYU^ L, 3-4 the Sooners host Central Arkansas at L. Dale TV: FSOK | FCSC Feb. 27 BYU^ W, 3-2 Mitchell Park. Chad McKee | George Frazier Feb. 28 BYU^ W, 7-1 Twitter: @OU_Baseball Mar. 3 UALR W, 22-0 Mar. 6 Purdue L, 3-6 About the Sooners... Oklahoma is 18-12 overall Mar. 7 Purdue W, 7-1 and 3-3 in Big 12 play following a 1-2 weekend at Live Stats: SoonerSports.com Mar. 8 Purdue W, 13-10 Baylor. Junior center fielder Craig Aikin is coming Mar. 10 Oral Roberts L, 1-5 off a four-hit day on Sunday and leads the Soon- Leading Off Mar. 12 at Hawai’i W, 5-1 ers with a .361 batting average. Junior Kolbey Mar. 13 at Hawai’i L, 1-2 • Craig Aikin set an OU single-game record with Mar. 14 at Hawai’i W, 8-5 (12) Carpenter ranks second on the team at .333 with six hits vs. UALR (3/3). Sooners had recorded Mar. 15 at Hawai’i W, 6-3 20 RBI and a team-high .546 slugging percent- five hits in a game 26 times. Mar. 20 No. 10 Texas Tech* L, 6-1 age. Redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh Mar. 21 No. 10 Texas Tech* W, 5-2 (.305) and sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse • The Sooners have matched their 2014 season Mar. 22 No. 10 Texas Tech* W, 3-2 Mar. 24 at No. 4 TCU L, 3-4 (10) (.302) round out a group of four all hitting .300-or- total with 28 double plays turned on defense this better. Alspaugh is hitting .450 (9-for-20) in Big Mar. 27 at Baylor* L, 0-3 year. Mar. 28 at Baylor* L, 2-7 12 games and Neuse has driven in a team-high Mar. 29 at Baylor* W, 13-3 28 runs, while he and Carpenter have both gone • Kolbey Carpenter was named the Louisville Mar. 31 Central Arkansas 6:00 pm deep five times. Redshirt-junior left-hander Adam Slugger National Player of the Week (2/23) and Apr. 2 Kansas* 6:00 pm Choplick (1-1) gets the nod against the Sugar the Big 12 Player of the Week (2/23, 3/23). Apr. 3 Kansas* 6:00 pm Bears on Tuesday night. He owns a 2.21 earned Apr. 4 Kansas* 2:00 pm run average and has struck out 25 batters in 20.1 Apr. 7 at Oklahoma State 6:00 pm • OU starting pitchers have lasted six or more Apr. 10 at Texas* 7:30 pm innings. innings in 15 out of 30 starts this season, includ- Apr. 11 at Texas* 6:30 pm ing nine of seven or more innings. Apr. 12 at Texas* 2:30 pm On the Air... The voice of the Sooners Toby Row- Apr. 14 Dallas Baptist 6:00 pm land returns to the broadcast booth to call the • The Sooners are 2-3 against ranked opponents Apr. 17 at West Virginia* 5:00 pm Apr. 18 at West Virginia* 3:00 pm game on the Sooner Radio Network. The game this season and 2-2 against top-10 teams. Both can be heard locally on KREF 1400 or KEBC 1560 Apr. 19 at West Virginia* 12:00 pm wins came against No. 10 Texas Tech (3/20-22). Apr. 21 Alcorn State 6:00 pm AM. Sooner Sports TV will broadcast the game on Apr. 22 Alcorn State 6:00 pm FOX Sports Oklahoma and FOX College Sports- • Oklahoma posted 20-plus hits for the second Apr. 24 Sam Houston State 6:00 pm Central. Chad McKee (play-by-play) and Sooner time this season with a 21-hit outburst at Baylor Apr. 25 Sam Houston State 2:00 pm baseball alum George Frazier (color) will call the (3/29). Apr. 26 Sam Houston State 1:00 pm action. Apr. 28 at Wichita State 6:30 pm May 1 vs. Oklahoma State*! 7:00 pm Projected Starters * Left-handed May 2 vs. Oklahoma State*$ 7:00 pm Lineup BA R HR RBI Notes May 3 vs. Oklahoma State*$ TBA May 8 at Kansas State* 6:30 pm 2B-Kolbey Carpenter .333 19 5 20 Earned second Big 12 Player of the Week (3/23). May 9 at Kansas State* 2:00 pm RF-Taylor Alspaugh* .305 20 1 17 Hitting .440 (11-for-25) over last seven games. May 10 at Kansas State* 1:00 pm CF-Craig Aikin* .361 28 1 14 Six hits away from 200 in his career. May 12 Stephen F. Austin 6:00 pm 1B-Anthony Hermelyn .296 12 1 21 Three RBI on three RBI-singles at Baylor (3/29). May 14 TCU* 6:00 pm SS-Sheldon Neuse .302 19 5 28 Leads the Big 12 in runs batted in. May 15 TCU* 6:00 pm 3B-Alex Wise .262 12 1 8 Returned from broken hand at Baylor (3/27). May 16 TCU* 2:00 pm May 20-24 Big 12 Championship TBD DH-Austin O’Brien .231 13 3 9 Three home runs have all come at home. May 29-June 1 NCAA Regionals TBD C-Chris Shaw .237 15 3 10 All-Canadian Team by Candian Baseball News. June 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBD LF-Hunter Haley* .167 7 3 13 Hit only home run of the series at Hawaii for OU. June 13-24 College World Series TBD Rotation ERA W-L IP SO Notes LHP-Adam Choplick 2.21 1-1 20.1 25 Left in the first without an out vs. Tech (3/22). BOLD denotes home game Key Relievers ERA W-L IP SO Notes All times listed are central and subject to change. * Big 12 game | # Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge LHP-Jacob Evans 2.25 3-0 (2sv) 20.0 25 Five innings of one-run relief in win at UH (3/14). ^ at Cashman Field; Las Vegas RHP-Sheldon Neuse 1.93 0-1 (1sv) 4.2 3 One of three pitchers to record a save. ! - at ONEOK Field; Tulsa RHP-Keaton Hernandez 2.20 0-1 16.1 13 JuCo All-American at Northeastern Oklahoma. $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; OKC RHP-Thomas McIlraith 4.50 0-0 6.0 9 Teammates with Shaw at Midland College. Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: (405) 596-9264 | Twitter: @BFlynn35 | Website: SoonerSports.com 2015 Oklahoma Baseball 1951 National Champions • 1994 National Champions • 1997 Big 12 Tournament Champions • 2013 Big 12 Tournament Champions Scouting the Bears... Starting every game THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA this season for a 14-8 Central Arkansas Location ..........................................Norman, Okla. squad, outfielder Tyler Langley leads the Founded .........................................................1890 team with a .360 batting average and has Enrollment .................................................. 30,813 scored 19 runs and 27 hits. Fellow outfielder, Nickname ..................................................Sooners Braxton Phillips, holds the team’s season- Colors ........................................ Crimson & Cream high with five homeruns and 19 RBI. Fresh- Conference ..................................................Big 12 man RHP Corey Herndon (0-0) is expected President........................................ David L. Boren to start on a staff day for the UCA pitchers. VP/Director of Athletics ...............Joe Castiglione He has made one relief appearance on the Assoc. AD (Program Admin.) .............Greg Tipton season with three runs allowed in one in- ning of work. OKLAHOMA BASEBALL HEAD COACH PETE HUGHES Pete Hughes was named the ninth head Last Time They Met... Meeting for the first Head Coach .............Pete Hughes (Davidson ‘90) baseball coach in program history on time, the Sooners beat the Bears, 12-6 in Overall Coaching Record ......571-426-2/18 Years June 27, 2013. 2009; solidifying their No. 10 ranking. Gar- Record at Oklahoma ............. 47-41/First Season Twice named both the New England rett Buechele led the Sooners with a 3-for-4 Assistant Coaches ....................... Mike Anderson Coach of the Year and the BIG EAST performance, including three RBI and two .........................................................Jamie Pinzino Coach of the Year, as well as the 2000 runs scored. Garrett Richards handled the ......................................................... Scott Loiseau American Baseball Coaches Association pitching; allowing three runs in 5.1 innings. Coordinator of Operations ............... Ryan Gaines Northeast Region Coach of the Year, Office Phone .................................(405) 325-8354 Hughes owns a well-deserved reputation Shave for the Brave... On April 1, the Soon- First Year of Baseball .................................... 1898 for setting new standards of excellence ers will be shaving their heads to support at every stop during his 17-year coaching All-Time Record (Seasons) ....