2017 Schedule Oklahoma Sooners
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n n n Games 111-14 Central Connecticut State Norman, Okla. L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time OKLAHOMA SOONERS CENTRAL CONN. STATE BLUE DEVILS Feb. 17 No. 17 Long Beach State W, 6-2 9-1 4-1 Feb. 18 No. 17 Long Beach State L, 3-8 Overall: Overall: No. 17 Big 12: 0-0 NEC: 0-0 Feb. 19 Long Beach State W, 4-2 Feb. 21 Grambling State [FSSW] W, 11-2 Head Coach: Pete Hughes Head Coach: Charlie Hickey Feb. 22 Grambling State [FSOK] W, 10-2 Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 24 Villanova# [FSOK] W, 9-2 626-469-3/21 573-474-6/21 Feb. 25 Northern Illinois# W, 10-3 CBN NCBWA Rank: 18 /23 Rank: NR Feb. 25 Villanova# W, 17-1 Feb. 26 Boston College# [FSOK] W, 5-4 First Pitch... Stream: SoonerSports.tv Feb. 28 Little Rock [FSSW] W, 10-5 Entering the back-nine of its 19-game homestand, the University of Play-By-Play .............................................................Radio Simulcast Mar. 3 Central Conn. State 6:30 pm Oklahoma baseball team welcomes Central Connecticut State to L. Mar. 4 Central Conn. State (DH) 2:00 pm Dale Mitchell Park for a four-game series. The Sooners and Blue Dev- Radio: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM ...................................Toby Rowland (Friday/Sunday) Mar. 5 Central Conn. State 1:00 pm ils hit the field for game one Friday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday features a Play-By-Play ........................................................................... Chad McKee (Saturday) Mar. 7 Wichita State [SSTV] 6:30 pm doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. followed by a 1 p.m. Sunday finale. Color ........................................................... George Frazier (Saturday) Mar. 9 Buffalo 7:00 pm Mar. 10 Buffalo 6:30 pm About the Sooners... Online Mar. 11 Buffalo (DH) 2:00 pm Oklahoma is 9-1 and riding an eight-game win-streak following a Twitter ............................................................................@OU_Baseball Mar. 14 at Georgia Tech [ACC+] 5:00 pm 10-5 win over Little Rock on Tuesday afternoon. The Sooners are hit- Live Stats .......................................................................... OUstats.com Mar. 15 at Georgia State 5:00 pm ting .329 as a team and holding opponents to a .194 average. Senior Mar. 17 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 5:00 pm first baseman leads OU with a .471 (16-for-34) Leading Off Mar. 18 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 1:00 pm Austin O’Brien • Oklahoma is ranked for the first time since week two of last average and .735 slugging percentage with 12 runs scored. Senior Mar. 19 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] 12:00 pm season when it was No. 25 by Baseball America. Jack Flansburg, who has started at three different infield positions Mar. 21 at Oklahoma State 6:30 pm Mar. 24 at Baylor* [FCSC] 6:35 pm this season, is third with a .387 average and tied with O’Brien for the • OU’s eight-game win-streak is the longest since 13 in 2013. team-lead in runs at 12. Sophomore outfielder Steele Walker has Mar. 25 at Baylor* [FSSW+] 3:05 pm Mar. 26 at Baylor* [FSSW] 12:05 pm split his time between left and center field this season. He is hitting • Ben Hollas delivered the third walk-off knock of his career last Mar. 31 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 6:30 pm .375 with three doubles, two triples and a team-high 10 RBI. Walker, Sunday to beat Boston College. O’Brien and Flansburg have hit three through five in the order in all Apr. 1 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 2:00 pm Apr. 2 Texas Tech* [SSTV] 1:00 pm 10 games this season. Sophomore right-hander Jake Irvin gets the • All 10 games have been started by a sophomore pitcher. ball for Oklahoma in Friday night’s opener. He is 2-0 with a 0.64 Apr. 4 Oral Roberts [SSTV] 6:30 pm Apr. 7 at Texas* [FS1] 7:00 pm earned run average. Irvin has gone seven innings in each start this • Steele Walker, Austin O’Brien and Jack Flansburg have hit three Apr. 8 at Texas* [LHN] 4:00 pm season. He struck out 10 to beat Long Beach State (2/17) on open- through five in the lineup in every game this season. Apr. 9 at Texas* [LHN] 2:30 PM ing day and followed with seven strikeouts to beat Villanova at last Apr. 11 at Oral Roberts 6:30 pm weekend’s 19 Ways Invitational. • The Sooners lead the Big 12 in runs (85), hits (112), triples (7), Apr. 13 at Michigan 3:00 pm batting average against (.190) and strikeouts (99). Apr. 14 at Michigan 3:00 pm On the Air... Apr. 15 at Michigan 1:00 pm This weekend’s games will air on the home of Sooner baseball, Sport- • Ben Hollas was named one of seven Sooners awarded the Dr. Apr. 18 at Dallas Baptist 6:30 pm Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award by the Big 12; the stalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM. The voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland Apr. 21 Kansas* [SSTV] 6:30 pm league’s highest academic honor. will have the call on Friday and Sunday. Veteran OU broadcaster Apr. 22 Kansas* 2:00 pm Chad McKee (play-by-play) and former OU and MLB pitcher Apr. 23 Kansas* [SSTV] 1:00 pm • Seniors Renae Martinez, Austin O’Brien and JB Olson were (color commentary) will be in the booth for Sat- Apr. 25 Texas-Arlington [SSTV] 6:30 pm George Frazier elected captains by their teammates in fall ball. urday’s doubleheader. All four games can be streamed at SoonerS- Apr. 28 at West Virginia* 5:30 pm ports.tv with a premium subscription. Apr. 29 at West Virginia* 3:00 pm Apr. 30 at West Virginia* 11:00 am * 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 LF-Kyler Murray .222 7 0 5 4 Stole second and third in first vs. Villanova (2/25). May 7 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 1:05 pm 2B-Kyle Mendenhall .333 9 2 4 1 Homered in back-to-back games vs. NIU and Villanova. May 12 TCU* [SSTV] 6:30 pm CF-Steele Walker* .375 7 0 10 0 Extended hit-streak to 13 vs. Little Rock (2/28). May 13 TCU* [SSTV] 2:00 pm 1B-Austin O’Brien .471 12 1 8 3 Hit 11th career home run on Tuesday vs. Little Rock. May 14 TCU* [SSTV] 1:00 pm May 18 vs. Oklahoma State*! TBA 3B-Jack Flansburg* .387 12 1 8 0 Has started at first, second and third this season. May 19 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA DH-Brylie Ware .423 5 0 7 1 Posted four two-hit games last week. May 20 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA C-Renae Martinez .333 9 1 7 1 Reached on leadoff-E6 and scored walk-off run vs. BC. May 24-28 Big 12 Championship$ TBD RF-Quin Walbergh .286 3 1 5 0 Triple and hit first career HR Tuesday vs. Little Rock. June 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD SS-Brandon Zaragoza .333 7 0 6 0 Posted a four-hit game vs. Villanova (2/25). June 9-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Starter ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 17-28 College World Series TBD RHP-Jake Irvin 0.64 2-0 2 14.0 17 Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/21). RHP-Kyle Tyler 3.48 0-0 2 10.1 10 Earned first career win at Little Rock (3/29/16). BOLD denotes home game | All times listed are central RHP-Austin Hansen 0.00 1-0 2 8.1 10 Made first career start on vs. Grambling (2/21). * Big 12 game | # - 19 Ways Invitational TBA (DH) - Doubleheader ! - at ONEOK Field; Tulsa Key Reliever ERA W-L SV IP SO Notes $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City RHP-JB Olson 2.35 1-0 1 7.2 8 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as OU setup man in 2016. Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: (405) 596-9264 | Twitter: @BFlynn35 | Website: SoonerSports.com Scouting the Blue Devils... THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Central Connecticut is 4-1 on the young season after a 3-1 weekend Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. against South Dakota State and Maine in Delray Beach, Fla. over the Founded ...........................................................................1890 weekend. Reigning NEC player of the week Dean Lockery is hitting a Enrollment....................................................................30,813 team-leading .474 (9-for-19) with eight runs scored and six driven in. Nickname ....................................................................Sooners Infielder and pitcher Andrew Hinckley was an Olerud Award semi- Colors .....................................................Crimson and Cream finalist a year ago. He is 2-0 on the mound with a 2.70 ERA and 14 Conference ...................................................................Big 12 strikeouts in 10 innings. At the plate, he is 1-for-3 in one start. Head President .........................................................David L. Boren coach Charlie Hickey is in his 18th season with the Blue Devils and VP/Director of Athletics.............................Joe Castiglione has guided the program four NCAA Regionals, most recently in 2010. Assoc. Director of Athletics (Program Admin.) ..... Greg Tipton Last Time They Met... Oklahoma and Central Connecticut have played just once before. The HEAD COACH PETE HUGHES OKLAHOMA BASEBALL Sooners hosted the 2004 NCAA Oklahoma City Regional at Bricktown Head Coach .......................... Pete Hughes (Davidson ’90) Pete Hughes was named the ninth head baseball coach in program history on June 27, 2013. Ballpark. The Blue Devils had won 41 games that season on their way Overall Coaching Record ...............626-469-3/21 Years to a third consecutive regional appearance.