2015 Oklahoma Baseball GAME NOTES
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2015 Oklahoma Baseball GAME NOTES Games 16-18 | Purdue | Norman, Okla. • L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) 2015 SCHEDULE Oklahoma Sooners Purdue Boilermakers Date Opponent Time Feb. 13 Notre Dame W, 6-1 Overall: 10-5 Overall: 4-7 Feb. 14 SIUE W, 11-1 Feb. 14 Notre Dame L, 9-10 Big 12: 0-0 Big Ten: 0-0 Feb. 15 Notre Dame L, 1-5 Head Coach: Pete Hughes Head Coach: Douh Schreiber Feb. 15 SIUE W, 9-1 Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 18 at No. 17 Arizona State L, 4-7 563-419-2/18 459-440/17 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... A brief, five-game homestand con- Feb. 24 at Dallas Baptist CANCELLED tinues for Oklahoma baseball as it hosts Purdue Radio: 1400 KREF (Friday/Sunday) Feb. 26 BYU^ W, 7-6 for a three-game set this weekend. The series 1560 KEBC (Friday/Saturday) Feb. 27 BYU^ L, 3-4 opens Friday night at 6:00 pm and continues Sat- Toby Rowland | Chris Plank Feb. 27 BYU^ W, 3-2 urday at 5:00 pm and Sunday at 12:00 pm. TV/Video: FSSW+ (Friday) Feb. 28 BYU^ W, 7-1 Mar. 3 UALR W, 22-0 FSSW (Sunday) Mar. 6 Purdue 6:00 pm About the Sooners... Overall, Oklahoma is 10-5 Chad McKee | George Frazier Mar. 7 Purdue 5:00 pm on the season and winners of seven out of its last Twitter: @OU_Baseball Mar. 8 Purdue 12:00 pm eight. Junior center fielder is coming off a record- Live Stats: SoonerSports.com Mar. 10 Oral Roberts 6:00 pm setting day and leads the Sooners with a .387 Leading Off Mar. 12 at Hawai’i 12:35 am batting average and 18 runs scored. Four players Mar. 13 at Hawai’i 12:35 am • Craig Aikin set an OU single-game record with Mar. 14 at Hawai’i 12:35 am are hitting .300-or-better, including junior Kolbey six hits vs. UALR (3/3). Sooners had recorded Mar. 15 at Hawai’i 6:05 pm Carpenter (.333), redshirt-senior right fielder Tay- five hits in a game 26 times. Mar. 20 Texas Tech* 6:00 pm lor Alspaugh (.316) and junior Anthony Hermelyn Mar. 21 Texas Tech* 2:00 pm (.304). Sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse has • Kolbey Carpenter was named the Louisville Mar. 22 Texas Tech* 1:00 pm Mar. 24 at TCU 6:30 pm lifted his average to .278, while leading the team Slugger National Player of the Week and the Big with 17 RBI to go with three home runs. Carpen- Mar. 27 at Baylor* 6:30 pm 12 Player of the Week (2/23). Mar. 28 at Baylor* 3:00 pm ter is the team-leader in long balls at four. On the Mar. 29 at Baylor* 3:00 pm mound, sophomore right-hander Jake Elliott (2- • Sheldon Neuse, a preseason All-American by Mar. 31 Central Arkansas 6:00 pm 0) gets the start on Friday night. He owns a 1.45 Baseball America and Perfect Game, was named Apr. 2 Kansas* 6:00 pm earned run average, best among OU starters, and to the Golden Spikes Award Watch List. Apr. 3 Kansas* 6:00 pm has struck out 17 across a team-high 18.2 innings Apr. 4 Kansas* 2:00 pm of work. Apr. 7 at Oklahoma State 6:00 pm • Aikin had a 17-game hit streak snapped at Apr. 10 at Texas* 7:30 pm Arizona State (2/18) and has come back to hit Apr. 11 at Texas* 6:30 pm On the Air... Veteran OU broadcasters Toby Row- successfully in each of the last nine games. Apr. 12 at Texas* 2:30 pm land (play-by-play) and Chris Plank (sideline) Apr. 14 Dallas Baptist 6:00 pm return to call the action on the Sooner Sports • OU starting pitchers have lasted six or more Apr. 17 at West Virginia* 5:00 pm Apr. 18 at West Virginia* 3:00 pm Network. The games can be heard locally on innings in six out of 15 starts this season, includ- Sportstalk 1400 AM and 98.5 FM as well as The Apr. 19 at West Virginia* 12:00 pm ing five of seven or more innings. Apr. 21 Alcorn State 6:00 pm Franchise 2 at 1560 AM. The series is scheduled Apr. 22 Alcorn State 6:00 pm to be broadcast by Sooner Sports TV on FSSW+/ • Oklahoma set an opening weekend attendance Apr. 24 Sam Houston State 6:00 pm FCSP (Friday), FSSW/FSOK+ (Saturday), FSSW/ record with 4,181 at L. Dale Mitchell Park break- Apr. 25 Sam Houston State 2:00 pm FCSC (Sunday). ing the previous record of 4,117 set in 2011. Apr. 26 Sam Houston State 1:00 pm 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 CF-Craig Aikin* .387 18 1 12 Extended hit streak to nine with six vs. UALR (3/3). May 9 at Kansas State* 2:00 pm RF-Taylor Alspaugh* .316 7 0 6 Diving catch made SC Top 10 (#7) on 2/20. May 10 at Kansas State* 1:00 pm SS-Sheldon Neuse .278 11 3 17 Two-run and three-run home run last two games. May 12 Stephen F. Austin 6:00 pm 1B-Anthony Hermelyn .304 6 1 12 Hit clean-up in all 15 games. May 14 TCU* 6:00 pm LF-Hunter Haley .150 3 1 4 All three hits have gone for extra-bases. May 15 TCU* 6:00 pm 2B-Kolbey Carpenter .333 10 4 11 National and Big 12 Player of the Week (2/23). May 16 TCU* 2:00 pm May 20-24 Big 12 Championship TBD DH-Austin O’Brien .264 11 2 8 Two home runs at home opening weekend. May 29-June 1 NCAA Regionals TBD C-Chris Shaw .222 9 2 7 All-Canadian Team by Candian Baseball News. June 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBD 3B-Joshua Ake .304 6 0 3 Went 4-for-9 in Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge. June 13-24 College World Series TBD Rotation ERA W-L IP SO Notes RHP-Jake Elliott 1.45 2-0 18.2 17 Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/16). BOLD denotes home game RHP-Alec Hansen 5.40 1-1 15.0 24 Struck out 12 in win vs. Oregon State (2/21). All times listed are central and subject to change. * Big 12 game | # Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge LHP-Jeffrey Curran 1.88 0-0 14.1 10 Started at Arizona State (2/18). ^ at Cashman Field; Las Vegas Key Relievers ERA W-L IP SO Notes ! - at ONEOK Field; Tulsa RHP-Sheldon Neuse 0.00 0-0 (1sv) 2.1 2 Probable closer. $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; OKC LHP-Jacob Evans 1.12 2-0 (1sv) 8.0 12 2013 Freshman All-American as closer. 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 Boilermakers... Coming off a THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA three-game skid in Arizona, the Boilermak- Location ..........................................Norman, Okla. ers are 4-7 going into the three-game series Founded .........................................................1890 against Oklahoma. Purdue is led by Michael Enrollment .................................................. 30,813 Vilardo with a .348 average and Brandon Nickname ..................................................Sooners Krieg who leads the team with nine runs Colors ........................................ Crimson & Cream scored. On the mound, Matt Frawley has a Conference ..................................................Big 12 1.93 ERA through 14 innings pitched and President........................................ David L. Boren is slated to start on Sunday. Purdue, which VP/Director of Athletics ...............Joe Castiglione hosted a regional in 2012, finished just 13- Assoc. AD (Program Admin.) .............Greg Tipton 37 in the Big Ten last season. For the Record... Single to center, single OKLAHOMA BASEBALL HEAD COACH PETE HUGHES Pete Hughes was named the ninth head down the left field line, F7, single up the Head Coach .............Pete Hughes (Davidson ‘90) baseball coach in program history on middle, three-run home run to right, double Overall Coaching Record ......563-419-2/18 Years June 27, 2013. to right-center, infield-single to second. That Record at Oklahoma ............. 29-29/First Season Twice named both the New England was Aikin’s record-setting day with a school- Assistant Coaches ....................... Mike Anderson Coach of the Year and the BIG EAST record six hits as he went 6-for-7 with four .........................................................Jamie Pinzino Coach of the Year, as well as the 2000 runs and six RBI in a 22-0 win over Arkan- ........................................................ Ryan Connolly American Baseball Coaches Association sas-Little Rock (3/3). Aikin’s home run was Coordinator of Operations ............... Ryan Gaines Northeast Region Coach of the Year, the first of his career as he set career marks Office Phone .................................(405) 325-8354 Hughes owns a well-deserved reputation in both runs scored and driven in. First Year of Baseball .................................... 1898 for setting new standards of excellence at every stop during his 17-year coaching All-Time Record (Seasons) ....