n n n Games 37-39 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Ray Fisher Stadium (4,000) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time OKLAHOMA SOONERS MICHIGAN WOLVERINES Feb. 17 No. 17 Long Beach State [SS.tv] W, 6-2 Feb. 18 No. 17 Long Beach State [SS.tv] L, 3-8 Overall: 27-9 Overall: 26-7 No. 17 Big 12: 5-4 Big Ten: 6-3 Feb. 19 Long Beach State [SS.tv] W, 4-2 Feb. 21 Grambling State [FSSW] W, 11-2 Pete Hughes Erik Bakich Head Coach: Head Coach: Feb. 22 Grambling State [FSOK] W, 10-2 Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 24 Villanova# [FSOK] W, 9-2 644-477-3/21 205-200-1/7 Feb. 25 Northern Illinois# [SS.tv] W, 10-3 Rank: 10N/11BA/14CBN/16USA/18D1B Rank: 13D1B/17USA/18N/23BA/25CBN Villanova# [SS.tv] W, 17-1 Feb. 26 Boston College# [FSOK] W, 5-4 First Pitch... Stream: BTN+ Feb. 28 Little Rock [FSSW] W, 10-5 The No. 10 University of Oklahoma baseball team steps out of con- Play-By-Play ....................................................................................TBA Mar. 3 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 3-0 ference this weekend when it visits Michigan out of the Big Ten. The Mar. 4 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 13-2 Sooners and Wolverines start their three-game series Thursday, April Radio: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 6-1 13 at 3 p.m. CT. Games two and three follow at 3 p.m. Friday and 1 Play-By-Play ..................................................................Toby Rowland Mar. 5 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 11-2 p.m. Saturday. Mar. 7 Wichita State [FCSC] L, 2-4 Mar. 9 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 16-10 Online About the Sooners... Mar. 10 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 1-0 ............................................................................@OU_Baseball Oklahoma hits the road with a 27-9 overall record and it 5-4 with a Twitter Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 11-0 pair of series wins, including one on the road, in Big 12 play. Senior Live Stats .......................................................................... OUstats.com Mar. 11 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 5-1 Mar. 14 at Georgia Tech [ACC+] L, 0-2 catcher Renae Martinez is the Sooners top hitter with a .355 Leading Off Mar. 15 at Georgia State W, 5-4 batting average and second in slugging at .561. Sophomore Brylie • OU’s 27-9 record is the best since 28-8 in 2013; marking a Mar. 17 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 5-2 , who splits his time between the corner infield spots and des- Ware nine-win improvement through 36 games vs. 2016. Mar. 18 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 17-9 ignated hitter, is second with a .348 batting average and first with Mar. 19 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 14-4 a .439 on-base percentage. Sophomore outfielder Steele Walker, • The Sooners lead the all-time series against Michigan, 12-3. Mar. 21 at No. 16 Oklahoma State L, 3-4 one of two Sooners to start all 36 games, is hitting .346 with a This series marks the first time Oklahoma visits the Wolverines Mar. 24 at No. 14 Baylor* [FCSC] W, 11-3 team-leading .574 slugging percentage. He has driven i na team- and first match-up since 2007 in San Diego. Mar. 25 at No. 14 Baylor* [FSSW+] L, 0-7 high 33 runs on 10 doubles, five home runs and three triples. Walker, Mar. 26 at No. 14 Baylor* [FSSW] W, 3-0 Martinez and junior second baseman Kyle Mendenhall are tied • OU is 20-3 at home this season; its best record since going Mar. 31 No. 2 Texas Tech* [SS.tv] W, 6-2 for the team lead in home runs with five. The Oklahoma bullpen has 19-5 at L. Dale Mitchell Park in 2014. It is the first 20-win Apr. 1 No. 2 Texas Tech* [FSOK+] L, 4-9 matched a season-high by not allowing a run in its last 10 complete season at home since going 25-6 in 2013. Apr. 2 No. 2 Texas Tech* [FCSC] W, 5-4 innings pitched. Redshirt-junior lefty Austin Kerns has appeared Apr. 4 Oral Roberts [SS.tv] W, 6-2 in a team-high 19 games of relief. He is 2-2 with a 3.26 earned run • Steele Walker recorded his 100th career hit vs. Texas Tech Apr. 7 at Texas* [FS1] L, 3-5 average in 19.1 innings. Sophomore right-hander Connor Berry (3/31) to tie for the eighth fastest to 100 at OU in the last 15 Apr. 8 at Texas* [LHN] L, 3-9 boasts a team-best 0.93 ERA. He is holding opponents to a .118 av- years; doing so in 86 career games. Apr. 9 at Texas* [LHN] W, 2-1 Apr. 11 at Oral Roberts [ESPN3] L, 2-3 erage and has struck out 30 in 19.1 innings, while earning his first Apr. 13 at Michigan 3:00 pm career win last Sunday at Texas. • Walker and Hunter Hargrove (TTU) are the only players in the top five of Big 12 hitters in hits, runs and RBI. Apr. 14 at Michigan 3:00 pm Apr. 15 at Michigan 1:00 pm On the Air... Apr. 18 at Dallas Baptist 6:30 pm The entire series will be broadcast across the Sooners Sports Net- • Oklahoma has won the first two Big 12 series of the season for the first time since beating Kansas and Kansas State in 2014. Apr. 21 Kansas* [SSTV] 6:30 pm work; airing locally on the Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM. The voice Apr. 22 Kansas* [SS.tv] 2:00 pm of the Sooners (play-by-play) will have the call. Toby Rowland • The Sooners lead the Big 12 in OBP (.389), home runs (30), Apr. 23 Kansas* [SSTV] 1:00 pm Video of the game will be streamed on by BTN+; a student-run arm [SSTV] ERA (2.79), strikeouts (356), K/9 (10.14). Apr. 25 Texas-Arlington 6:30 pm of the Big Ten Network. Apr. 28 at West Virginia* 5:30 pm * Left-Handed Hitter Apr. 29 at West Virginia* 3:00 pm Projected Starters Apr. 30 at West Virginia* 11:00 am Lineup BA R HR RBI SB Notes May 5 at Kansas State* [FCSC] 6:35 pm CF-Ben Hollas* .295 20 2 12 1 Game-winning RBI on Sunday to beat Texas (4/9). May 6 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 2:05 pm 3B-Jack Flansburg* .259 26 1 16 0 Has reached base in career-best 16 straight games. May 7 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 1:05 pm DH-Brylie Ware .348 23 0 17 2 Named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (3/13). May 12 TCU* [SS.tv] 6:30 pm LF-Steele Walker* .346 31 5 33 2 First Sooner to hit home run at Texas since 2011. May 13 TCU* [SSTV] 2:00 pm May 14 TCU* [SS.tv] 1:00 pm 1B-Austin O’Brien .314 21 3 19 4 Missed 12 games from 3/11 to 4/2 with torn left UCL. May 18 vs. Oklahoma State*! TBA C-Renae Martinez .355 23 5 26 2 Seven-game hit-streak snapped at Oral Roberts (4/11). May 19 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA 2B-Kyle Mendenhall .261 24 5 18 2 Hit walk-off home run to beat No. 2 Texas Tech (4/2). May 20 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA RF-Blake Brewster* .267 9 4 16 1 Go-ahead three-run HR at Baylor (3/24). May 24-28 Big 12 Championship$ TBD SS-Brandon Zaragoza .274 22 0 12 2 Started 25 consecutive games at shortstop. June 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD Starters ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 9-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD RHP-Dylan Grove 2.38 1-2 7 34.0 46 Struck out a career-high 11 vs. Texas Tech (4/2). June 17-28 College World Series TBD RHP-Nathan Wiles 2.61 4-1 5 31.0 28 Thrown the Sunday finale of all three Big 12 series. TBA BOLD denotes home game | All times listed are central * Big 12 game | # - 19 Ways Invitational Key Relievers ERA W-L SV IP SO Notes (DH) - Doubleheader | ! - at ONEOK Field; Tulsa RHP-Vincenzo Aiello 2.25 0-0 1 16.0 28 Five strikeouts in his last two innings pitched. $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City RHP-Connor Berry 0.93 1-0 0 19.1 30 Earned first career win in 3.1 innings at Texas (4/9). Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: (405) 596-9264 | Twitter: @BFlynn35 | Website: SoonerSports.com Scouting the Wolverines... THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA The Wolverines began the ranked as high as number 13 in the nation. Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. Michigan comes into the series off a 2-1, 13-inning win on Tuesday Founded ...........................................................................1890 against Eastern Michigan. The Wolverines also entered the week ranked Enrollment....................................................................30,813 fourth in the NCAA, first among Power 5 conferences, with 73 stolen Nickname ....................................................................Sooners bases. The offense is led by second baseman Ako Thomas, who is Colors .....................................................Crimson and Cream hitting a team-high .346 with 18 RBI, and a .465 OBP. The sophomore Conference ...................................................................Big 12 has also swiped 18 bases in 21 attempts for the Wolverines. Third base- President .........................................................David L. Boren man Drew Lugbauer is hitting .289 with a team-leading nine home VP/Director of Athletics.............................Joe Castiglione runs and 42 RBI.