OKLAHOMA 1951 & 1994 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 10 CWS • 38 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 73 MLB ALUMNI • 63 ALL-AMERICANS WEST VIRGINIA • MORGANTOWN, W.VA. • MONONGALIA COUNTY BALLPARK 2021 SCHEDULE OKLAHOMA SOONERS WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb. 21 Omaha L, 3-6 Overall: 22-21 Overall: 16-21 Feb. 22 Omaha W. 8-5 Big 12: 6-9 Big 12: 6-12 Feb. 23 vs. Stephen F. Austin ! (Flo) L, 5-9 Head Coach: Skip Johnson Head Coach: Randy Mazey Feb. 24 vs. UT Arlington ! (Flo) W, 7-1 School Record/Years: School Record/Years: Feb. 26 vs. #24 Auburn % (Flo) W, 4-3 (10) 107-73/4th 254-202/9th Feb. 27 vs. Texas A&M % (Flo) L, 1-8 Rank: N/A Rank: N/A Feb. 28 vs. Baylor % (Flo) W, 9-3 March 4 vs. #21 Arizona ^ (Flo) L, 13-20 RADIO: SOONER SPORTS RADIO NETWORK TV: .............................................Big 12 Now on ESPN+ March 5 vs. #21 Arizona ^ (Flo) L, 1-12 Free Online: TuneIn app/Sportstalk1400.com LIVE STATS: ...........................SoonerSports.com March 6 vs. Missouri ^ (Flo) W, 16-6 Play-by-Play ............................................ Toby Rowland SOCIAL MEDIA: ..................................... #Sooners March 7 vs. Dallas Baptist ^ L, 3-9 Twitter/Instagram .................................@OU_Baseball March 9 UT Arlington (FSOK) W, 15-5 March 14 Arkansas State L, 14-15 FIRST PITCH: LEADING OFF March 14 Arkansas State W, 9-1 • Oklahoma (22-21, 6-9 Big 12) travels to • Jason Ruffcorn was named Big 12 Pitcher of March 15 Arkansas State W, 12-6 Morgantown, W.Va., for a Big 12 conference series the Week and Brett Squires was named Big 12 March 16 at #1 Arkansas (SECN) W, 8-5 against West Virginia (16-21, 6-12 Big 12) this Newcomer of the Week on Monday. Ruffcorn March 19 Houston (FSOK) W, 7-2 weekend. Game times are 5:30 p.m. CT Friday, 3 registered career highs of 10 strikeouts and 6.2 March 20 Houston (FSOK+) W, 19-1 March 21 Houston (FSOK+) W, 12-2 p.m. CT Saturday and 10:30 a.m. CT Sunday. innings in OU's series-clinching win over Oklahoma March 24 at Texas State (ESPN+) L, 2-5 • The Sooners are 3-4 in seven Big 12 road games State on Saturday. Squires batted .400 in the series March 26 at #9 Texas* (LHN) L, 3-4 (11) (road series at Texas and Kansas State and one road and homered in each game, including the game- March 27 at #9 Texas* (LHN) L, 6-11 Big 12 game at Oklahoma State). The Mountaineers winning two-run home run in the seventh inning on March 28 at #9 Texas* (LHN) W, 3-2 are 3-6 in nine Big 12 home games this season Saturday. March 30 at #16 Okla. State (B12/ESPN+) L, 4-5 (series against Kansas, Texas Tech and TCU). April 2 #11 TCU* (Bally Sports OK+) L, 7-11 April 3 #11 TCU* (Bally Sports OK) L, 6-17 • Oklahoma ranks fourth nationally in hits (443), ninth April 4 #11 TCU* L, 3-7 WATCH/LISTEN/FOLLOW: in walks (223) and doubles (90), 15th in runs (316), April 6 Oral Roberts (SS.tv) W, 14-12 • The game will be broadcast via Big 12 Now on 22nd in OBP (.399), 26th in scoring (7.3 runs per game), April 9 Kansas* (Bally Sports OK+) W, 10-4 ESPN+ via West Virginia 27th in batting average (.297), doubles per game (2.1) April 10 Kansas* (Bally Sports OK) L, 7-8 (10) • The radio broadcast will be carried on the and strikeouts per nine innings (10.3), 28th in slugging April 11 Kansas* (SS.tv) W, 14-3 (7) Sooner Sports Radio Network (locally on SportsTalk (.469) and 39th in home runs (49). April 14 Texas Southern (SS.tv) W, 6-0 (7) 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF and via the TuneIn app April 14 Texas Southern (SS.tv) W, 5-1 (7) April 17 at Kansas State* (B12/ESPN+) L, 2-3 (10) anywhere) with Toby Rowland on the call. • OU ranks second in the Big 12 in hits, doubles April 17 at Kansas State* (B12/ESPN+) W, 6-4 per game and sacrifice flies (20), third in batting April 18 at Kansas State* (B12/ESPN+) L, 3-8 SERIES HISTORY: average, scoring, OBP, strikeouts per nine innings April 24 Georgia Southern L, 1-4 • Oklahoma and West Virginia have played 25 and triples (10). April 24 Georgia Southern L, 2-3 times. OU leads the series 14-11. April 25 Georgia Southern (SS.tv) W, 14-4 (8) • The Mountaineers won the last series between the • Thirty-four percent of Oklahoma’s hits (149 of April 30 at #18 Okla. State* (B12/ESPN+) W, 16-2 May 1 #18 Okla. State* (Bally Sports OK) W, 5-3 teams, in Morgantown in 2019. OU won the opener 2-1, 443) have gone for extra bases. The Sooners have May 2 #18 Okla. State* (ESPNU) L, 7-8 (12) but WVU won 12-4 and 5-1 in the final two games. totaled 90 doubles, 10 triples and 49 home runs in 42 May 4 vs. #7 Texas Tech & (B12/ESPN+) L, 4-14 • Those last two games in 2019 ended a six-game games, an average of 3.5 extra base hits per contest. May 7 at West Virginia* (B12/ESPN+) 5:30 p.m. winning streak for the Sooners against West Virginia. May 8 at West Virginia* (B12/ESPN+) 3 p.m. OU won series in Morgantown in 2015 and 2017. • First baseman Tyler Hardman was named to May 9 at West Virginia* (B12/ESPN+) 10:30 a.m. • The teams first met in 2012 at an early-season the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List May 11 Okla. State ~ (ESPNU) 7 p.m. May 14 Texas Tech* (SS.tv) 6:30 p.m. tournament in Eugene, Ore. (OU won 5-2), and have and recognized as a midseason All-American by May 15 Texas Tech* (Bally Sports OK) 2 p.m. played each year since 2013 since West Virginia joined D1Baseball. The fourth-year junior leads the nation in May 16 Texas Tech* (SS.tv) 2 p.m. the Big 12 Conference. hits (72) and ranks third nationally in total bases (119), May 20 at Baylor* (B12/ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. sixth in hits per game (1.67), 13th in batting average May 21 at Baylor* (B12/ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. ABOUT THE SOONERS: (.414) and 23rd in on-base percentage (.505). He is May 22 at Baylor* (B12/ESPN+) 3 p.m. • Over its last 10 weekend games, the Oklahoma the 43rd Sooner to register at least 100 hits (180), 100 May 26-30 Big 12 Championship $ pitching staff has produced a 3.21 team ERA with runs (111) and 100 RBIs (104) in his career. * Big 12 Conference Game ! at Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas) 105 strikeouts and 47 walks in 89.2 innings (3.79 % Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) ERA with 135 strikeouts in 111.2 innings over the last ^ Frisco College Baseball Classic (Frisco, Texas) & at Hodgetown (Amarillo, Texas) 13 games overall). ~ at ONEOK Field (Tulsa, Okla.) $ at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, Okla.) All times Central Time Zone and subject to change Contact: Eric Hollier, Associate Director of Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] Phone: (405) 570-9228 Website: SoonerSports.com OKLAHOMA BASEBALL 2021 GAME NOTES • Oklahoma has outscored opponents in the 14 vs. Arkansas State (Game 1 of doubleheader); THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA last two-thirds of games (innings four through that was also the last game prior to Friday in Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. nine) this season by a total of 204 to 148. In the which OU hit four home runs. Founded ..............................................................................1890 first three innings of games, OU has outscored • Graham has reached base in 38 consecutive Enrollment........................................................................31,244 opponents 111 to 110 (allowed 2.6 runs in first three games. Over his last nine contests, he has batted Nickname .....................................................................Sooners innings of games vs. 3.4 across last six innings). .452 (14 for 31) with two home runs, four doubles, Colors ......................................................Crimson and Cream • The Sooners have scored 32 in their last four 10 runs scored and four RBIs (left Sunday’s game games, and 25 of those runs have been scored after being hit by a pitch in his first at bat). Conference........................................................................Big 12 with two outs (23 of 28 runs scored in the series • Squires has registered 33 hits in his 26 starts President.....................................................Joseph Harroz Jr. vs. OSU with two outs). this season. Twenty of those hits have gone for VP/Director of Athletics ............................Joe Castiglione • Last weekend, Oklahoma won its conference extra bases (12 doubles, two triples, six home Assoc. AD (Program Admin.)................................ Greg Tipton series against Oklahoma State for the first time since runs). He has a hit in 14 of his last 18 games. In that 2016. The last time the Sooners won the first two span since April 3, he has batted .333 (23 for 69) OKLAHOMA BASEBALL games of the Bedlam conference series was 2009. with 15 of his 20 extra base hits (eight doubles, Head Coach ....... Skip Johnson (Texas Pan-American ‘90) • OU has scored at least seven runs in 21 games one triple, all six home runs). Overall Coaching Record .........................107-73, 4th year this season (averaging 7.3 runs per game overall), • In his last five outings (three starts and two Record at Oklahoma .....................................................Same and notched double-digit hits in 21 games.