OKLAHOMA 1951 & 1994 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 10 CWS • 38 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 73 MLB ALUMNI • 63 ALL-AMERICANS ARKANSAS • FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. • BAUM-WALKER STADIUM 2021 SCHEDULE OKLAHOMA SOONERS ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb. 21 Omaha L, 3-6 Overall: 8-7 Overall: 12-1 Feb. 22 Omaha W. 8-5 Big 12: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 Feb. 23 vs. Stephen F. Austin ! (Flo) L, 5-9 Head Coach: Skip Johnson Head Coach: Dave Van Horn 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) 93-59/4th 712-390/19th Feb. 27 vs. Texas A&M % (Flo) L, 1-8 Rank: N/A Rank: 1 USAT/D1B/BA/NCBWA/PG/CBN Feb. 28 vs. Baylor % (Flo) W, 9-3 March 4 vs. #21 Arizona ^ (Flo) L, 13-20 RADIO: SPORTSTALK 1400 AM/99.3 FM KREF TV: SEC Network March 5 vs. #21 Arizona ^ (Flo) L, 1-12 Dari Nowkhah (PxP) and Mike Rooney (analyst) Free Online: TuneIn app/Sportstalk1400.com March 6 vs. Missouri ^ (Flo) W, 16-6 LIVE STATS: OUStats.com March 7 vs. Dallas Baptist ^ L, 3-9 Play-By-Play ............................................Toby Rowland SOCIAL MEDIA: #Sooners March 9 UT Arlington (FSOK) W, 15-5 Twitter/Instagram @OU_Baseball March 14 Arkansas State [DH] L, 14-15 March 14 Arkansas State [DH] W, 9-1 FIRST PITCH: LEADING OFF March 15 Arkansas State W, 12-6 • Oklahoma will play its first true road game of the • Sixteen of Oklahoma's 22 scheduled games March 16 at #1 Arkansas (SECN) 5 p.m. season Tuesday when it travels to face Arkansas. between March 9 and April 14 will be played at the March 19 Houston (FSOK) 6:30 p.m. Game time is 5 p.m. at Baum-Walker Stadium in friendly confines of L. Dale Mitchell Park, but six of March 20 Houston (FSOK+) 2 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark. the Sooners' nine contests from March 16-30 will be March 21 Houston (FSOK+) Noon • The Sooners have played nine games away from played on the road. March 24 at Texas State 6 p.m. home, but all were at neutral sites (Globe Life Field March 26 at Texas* TBA in Arlington, Texas [Feb. 23-24], Dell Diamond in • Oklahoma has totaled 50 runs in its last four March 27 at Texas* TBA Round Rock, Texas [Feb. 26-28] and Dr. Pepper contests, an average of 12.5 runs per game. During March 28 at Texas* TBA Ballpark in Frisco, Texas [March 4-7]. that stretch, OU has also averaged 14.8 hits per March 30 at Oklahoma State TBA • Six of OU's next nine games will be played on the outing and tallied 23 eÓxtra base hits (14 doubles April 2 TCU* 6:30 p.m. road. The exception is a three-game home series and seven home runs). April 3 TCU* 2 p.m. against Houston this weekend. April 4 TCU* 2 p.m. • OU has scored at least nine runs seven times in 15 April 6 Oral Roberts 6:30 p.m. WATCH/LISTEN/FOLLOW: games this season (all in the last nine outings, and April 9 Kansas* 6:30 p.m. • The game will be broadcast on SEC Network, in five of the last six), and notched double-digit hits April 10 Kansas* 2 p.m. with Dari Nowkah and Mike Rooney on the call. in nine games (seven of the last nine contests). April 11 Kansas* 2 p.m. • Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF will carry the April 13 Texas Southern 4 p.m. game locally, with Toby Rowland on the radio call. • The Sooners have batted .346 (118 for 341) while April 14 Texas Southern 4 p.m. The radio broadcast will also be available through averaging 10.2 runs and 13.1 hits in nine games since April 16 at Kansas State* 6 p.m. a 9-3 win over Baylor on Feb. 28. the TuneIn app. April 17 at Kansas State* 4 p.m. • Live stats will be available at OUStats.com. April 18 at Kansas State* 1 p.m. • Oklahoma's .301 team batting average ranks April 20 vs. Texas Tech & 6:30 p.m. 20th nationally and second in the Big 12 Conference April 23 Georgia Southern 6 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: only to Baylor's .337 average. • Oklahoma and Arkansas have played 26 times. April 24 Georgia Southern 4 p.m. Arkansas leads the series 14-12. • OU is tied for 20th nationally with its 32 doubles APril 25 Georgia Southern 1 p.m. • The Sooners defeated the Razorbacks 6-3 in this season (2.1 per game), but has registered 25 April 30 at Oklahoma State* 6 p.m. the 2020 Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid doubles in its last eight outings (average of 3.1 per May 1 Oklahoma State* 3 p.m. Park in Houston. It was the first in-season contest game). The national leader in doubles per game May 2 Oklahoma State* 2 p.m. between the schools since 2012. (UMBC) averages 3.2 per contest. May 7 at West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. • OU and Arkansas were slated to meet again in May 8 at West Virginia* 3 p.m. 2020 (March 17 at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma • Oklahoma's 15 games have been played against May 9 at West Virginia* Noon City), but the season was canceled four days prior 11 different opponents. The Sooners have faced only May 11 Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. to that scheduled matchup. The teams played a fall four teams – Omaha, UT Arlington, Arizona and May 14 Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. exhibition game in September 2019 in Fayetteville. Arkansas State – more than once this season. May 15 Texas Tech* 2 p.m. • Oklahoma won the two prior meetings, 4-0 in May 16 Texas Tech* 2 p.m. 2012 and 5-2 in 2010, both in Norman. • OU is in its fourth season under the direction May 20 at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. • The Razorbacks won five in a row in the series of head coach Skip Johnson. Johnson has led May 21 at Baylor* 3 p.m. prior to 2010, winning two of three games in 2002 the Sooners to an 93-59 record and an NCAA May 22 at Baylor* 1 p.m. May 26-30 Big 12 Championship $ and all three meetings in 2009. postseason appearance in 2018. * Big 12 Conference Game Pitching Matchups ! at Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas) Starters ERA W-L GS IP H R ER BB SO % Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) TUESDAY ^ Frisco College Baseball Classic (Frisco, Texas) OU LHP Braden Carmichael 3.27 2-0 2 11.0 11 5 4 5 11 & at Hodgetown (Amarillo, Texas) $ at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City, Okla.) UA LHP Patrick Wicklander 3.68 0-0 0 7.1 11 3 3 1 7 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 HARDMAN'S MONSTER WEEK: and finished the game with three hits and six RBIs. THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA • Tyler Hardman hit .917 (11 for 12) in Oklahoma's All three of his hits – a double, a single and a triple Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. series win over Arkansas State. He scored 11 runs and – drove in two runs apiece. Founded ..............................................................................1890 totaled six RBIs and six extra base hits (three doubles, Enrollment........................................................................31,244 two home runs, one triple) in the three games. TOUGH COMPETITION: Nickname .....................................................................Sooners • Hardman hit for the cycle in the series opener, • Through 15 games, the record of Oklahoma's Colors ......................................................Crimson and Cream going 5 for 5 in the first game of the doubleheader opponents is a combined 110-101 (.521 winning Conference........................................................................Big 12 on Sunday. In order, he doubled, homered, singled percentage), but the schedule gets even tougher President.....................................................Joseph Harroz Jr. and tripled before adding another base hit in the for the Sooners. The combined record of OU's VP/Director of Athletics ............................Joe Castiglione ninth inning. He became the first Sooner since future opponents this season is 287-171-5 (.625 Assoc. AD (Program Admin.)................................ Greg Tipton 2010 to hit for the cycle (Cameron Seitzer vs. winning percentage). Arkansas-Pine Bluff) and the first OU player since OKLAHOMA BASEBALL 2015 to notch five hits in a game (Craig Aikin had UNUSUAL WEEKENDS: Head Coach ....... Skip Johnson (Texas Pan-American ‘90) six hits vs. Little Rock). • Weather permitting, this weekend's home Overall Coaching Record ..........................93-59, 4th year • The fourth-year junior from Corona, Calif., series against Houston will be Oklahoma's first Record at Oklahoma .....................................................Same reached base in 16 consecutive plate appearances three-game Friday though Sunday series against Assistant Coaches .................Clay Van Hook (Texas ‘08) between March 9 and March 15. The NCAA record a single opponent this season (this is the fifth Clay Overcash (USC Upstate ‘90) for consecutive times on base is 18 (accomplished week of the season). twice, and not since 2012). • Winter weather wreaked havoc on opening Britt Bonneau (Oklahoma ‘92) • Hardman singled in his last two at bats on weekend, forcing OU to play Sunday and Monday Director of Operations .................................... Ryan Gaines March 9 against UT Arlington (2 for 4 in the game), against Nebraska-Omaha. Oklahoma then Office Phone ............................................... (405) 325-8354 went 5 for 5 and 3 for 3 in the doubleheader on competed in four-team tournaments at Round First Year of Baseball .......................................................1898 Sunday, and recorded three hits on Monday before Rock and Frisco, and the threat of inclement All-Time Record (Seasons) ..............2,634-1,531-12 (120) grounding out to third base in the fifth inning weather forced the change to last weekend's series All-Time Big 12 Record (Seasons) ...........316-285-2 (23) (doubled in two runs in his next at bat, ending the against Arkansas State to a Sunday-Monday set.