n n n Games 33-35 Texas Austin, Texas UFCU Disch-Falk Field (6,756) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time OKLAHOMA SOONERS TEXAS LONGHORNS 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: 26-6 Overall: 20-12 No. 17 Big 12: 4-2 Summit: 4-5 Feb. 19 Long Beach State [SS.tv] W, 4-2 Feb. 21 Grambling State [FSSW] W, 11-2 Pete Hughes David Pierce Head Coach: Head Coach: Feb. 22 Grambling State [FSOK] W, 10-2 Career Record/Years: Career Record/Years: Feb. 24 Villanova# [FSOK] W, 9-2 643-474-3/21 215-119/6 Feb. 25 Northern Illinois# [SS.tv] W, 10-3 Rank: 9BA/10N/12CBN/14USA/16D1B Rank: NR Villanova# [SS.tv] W, 17-1 Feb. 26 Boston College# [FSOK] W, 5-4 First Pitch... Stream: FS1 (Fri.)/LHN (Sat.-Sun.) Feb. 28 Little Rock [FSSW] W, 10-5 The No. 9 University of Oklahoma baseball team heads back on the Play-By-Play .......Dave Barnett (Fri.)/Lowell Galindo (Sat.-Sun.) Mar. 3 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 3-0 road for its third Big 12 series of the season coming at Texas. Fri- Color...... Pat Combs (Fri.)/Keith Moreland, Greg Swindell (Sat.-Sun.) Mar. 4 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 13-2 day night’s game gets underway at 7 p.m. and is the beginning of Radio: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 6-1 an eight-game road swing for the Sooners. Game two will take place Play-By-Play ...........Toby Rowland (Fri./Sun.)/Chris Plank (Sat.) Mar. 5 Central Conn. State [SS.tv] W, 11-2 Mar. 7 Wichita State [FCSC] L, 2-4 Saturday at 4 p.m. and game three Sunday at 2 p.m. Color .................................................................................Ross Hubbard Mar. 9 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 16-10 Online About the Sooners... Mar. 10 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 1-0 ............................................................................@OU_Baseball Oklahoma is coming off back-to-back Big 12 series wins and a mid- Twitter Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 11-0 week victory over Oral Roberts on Tuesday to hit Austin with a 26-6 Live Stats .......................................................................... OUstats.com Mar. 11 Buffalo [SS.tv] W, 5-1 overall record, the best at OU since 1985, and a 4-2 conference Mar. 14 at Georgia Tech [ACC+] L, 0-2 Mar. 15 at Georgia State W, 5-4 mark. The Sooners got their top hitter back into the lineup vs. ORU Leading Off • OU’s 26-6 record is the best since 27-5 in 1985; marking a Mar. 17 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 5-2 as senior first baseman returned from missing 12 Austin O’Brien 10-game improvement through 32 games vs. 2016. Mar. 18 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 17-9 games due to a torn left UCL. He is hitting a team-leading .380 and Mar. 19 at Kennesaw State [ESPN3] W, 14-4 slugging .634. Sophomore Brylie Ware, who filled in at first over • The Sooners have won 10-consecutive Big 12 series rubber- Mar. 21 at No. 16 Oklahoma State L, 3-4 the last three weeks, is second with a .351 average and 23 runs match games; having last lost to Baylor (2014). Mar. 24 at No. 14 Baylor* [FCSC] W, 11-3 scored. Sophomore outfielder Steele Walker is third on the team Mar. 25 at No. 14 Baylor* [FSSW+] L, 0-7 at .349 with a team-leading 29 runs, 29 RBI and 10 doubles. On the • OU is 20-3 at home this season; its best record since going Mar. 26 at No. 14 Baylor* [FSSW] W, 3-0 mound, sophomore right-hander Dylan Grove goes for OU in game 19-5 at L. Dale Mitchell Park in 2014. It is the first 20-win Mar. 31 No. 2 Texas Tech* [SS.tv] W, 6-2 one. He is 1-1 with a 2.86 earned run average. Fellow sophomore season at home since going 25-6 in 2013. Apr. 1 No. 2 Texas Tech* [FSOK+] L, 4-9 RHP Jake Irvin returns to the rotation Saturday. He is 5-0 with a Apr. 2 No. 2 Texas Tech* [FCSC] W, 5-4 1.16 ERA and last pitched on March 17 at Kennesaw State. • Oklahoma has won back-to-back series over Texas for the first Apr. 4 Oral Roberts [SS.tv] W, 6-2 time since 1997 and 1998. Apr. 7 at Texas* [FS1] 7:00 pm On the Air... Apr. 8 at Texas* [LHN] 4:00 pm Games one and three can be heard across the Sooners Sports Network • Steele Walker recorded his 100th career hit vs. Texas Tech Apr. 9 at Texas* [LHN] 2:30 PM Apr. 11 at Oral Roberts 6:30 pm with all three games airing locally on the Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 (3/31) to tie for the eighth fastest to 100 at OU in the last 15 years; doing so in 86 career games. Apr. 13 at Michigan 3:00 pm FM. The voice of the Sooners Toby Rowland (play-by-play) will Apr. 14 at Michigan 3:00 pm have the call Friday and Sunday with veteran OU broadcaster Chris Apr. 15 at Michigan 1:00 pm Plank filling in on Saturday. Former Sooner Ross Hubbard (color • 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. 18 at Dallas Baptist 6:30 pm commentary) will be in the booth for all three games. Friday night’s Apr. 21 Kansas* [SSTV] 6:30 pm game will be televised nationally on FS1 with Dave Barnett (pbp) • The Sooners lead the Big 12 in OBP (.397), runs (232), home Apr. 22 Kansas* [SS.tv] 2:00 pm and (color) on the call. The remaining two games will Pat Combs runs (28), RBI (200), ERA (2.70), strikeouts (321), BAA (.211) Apr. 23 Kansas* [SSTV] 1:00 pm air on the Longhorn Network with (pbp), [SSTV] Lowell Galindo Keith and K/9 (10.21). Apr. 25 Texas-Arlington 6:30 pm Moreland (color) and Greg Swindell (color). 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 SS-Brandon Zaragoza .290 21 0 12 2 Nine-game hit-streak snapped on Sunday. May 6 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 2:05 pm LF-Steele Walker* .349 29 4 29 2 Collected 100th career hit Friday vs. Texas Tech. May 7 at Kansas State* [ESPN3] 1:05 pm 3B-Jack Flansburg* .275 24 1 15 0 Has reached base in 12 straight games. May 12 TCU* [SS.tv] 6:30 pm 1B-Austin O’Brien .380 21 3 19 4 Missed 12 games from 3/11 to 4/2 with torn left UCL. May 13 TCU* [SSTV] 2:00 pm May 14 TCU* [SS.tv] 1:00 pm DH-Brylie Ware .351 23 0 17 2 Named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (3/13). May 18 vs. Oklahoma State*! TBA C-Renae Martinez .340 21 4 24 2 Named the Big 12 Player of the Week (4/3). May 19 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA CF-Ben Hollas* .275 18 2 10 1 Walk-off single to beat Texas (4/3/16). May 20 vs. Oklahoma State*$ [SSTV] TBA 2B-Kyle Mendenhall .280 23 5 18 2 Hit walk-off home run to beat No. 2 Texas Tech (4/2). May 24-28 Big 12 Championship$ TBD RF-Blake Brewster* .302 9 4 16 1 Go-ahead three-run HR at Baylor (3/24). June 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD Starter ERA W-L GS IP SO Notes June 9-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD RHP-Dylan Grove 2.86 1-1 6 28.1 36 Struck out a career-high 11 vs. Texas Tech (4/2). June 17-28 College World Series TBD RHP-Jake Irvin 1.16 5-0 5 31.0 42 Struck out 10 or more twice this season. 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 2.40 0-0 1 15.0 26 Struck out the side Tuesday vs. Oral Roberts (4/4). $ - at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City RHP-Connor Berry 1.12 0-0 0 16.0 25 Struck out four in an inning vs. CCSU (3/3). Contact: Brendan Flynn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: (405) 596-9264 | Twitter: @BFlynn35 | Website: SoonerSports.com Scouting the Longhorns... THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Texas is 20-12 overall and 4-5 in the Big 12 under first-year head Location ............................................................Norman, Okla. coach David Pierce after taking just one of three from Kansas over Founded ...........................................................................1890 the weekend and a win against Sam Houston State on Tuesday. Catcher Enrollment....................................................................30,813 Michael McCann is Texas’ top hitter at .368 with a.439 slugging Nickname ....................................................................Sooners percentage. First baseman Kacy Clemens is second at .313 with 28 Colors .....................................................Crimson and Cream runs scored and 11 doubles. Outfielder Tate Shaw holds a slugging Conference ...................................................................Big 12 percentage of .475 and a .288 average. RHP Nolan Kingham gets President .........................................................David L.