The Sooners went into Lubbock needing the best-case scenario for any hope of a regular-season Big 12 title after losing 18-0 to Wichita State. So far, that’s exactly what they’ve gotten, winning the first two games in a very crucial final series against the No. 6 Texas Tech Red Raiders.
After Thursday’s 9-6 victory, should the Sooners complete the sweep, they will be the co-champions of the regular season with TCU. The Sooners have now won five straight series in Big 12 play.
David Sandlin got the start for the Sooners tonight and pitched a serviceable five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks. The Red Raiders put up two runs against Sandlin, one in the second and one in the third. Sandlin’s efforts earned him his sixth win of the season, moving his record to 6-3. Trevin Micheal came in for the bottom of the eighth and finished off Texas Tech to get his eighth save of the season.
Whatever the issue was with the bats in Wichita clearly didn’t follow the Sooners into Lubbock. OU put up another nine runs tonight after scoring 13 in game one of the series. Four different Sooners picked up multiple base hits.
There is now one final game in this regular season and it means everything for this program. Winning even a share of the Big 12 title would be massive for a program trying to assert itself before it moves to the grown up table that is the SEC.
The game is tomorrow at 2 P.M. on ESPN+.