Oklahoma shrugged off a slow start to beat Army 10-1 and avoid elimination and keep their postseason hopes alive. It was a good way to rebound after Oklahoma lost to East Carolina 14-5 to open the Charlottesville Regional.
Bryce Madron got the scoring started for Oklahoma with a double that sent John Spikerman home to make it 1-0 Sooners in the first inning. OU extended the lead in the third inning with a Madron sac-fly that brought Spikerman to put the Sooners up 2-0 after three innings.
Oklahoma started to really explode on offense in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Kendall Pettis’ single plated a pair of Sooners to make it 4-0 in favor of Oklahoma. Madron added to his RBI total on the day with a two-RBI triple to left that scored Pettis and Spikerman, extending the lead to 6-0. Anthony Mackenzie helped round out the scoring in the inning with an infield single to short, which made it 7-0.
In the sixth inning, an Army sac-fly brought in Derek Berg to make it 7-1, but Oklahoma responded in the bottom of the sixth with a Wallace Clark home run to push the lead back to seven.
Finally, Oklahoma put the exclamation point on the game thanks to a Easton Carmichael two-run home run.
Braxton Douthit threw a complete game for the win, recording seven strikeouts while allowing four hits and four walks. He came up clutch in the Sooners’ elimination game.
Bryce Madron was 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Spikerman was 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored. The two were huge at the top of the order for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Oklahoma stayed alive with the win, which set up a Sunday battle against the loser of East Carolina and Virginia at 11 a.m.
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