Just before the Oklahoma Sooners took on Dallas Baptist they found out some devastating news. The Sooners would be without their star outfielder, [autotag]John Spikerman[/autotag].
Spikerman, now a junior, has been a mainstay in the lineup since his freshman season in 2022. But the voice of the Sooners, Toby Rowland, announced he will be having hamate surgery and will be out 4-6 weeks to recover. This surgery is to fix an injury in his hand but he could be able to pinch run while the injury heals.
Skip Johnson says in tonight’s Sooner Radio Pregame interview that CF John Spikerman had hamate surgery today. He says likely timeline is 4-6 weeks recovery & hopes he’ll return later this season…says he may be able to pinch run during healing process. pic.twitter.com/nR9BK7YYVE
— Toby Rowland (@TRowOU) March 19, 2024
Spikerman currently leads the Sooners in batting average at .394. He also has one of the better on-base percentages on the team at .446. The Sooners are definitely going to miss his presence on the field and in the lineup but they are also going to miss his leadership.
He was someone who had been to a College World Series. He had won the Big 12 tournament. This year was shaping up to be a career year for him as well.
If there are any positives from this it’s that Oklahoma is very deep in the outfield so they’ll have plenty of people to try to replace him but it’s always hard to replace your top hitters and one of the leaders of the team.
The Sooners are back in action this weekend against the [autotag]West Virginia Mountaineers[/autotag].
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