The Oklahoma Sooners are heading to the College World Series final for the first time in 28 years. The other two times that the Sooners made the final, Oklahoma won the national championship. 3-0 in the CWS, the Sooners now wait for the other semifinal to wrap up.
Arkansas took the first of the semifinal games from Ole Miss, setting up a winner-take-all showdown on Thursday. The winner will join the Sooners on Saturday for game one in the three-game series for the national title.
The Sooners are set up nicely for the final, thanks to David Sandlin’s standout performance. He threw seven innings of one-run ball with a career-high 12 strikeouts.
Jimmy Crooks provided the only offense necessary with a three-run home run with two outs in the first inning. Oklahoma added two more along the way and Trevin Michael pitched two scoreless innings to send the Sooners to the CWS final.
Meeting with the media after the 5-1 win over Texas A&M, Head Coach Skip Johnson, pitcher David Sandlin, and catcher Jimmy Crooks shared their thoughts on the win.