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A controversial interference rule took a run off the board for Oklahoma in the College World Series

A rule’s a rule, but come on!

In a captivating college baseball postseason across the board, Ole Miss and Oklahoma are the last two squads standing. And despite all of the underpinned narratives and team spirit on the Rebels’ side, the Sooners would not go down without a fight in the Finals.

Even after taking a 10-3 beating in Game 1, Oklahoma refused to go away with their backs against the wall on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, the officiating (or rule book?) probably could’ve helped them out more.

Let’s fast forward to the sixth inning in a 0-0 game. To get a runner at third across home plate, Oklahoma’s John Spikerman laid down a quality bunt that made it 1-0 and brought the other runner over to third.

Or did he?

According to the umpires, Spikerman (or his body) interfered with the pitcher’s throw to first base by running inside fair territory and not in the runner’s lane. Because a player — whether it’s inadvertent or not, obviously can’t do that — the call was overturned, and Oklahoma lost the crucial run as all baserunners have to return to the base where they started.

Ole Miss would get out of the inning without any further damage after recording the third out on the next batter.

College baseball fans on Twitter weren’t happy about the controversial rule that cost Oklahoma in a clutch spot.

Photos from Oklahoma’s 10-3 game 1 loss to Ole Miss in the College World Series final

Some of the best photos from Oklahoma’s game one loss to the Ole Miss Rebels in the College World Series final.

Little went right for the Oklahoma Sooners in game one of the College World Series finals against Ole Miss. The Rebels jumped ahead early with the aide of some Sooners’ miscues and a home run by Tim Elko that pushed the lead to 4-0 in the early going.

Oklahoma would cut the lead in half in the sixth inning but squandered an opportunity to do more damage when they came away with just one run with the bases loaded and nobody out.

But credit is due to Ole Miss reliever Mason Nichols who entered with the bases loaded and nobody out and surrendered only the one run on a bases-loaded walk.

Going into game two, the Oklahoma Sooners will turn to Cade Horton to help them pull the series even with Ole Miss and force a deciding game three on Monday.

Early mistakes, late homers sink Oklahoma in CWS championship game 1 loss to Ole Miss

Oklahoma struggled out of the gate with wild pitches and a costly error to fall behind Ole Miss who then erupted late with back-to-back-to-back home runs to take game 1 10-3.

The Oklahoma Sooners had been on a roll coming into this College World Series finals. Undefeated in the CWS, the Sooners had been playing as well as anyone for two months. That didn’t show up in game one of the College World Series finals against Ole Miss. The Sooners drop game one 10-3.

Oklahoma struggled with early jitters in this one as pitcher Jake Bennett’s control was off, leading to three wild pitches to go along with an error in the field that helped Ole Miss jump out to a 3-0 lead. Oklahoma couldn’t get

Though he gave up a home run to fall behind 4-0, Bennett settled in and pitched well to get Oklahoma into the sixth inning, where they finally did some damage at the plate.

Heading into the sixth, Ole Miss pitcher Jack Dougherty had been perfect for the Rebels. But the Sooners started to make things happen with three hits in a row to lead off the inning and scoring their first run off Kendall Pettis’ bunt single. With runners on first and second and nobody out, John Spikerman walked to load the bases for Peyton Graham, who struck out swinging on four pitches. Ole Miss reliever Mason Nichols followed up his strikeout of Graham by striking out Blake Robertson, and after Tanner Tredaway walked in a run, Jimmy Crooks grounded out to the pitcher to end the bases-loaded threat.

A scoreless seventh from Bennett and relief pitcher Chazz Martinez gave the Sooners the shutdown inning they needed to try and further cut into the Ole Miss lead.

But Mason Nichols wouldn’t allow it, striking out the Sooners to keep the Rebels ahead by two. But that two-run lead would balloon to eight when T.J. McCants, Calvin Harris, and Justin Bench hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to put the Sooners in a massive deficit.

Oklahoma added a run in the eighth to make it 8-3, but Ole Miss responded with two more in the ninth to put the game away for the 10-3 win. Now the Sooners turn to Cade Horton, hoping to bounce back to tie the series at one game a piece.

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Oklahoma Sooners vs. Ole Miss: How to watch, stream, listen and key players of College World Series championship

The Oklahoma Sooners face the Ole Miss Rebels in the College World Series final, here are the key players and how you can tune in.

After getting snubbed from hosting a regional site in the NCAA tournament, the Oklahoma Sooners went out and proved just how wrong the selection committee was. After winning the Big 12 tournament title, the Sooners went 8-2 in the NCAA tournament, including 3-0 in the College World Series to advance to the championship series for the first time since 1994.

Oklahoma advanced with an incredible offensive display that featured long bombs and clutch two-out hitting. The pitching staff settled in nicely, especially in the College World Series, where Jake Bennett, Cade Horton, and David Sandlin combined to allow just seven runs in their three starts.

Now the Sooners get set to face another unseeded team in the Ole Miss Rebels who finished tied for last place with Vanderbilt and were eliminated in the single-elimination round of the SEC tournament.

The Rebels though turned it around in the NCAA tournament, sweeping the Coral Gables regional and their Super Regional matchup with Ole Miss. In the College World Series, Ole Miss beat Arkansas two out of three times in low-scoring affairs to advance to the championship series of the College World Series against the Oklahoma Sooners.

As we get set for the College World Series final, here’s where you can catch the action.

  • Schedule:
    • Game 1: Saturday, June 25, 2022, at 5 p.m. CT
    • Game 2: Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 1 p.m. CT
    • Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, June 27, 2022 at 5 p.m. CT.
  • TV Channel: ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
  • Radio Broadcast: The game can be heard on 99.3 FM and 1400 AM KREF in Oklahoma and nationwide on The Varsity app.

Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss

Players to watch:

Oklahoma Sooners

[autotag]Tanner Tredaway[/autotag]: .379 batting average with 9 home runs, 65 RBIs, 18 walks, and 24 stolen bases.

[autotag]Peyton Graham[/autotag]: .344 batting average with 20 home runs, 71 RBIs, 28 walks, and 34 stolen bases.

[autotag]John Spikerman[/autotag]: .327 batting average with 2 home runs, 15 RBIs, 21 walks, and 12 stolen bases.

[autotag]Jimmy Crooks[/autotag]: .311 batting average with 9 home runs, 51 RBIs, 43 walks, and 10 stolen bases.

[autotag]Blake Robertson[/autotag]: .304 batting average with 5 home runs, 51 RBIs, 68 walks, and 12 stolen bases.

[autotag]Kendall Pettis[/autotag]: .260 batting average with 5 home runs, 26 RBIs, 31 walks, and 22 stolen bases.

[autotag]Jackson Nicklaus[/autotag]: .288 batting average with 11 home runs, 35 RBIs, 34 walks, and 6 stolen bases.

[autotag]Jake Bennett[/autotag]: 10-3 with a 3.66 ERA, 123 strikeouts, and 22 walks allowed in 110.2 innings pitched.

[autotag]Trevin Michael[/autotag]: 4-1 with a 2.66 ERA, 95 strikeouts, 20 walks allowed, and 10 saves in 67 innings pitched.

[autotag]Cade Horton[/autotag]: 5-2 with a 5.24 ERA, 51 strikeouts, and 15 walks allowed in 46.1 innings pitched.

[autotag]David Sandlin[/autotag]: 9-4 with a 5.59 ERA, 102 strikeouts, and 31 walks in 95 innings pitched.

Ole Miss Rebels

Justin Bench: .316 batting average with 3 home runs, 40 RBIs, 25 walks.

Tim Elko: .294 batting average with 23 home runs, 74 RBIs, 43 walks.

Kemp Alderman: .287 batting average with 11 home runs, 45 RBIs, 29 walks.

Jacob Gonzalez: .269 batting average with 17 home runs, 50 RBIs, 49 walks.

Hunter Elliott: 5-3 with a 2.70 ERA, 96 strikeouts, and 32 walks allowed in 73.1 innings pitched.

Dylan DeLucia: 8-2 with a 3.68 ERA, 105 strikeouts, and 26 walks allowed in 95.1 innings pitched.

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Photos: Aggies magical season ends in Omaha

Photos: Aggies magical season ends in Omaha

The Aggies baseball team was a scrappy group all season long. Known for their comebacks and their grittiness in the batters box. That played out all the way into the College World Series, where A&M battled it’s way through the losers bracket, eliminating Texas and Notre Dame, and earning the right to face Oklahoma in a Game 1 rematch.

Win two more games, and the Aggies would punch their ticket to the championship series.

Unfortunately for Jim Schlossnagle and his team, the magic ran out against the Sooners, and the Aggies 2022 season has ended, but let’s take a look back through the best images from the game against Oklahoma.

Texas A&M’s historic season ends against the Oklahoma Sooners

Texas A&M’s historic season ends against the Oklahoma Sooners

Texas A&M baseball’s magical season has officially come to an end after falling to the Oklahoma Sooners in a final four matchup in the College World Series on Wednesday. The game never seemed in doubt from the start, with the Sooners continuing their pitching onslaught paired with an opportunistic offensive approach that never lost its luster in the much-anticipated rematch with the 5 seeded Aggies.

After Nathan Dettmer’s brilliant performance on the mound on Tuesday afternoon against Notre Dame, head coach Jim Schlossnagle gave Freshman lefty Ryan Prager the start against the Sooners, knowing that pitcher Micah Dallas, who had one of his best games of the year in the win against the Texas Longhorns on Sunday afternoon, would not be ready in time.

Prager, who started 9 games this season with a 5.02 ERA, started out on shaky grounds in the bottom of the 1st, walking his second batter while allowing a single from Sooners 1st baseman, Blake Robertson, which frustratingly culminated into a 3-run homer from Jimmy Crooks, swiftly putting the Sooners up 3-0 heading into the 2nd inning.

In the bottom of the 2nd, Prager looked to be getting into a rhythm after a quick 12-pitch inning, striking out 2, yet the Aggies continued to struggle at the plate with only 3 hits to account for. Going into the bottom of the 3rd, after allowing three hits with a base runner on 3rd, Prager’s day came to an end after 2.1 innings with 3 strikeouts, allowing 4 runs off of 4 hits and was relieved by the reliable Jacob Palisch for the rest of the game.

After a Jack Moss throwing error, Peyton Graham scored to make it 4-0, yet Palisch, who went 5.2 innings with 3 hits, 1 run, and 8 strikeouts, settled in and gave the Aggies a chance to keep the lead from expanding. From then on, as the A&M bats continued to stall, the Sooners tacked on another run in the bottom of the 5th off a Tanner Tredaway single, which would be their last earner run of the game. Oklahoma’s dominance on the mound was headlined by the incredible performance by redshirt sophomore right-hander, David Sandlin, who threw 7.0 innings, striking out 12 and allowing only 5 hits.

Entering the top of the 6th trailing 5-0, Senior Dylan Rock finally put the Aggies on the board with a solo shot to left-center, yet that would sadly be the only offensive output for the rest of the day, as the immense production struggles continued, with the game, and the Aggies incredible season ending after a Brett Minnich strike out in the final inning.

After what is officially the greatest season in Texas A&M Baseball history in Jim Schlossnagle’s first year as head coach, the framework is set, recruiting has never been better, and the transfer portal, which produced a majority of the starters that led the team this season is looking to make a yearly impact. The future has never been brighter in Aggieland, and I think I can speak for every Aggie out there in expressing how proud we are of this group, and that this season will be talked about for years to come. as always, Gig ‘Em!

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Skip Johnson, Jimmy Crooks, David Sandlin on Oklahoma’s 5-1 win in the College World Series

What Oklahoma’s Skip Johnson, David Sandlin, and Jimmy Crooks had to say to the media after their 5-1 win over Texas A&M to advance in the CWS.

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.

Social Media Reacts to Oklahoma’s 5-1 win over Texas A&M to advance to CWS final

Social Media reacts as the Oklahoma Sooners beat Texas A&M 5-1 to advance to the College World Series.

David Sandlin’s performance was a bounceback for the ages. In game two of the Blacksburg Super Regional, Sandlin lasted just 3.2 innings and allowed five earned runs. He came in for a third of an inning against the Aggies on Friday night in the Sooners’ 13-8 win but didn’t last long before giving way to Trevin Michael.

On a day when the Sooners needed “the Sandman” the most, he showed up ready to dominate and put the Aggies right to sleep by striking out the side in the top of the first inning. He shook off his last two outings to put on a masterpiece, striking out 12 Aggies and throwing seven innings of one-run ball. The only run for Texas A&M, a solo shot to start the sixth inning. Sandlin then retired the next six batters before Michael came in and pitched two innings to finish off Texas A&M.

His effort propelled the Sooners into the College World Series final for the first time in nearly 30 years. It was an outing for the ages for Sandlin who was helped by Jimmy Crooks’ three-run home run in the first inning.

The Oklahoma Sooners are heading to the College World Series final and will face the winner of the other semifinal Arkansas or Ole Miss. But before we enjoy more College World Series baseball, let’s revel in the Sooners 5-1 win with the best reactions from social media.

Fantastic photos from Oklahoma’s 5-1 win over the Aggies to advance to the CWS finals

The best photos from Oklahoma’s 5-1 win over the Texas A&M Aggies that propelled them to the College World Series Final.

The Oklahoma Sooners’ magical run continued on Wednesday as they eliminated the highest remaining seed, the No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies, to advance to the College World Series final for the first time since 1994.

Oklahoma got a stellar performance from David Sandlin who set a career-high with 12 strikeouts and allowed just one run on five hits to send the Sooners to the final and a chance at their third national championship in program history.

Jimmy Crooks got the scoring going with a three-run bomb in the bottom of the first and that’s all Sandlin would need to propel Oklahoma to face the winner of the other semifinal between Ole Miss and Arkansas.

It was an incredible win for Oklahoma who has been on a roll the last two months and has been the best team in baseball. To further enjoy the monumental performance, gathered the best photos from Oklahoma’s 5-1 win over Texas A&M.

David Sandlin dazzles, leads Oklahoma to 5-1 win and College World Series final

David Sandlin threw seven innings of one-run ball and struck out 12 Aggies to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to the CWS final for the first time since 1994.

Getting his first start since game two of the Blacksburg Super Regional, David Sandlin was electric in Oklahoma’s 5-1 win over Texas A&M. The redshirt sophomore from Owasso, Okla. threw seven innings and set a new career-high, striking out 12 Aggies.

After Sandlin struck out the side in the top of the first, the Oklahoma Sooners’ bats went to work in the bottom of the first.

With one out, Peyton Graham walked and Blake Robertson followed that up with a single to left. After Tanner Tredway lined out to center field, the Sooners got another big two-out hit from Jimmy Crooks, who took the first offering from Ryan Prager deep to right field for the three-run home run.

With the way Sandlin was pitching, that’s all the run support he would need as he threw five scoreless innings before Dylan Rock’s solo shot to lead off the sixth. After the home run, Sandlin retired the next six Aggies in order before giving way to closer Trevin Michael.

Michael gave the Sooners his trademark two innings to finish off the Aggies, inducing a double play to end the eighth and striking out Brett Minnich to end the game.

Crooks led the way for the Sooners, going 2-for-4 with his home run and three RBIs. John Spikerman continued his strong postseason, collecting another two hits, and Peyton Graham and Robertson each reached base twice.

Oklahoma heads to the College World Series final for the third time in school history and the first time since 1994, which was also the last time they won the national championship.

The Sooners now await the winner of tonight’s matchup between Arkansas and Ole Miss. Ole Miss can advance with a win while the Razorbacks need to win two games to meet the Sooners in the three-game series, which starts on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. CT.

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