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Photos from Oklahoma Sooners 14-0 win over Oral Roberts in the NCAA Tournament

Best photos from the Oklahoma Sooners 14-0 win over Oral Roberts in the NCAA Tournament.

The Oklahoma Sooners got off to a roaring start in their NCAA Tournament opener in the Norman Regional against Oral Roberts. Kyson Witherspoon and Carter Campbell combined for a shutout and the Sooners offense put up 14 runs behind three home runs.

It was a magnificent return to the starting lineup for [autotag]Bryce Madron[/autotag], who went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. The top three of the order, [autotag]John Spikerman[/autotag], Madron, and [autotag]Easton Carmichael[/autotag], combined to go 9-for-13 with two home runs, eight RBIs, and seven runs scored. It was a dominant performance for the top of the lineup.

“It was a confidence booster,” Madron said of his return. “Just going to try to keep it going throughout the regional, and I know our guys are going to be pretty good. I’m just going to do what I can.”

Witherspoon showed resiliency, working around trouble multiple times to keep Oral Roberts off the scoreboard. He threw six shutout innings with nine strikeouts. He allowed just one hit and was able to work around five walks on the evening. Campbell allowed just two hits and no walks during his three innings of work.

Now the Sooners will take on the UConn Huskies in the winner’s bracket on Saturday evening. A win there will take them to the Norman Regional final on Sunday with a shot to move on to the Super Regionals next weekend.

Oklahoma Sooners beat Kansas Jayhawks to advance in Big 12 Tournament

The Oklahoma Sooners overcame seven errors to beat the Kansas Jayhawks 7-5 to advance in the Big 12 tournament.

It was an uncharacterstic performance for the Oklahoma Sooners defensively, racking up seven errors against the Kansas Jayhawks. But they found a way to overcome the miscues to pick up the 7-5 win over the Jayhawks.

The Sooners got on the board in the first inning, taking advantage of a Kansas error. John Spikerman led off the game with a single and advanced to second on an errant pickoff attempt. Spikerman moved to third on Jaxon Willits groundout fielder’s choice and then came in for the first run of the game on Easton Carmichael’s sacrifice fly.

In the second inning, the Sooners committed three errors and allowed the Jayhawks to take advantage of a leadoff double to push three runs across the plate against Kyson Witherspoon.

The Sooners responded on an RBI single from Scott Mudler to get one of the runs back in the bottom of the second to make it 3-2. However, Kansas picked up another run in the top of the third off of another pair of errors from the Sooners.

But the Sooners put together a three-run inning in the bottom of the fourth, powered by a Jaxon Willits two-run homer to take a 5-4 lead.

Carter Campbell looked really good in his three innings of relief, allowing just one walk in his 33-pitch outing.

Oklahoma tacked on a couple of runs in the seventh to provide a little insurance late. Snyder had his second RBI of the game and Jackson Nicklaus continued his extra base hit spree with a triple to put the Sooners up 7-4.

Another error in the top of the ninth gave Kansas an opportunity, but they could only muster one run on a sacrifice fly against Malachi Witherspoon, who earned the save to close out the win.

It was an ugly win for the Sooners, but it was a win nonetheless and keeps them on track to contend for a top-8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

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Oklahoma Sooners to be without star outfielder for 4-6 weeks

The Sooners will be down one of their best players for about a month due to an injury.

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.

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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How to watch, key players for the Oklahoma Sooners in the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic

The Sooners baseball team are back in action in the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic. Here is how you can watch.

The Oklahoma Sooners bounced back from an early week loss to Dallas Baptist last week with a 3-1 series win over Wright State. That brings their record to 5-3.

Now they head to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic. This weekend they’ll take on three teams, Pittsburgh, California and Ohio State.

If the Sooners can go 2-1 this week that would be huge for early in the season but it won’t be easy. Pittsburgh is 6-1 on the year. Cal is 7-1 on the year and Ohio State is the worst one at 4-4. Both Pittsburgh and Cal are hoping big weeks will get them in the top 25 rankings.

But let’s take a look at how you can watch each game and the key players for each team.

How to watch, key players for the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Wright State

The Sooners open their home play with a series vs. Wright State. Here is how you can watch the series.

The Oklahoma Sooners weren’t able to keep the winning momentum going as they fell to Dallas Baptist in their lone midweek game. Still, that shouldn’t take away from a stellar opening weekend to the season.

The Sooners have a quick chance to bounce back from their second loss of the season with a four-game series against Wright State. Wright State comes into the game losing two of three to Louisiana to start the season.

This was after they had a solid 2023 campaign, though they struggled on the road. The Sooners need to take advantage of that and win this series.

So, let’s take a look at how you can watch the Sooners baseball team’s first series at home.

How to watch, key players for the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Dallas Baptist

After a 2-1 weekend the Sooners are back in action with a midweek game against Dallas Baptist. Here is how to watch.

What a start to the season it was for the Oklahoma Sooners. They started the year 2-1 with a win over top 10 Tennessee.

Now they are back in action on the road against Dallas Baptist who is 3-0 on the season. The Sooners have a chance to really impress people and continue to make statements if they are able to win this one.

The pitching matchup was announced on Monday, and it will be [autotag]Grant Stevens[/autotag] for OU, who is making his debut. For Dallas Baptist, it will be Nick Wilson who is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA on the year.

Let’s look at how you can watch the game as well as some more key players.

How to watch, key players for the Oklahoma Sooners in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown

The Oklahoma baseball team is set take the field this weekend for the first time and this is how you can watch them.

It is almost Opening Day for the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team. The Sooners are coming off a tough 32-28 season a year ago, where they were eliminated in the Regionals.

But they return this year with seven of their top nine hitters back in the lineup for the 2024 season. But they’ll have to replace two of their starting pitchers from a season ago.

They start the season off with a tough three-game stretch in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown. They take on the Oregon Ducks, Tennessee Volunteers, and Nebraska Cornhuskers.

So, let’s look at how you can watch those games and some key players for all the teams.

Brent Venables feels Skip Johnson deserves the credit for ‘2 Sport U’

The Sooners uniquely signed two players who will also be playing baseball but how does that work?

The Oklahoma Sooners have had a history of players playing multiple sports. The most notable one, of course, is [autotag]Kyler Murray[/autotag], who played football and baseball.

Murray became the first player drafted in the first round of both the [autotag]NFL[/autotag] and [autotag]MLB[/autotag] draft. He ultimately decided on a football career. In the [autotag]2024 recruiting class[/autotag], the Sooners have two more who are set to play both sports. [autotag]James Nesta[/autotag] will play linebacker for the football team and will pitch for the baseball team. [autotag]Taylor Tatum[/autotag] will play running back and then, most likely, in the outfield.

But this wouldn’t work if it wasn’t for the plan in place that [autotag]Skip Johnson[/autotag] has. He’s been through it with Murray and knows how to make this work. It was his plan that both Nesta and Tatum have talked about as to why they chose Oklahoma.

Brent Venables talked about how this plan came to be. “I wouldn’t say it’s as much as me. Skip and the baseball team is willing to do it,” Venables said. “I think the attractiveness of how well our baseball program has done. The history, the tradition, certainly they did a great job of selling those things. I think that attracted them as much as anything. That combination of the excellence of Oklahoma football and what it’s represented and the excellence of baseball. I personally don’t think we would have gotten either one of them had the football been a powerhouse and excellent and had the history and tradition and then the baseball program stunk. I don’t think we would have gotten either one of those guys.”

It’s a testament to how good of a job Johnson has done since taking over. It’s also why Oklahoma has become “2 Sport U.”

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