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Oklahoma (25-25, 9-12) is finishing up the regular season this week on the road in Waco against conference foe Baylor (30-16, 10-11) in a three-game set opening up Thursday night. Continue reading “When, where, how to watch Oklahoma baseball’s series against Baylor”
Oklahoma finished the week off with a win over Baylor 9-3 to conclude their weekend at the Round Rock Classic.
Oklahoma’s start to the 2021 season has been very hot and cold, with some really good nights and some not so good nights in the early going. Sunday night was one of the good ones as the Sooners cruised by Baylor 9-3 in what will go in the books as a non-conference matchup between the two Big 12 programs.
Oklahoma was finishing up the weekend at the Round Rock Classic hoping to make it a winning week after splitting their two games at Globe Life Field and splitting the first two games of the weekend against Auburn and Texas A&M. They were successful behind a strong offensive output and a good start from left-hander Jake Bennett.
The Sooners didn’t waste any time getting on the board scoring two runs in the top of the first on RBI hits by left fielder Diego Muniz and third baseman Brett Squires. The Bears would respond, however, with two unearned runs of their own in the bottom half off of Bennett.
But, Bennett would mostly settle in from there getting through the next four innings unscathed to finish his evening with five innings pitched and just the two runs that won’t be charged against his ERA. He was helped by the ability to settle in a bit with a lead after Oklahoma put up four runs in the top of the third on four RBI singles by Squires, right fielder Kendall Pettis, designated hitter Jimmy Crooks and shortstop Brandon Zaragoza.
Squires would tack on his third run-scoring hit two innings later to push the lead out some more with Oklahoma then getting a couple more runners around in the seventh to extend the lead out to 9-2. Baylor would score one more run in the bottom half of the seventh, again unearned, but it would be too little far too late with the deficit so wide.
The Sooners’ bullpen was tremendous on the day, with Carson Carter tossing three innings allowing just the one unearned run and two hits while striking out four. Jason Ruffcorn then finished the job in the ninth without allowing a run and only giving up one hit.
A really strong finish to the week to get back above .500, this win should provide some more confidence to an Oklahoma team just looking to find some consistency in the early part of the season. The offense having another big day to validate Friday’s game after Saturday’s slumber is very nice to see for Skip Johnson’s club as well.
The Sooners will now get a few days off before starting a four-game stretch in Frisco as part of the Frisco College Baseball Classic on Thursday.
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