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Sooners heading to College World Series after 11-2 win over Virginia Tech

Oklahoma got a two-homer game from Tanner Tredaway and eight Sooners recorded RBIs to dominate No. 4 Virginia Tech 11-2, advance to College World Series. .

One of the hottest teams in the country over the last two months stayed hot as the Oklahoma Sooners took down the No. 4 Virginia Tech Hokies to advance to the College World Series. Oklahoma is heading to Omaha for the first time since 2010.

The Sooners jumped out to an early 2-0 lead off of home runs from Peyton Graham and Tanner Tredaway. Virginia Tech tied the game up in the third, but the Sooners responded with three runs in the fourth inning to take control of the deciding game in the Super Regionals.

Tredaway launched his second home run of the game in the fourth and the Sooners got RBIs from Brett Squires and Kendall Pettis to give the Sooners some cushion against the Hokies, who have a great offense in their own right.

Cade Horton, who has pitched well for Oklahoma in the NCAA tournament put together another quality outing and gave the Sooners a shutdown inning after Oklahoma’s three-run fourth. Horton wouldn’t give up much for the rest of his day. After the two-run third, Horton allowed just two base runners the rest of the way before coming out of the game in the seventh. He went six innings, giving up two runs on two hits, walking two and striking out eight Hokies.

Chazz Martinez and Trevin Michael pitched three scoreless innings in relief to preserve the game for the Sooners and send them on with a chance to make some serious noise in Omaha.

Offensively, Oklahoma kept pouring it on, plating runs in every inning from the fourth on.

Tredaway wouldn’t be denied on Sunday, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, three runs, and three RBIs. Blake Robertson, Jimmy Crooks, and Brett Squires each collected multiple hits and eight different Sooners drove in a run in the Sooners blow-out win of Virginia Tech.

Oklahoma continues their national championship pursuit against future SEC foe Texas A&M on Friday in their first game of the College World Series. With how they’ve performed the last couple of months, they’re a team to be reckoned with as the remaining schools convene in Omaha.

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Oklahoma Sooners dominate Texas Longhorns 8-1 for Big 12 tournament title

The Oklahoma Sooners used a fantastic start from Cade Horton and an eight-run third inning to dominate the Texas Longhorns 8-1 and win the Big 12 tournament title.

The Oklahoma Sooners have been on a tear the last couple of months. Heading into the Big 12 tournament, they closed the conference schedule with five straight series wins. They’d played great in the Big 12 tournament, but the pitching allowed their opponents to make late pushes to get the game close.

That wasn’t the case on Sunday as the Sooners dominated the Texas Longhorns to claim their first Big 12 tournament title since 2013.

The Longhorns struck first with a solo home run by Texas’ single-season home run record holder Ivan Melendez off of freshman Cade Horton. Horton settled in after that to throw 5.1 strong innings and allow just four hits and two walks. He struck out nine and kept the Longhorns from mounting any sort of consistent offense.

The Sooners’ offense, however, responded to Horton’s strong outing by erupting in the third inning for eight runs to take complete control of the Big 12 tournament title game. Tanner Tredaway had two RBIs for the Sooners and Jimmy Crooks mashed a three-run homer to cap off their eight-run explosion.

After allowing their opponents to mount late comeback bids throughout the tournament, the Sooners’ bullpen shut down Texas, throwing 3.2 innings of scoreless ball and allowing just two baserunners. Chazz Martinez was perfect for 2.2 innings, striking out five and Trevin Michael struck out two more in the ninth inning to close out the game.

Snubbed from hosting a regional, the Oklahoma Sooners await their assignment for the NCAA tournament while Oklahoma State and Texas will get to open the tourney at home.

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Sooners survive late West Virginia rally, will move on to face Texas Tech

After beating the Mountaineers in round one of the Big 12 Baseball Championship on the back of Peyton Graham’s grand slam, the Sooners will face Texas Tech in round two

They cut it a bit close, but the Oklahoma Sooners will move on in the Big 12 Baseball Championship after defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers 6-4 in their first game of the double elimination tournament. OU will play Texas Tech. The Red Raiders are coming off of a 5-3 win over the Kansas State Wildcats.

The Sooners took the lead early in second inning. After John Spikerman opened things up with an RBI single, the very next batter Peyton Graham hit a grand slam to give the Sooners a five run lead.

Oklahoma pitching shutout the Mountaineers for seven innings tonight with WVU struggling to get any sustained momentum. They finally got on the board in the top of the eighth on a wild pitch from Oklahoma pitcher Chazz Martinez.

A pair of home runs in the ninth brought the Mountaineers within two runs of a tie ballgame, but Trevin Michael was able to strikeout West Virginia’s Viktor Scott to finish the ballgame and get the Sooners the win.

The Mountaineers are now one loss away from elimination and will play Kansas State before the Sooners get their date with Texas Tech. Meanwhile, TCU will play the Texas Longhorns after they beat Baylor and Oklahoma State respectively.

Oklahoma State and Baylor are now both a loss away from elimination and will play each other in round two.

OU needs more from their bullpen if they want to take down Texas Tech tomorrow and move on. Oklahoma recently won their regular season series against the Red Raiders in Lubbock.

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Oklahoma Baseball loses Bedlam Series rubber match 9-4

The Oklahoma Sooners fell behind No. 4 Oklahoma State in the series finale and couldn’t catch up, dropping the rubber match 9-4.

The No. 4 Oklahoma State Cowboys jumped out to an early lead on Sunday and held on in the final game of thus weekend’s Bedlam series in Stillwater.

While the Oklahoma Sooners had a strong 3-run seventh inning, it wasn’t enough to catch up to the Cowboys.

The Cowboys started doing damage early with a three-run home run by third baseman Nolan Mclean. The Cowboys would lead for the rest of the ballgame.

It wasn’t a good day for Chazz Martinez as he allowed 11 hits and five earned runs in 3.2 innings of work. Martinez struck out three batters and didn’t allow a walk m before he was pulled in the fourth.

Martinez picked up the loss and now holds a 2-3 record on the season.

It was a quiet day for the Sooners through the first six innings as they struggled to get any momentum offensively. Oklahoma stranded six baserunners through the first five innings and didn’t get more than one hit in an inning until the seventh.

Aside from a ninth inning home run by shortstop Peyton Graham, it was a frustrating day for the Sooners.

Oklahoma State’s Bryce Osmond struck out eight batters for the Cowboys through six innings of work and picked up the win.

Losing the Bedlam Series isn’t ideal, but this is the number four team in the country and the Sooners showed a lot of backbone on Sunday and in the entire series.

The Sooners are staring another matchup with a top ten opponent in the Texas Tech Red Raiders on April 12 in Amarillo.

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Oklahoma Sooners Baseball drops Globe Life Field rubber match to Texas Longhorns 12-8

Oklahoma Baseball lost the rubber match Sunday against the No. 8 Texas Longhorns at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Oklahoma Baseball had a less than ideal weekend against the no. 8 Longhorns at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Texas is a stiff opponent, but losing two of three to the Longhorns always stings.

Over 6000 fans came to see what was a rubber match in the final game of the three-game series between Oklahoma and Texas on Sunday. The Sooners shut out Texas for the first five innings and led 7-1 going into the top of the seventh. Things were looking good.

Then Dylan Campbell stepped up to the plate with two men on base.

It was his second home run of the series and got the Longhorns right back into the game. Murphy Stehly would follow this up with a three-run homer, and the Longhorns would finish the seventh down 7-1.

Getting one win out of the no. 8 team in the country isn’t an awful result, but the Sooners could’ve won the series if they had a better showing in the later innings.

OU is in sixth place in the Big 12, ahead of Baylor, Kansas State, and Kansas. They’re now 3-3 in conference play.

Let’s look at the positives from Sunday’s game: Redshirt Sophomore [autotag]Chazz Martinez[/autotag] struck out seven and allowed one earned run through 5.1 innings.

[autotag]Peyton Graham[/autotag] had a solid 4 RBI day headlined with a three-run homer. The young shortstop is expected to be drafted in July.

 

It doesn’t get any easier for OU Baseball as they have a series against No. 6 Oklahoma State starting on Friday in Stillwater. Before then, they’ll have a tune-up game against Oral Roberts on Tuesday.

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Chazz Martinez snags Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Week

OU lefty Chazz Martinez racked up 14 strikeouts against Northwestern State to earn the Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Week.

Chazz Martinez had himself a big-league day inside a big-league ballpark at Globe Life Field against Northwestern State. Martinez struck out 14 Northwestern State batters in 7.0 shutout innings in the Sooners’ 5-1 Sunday series-clinching victory.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced Tuesday that the 6-foot-3, 210 pound lefty earned the Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Week for his performance.

It was the most strikeouts for an OU pitcher since Levi Prater registered 15 strikeouts against Missouri State back in 2019. The San Pedro, Calif., native didn’t allow a runner past second base in the game and struck out six consecutive batters in the second and third innings. The last time a Sooner pitcher struck out six straight was when Jake Irvin did so against Oklahoma State in 2018.

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Martinez was also named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of the Week for his work against the Demons.

“Chazz set the tone, and with the two-run homer it made it a little bit easier for him to go out and keep competing pitch to pitch. I thought he was really competitive today. It was really good to get some runs early for him, instead of just grinding it out. We’re going to keep playing offense and keep practicing at it, and it should come around,” Oklahoma head baseball coach Skip Johnson said after the Sunday win.

After two starts this season, Martinez is 1-0, has registered 19 strikeouts against just one walk, has only surrendered seven hits and one unearned run.

OU heads to the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston with a 5-2 record. The Sooners open the event on Friday at 3 p.m. against LSU, play UCLA on Saturday at 11 a.m. and finish off the weekend versus Tennessee at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

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Oklahoma baseball’s Chazz Martinez earned player of the week honors after impressive outing

After fanning 14 Northwestern State Demons Sunday to clinch the series, Chazz Martinez earned player of the week honors.

The 2022 season has gotten off to a nice start for the 5-2 Oklahoma Sooners. They picked up wins over Auburn, Michigan, and Wichita State before a weekend series win over Northwestern State.

In the deciding game Sunday night, Chazz Martinez was the difference in the Sooners 5-1 win. He threw seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits, and one walk while striking out 14 for the first win of his Oklahoma career.

For his efforts, Martinez was named the Big 12 player of the week and Collegiate Baseball’s National player of the week.

According to SoonerSports.com, Martinez’s 14 strikeouts were the most since 2019. On the season, Martinez has thrown 11.2 innings and is allowing opposing batters to hit .171. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in through his first two appearances, first going 4.2 innings in Oklahoma’s win over Michigan.

The Oklahoma Sooners next travel to Houston for a weekend series against LSU, UCLA, and Tennessee in the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children College Classic. Oklahoma will return home March 8 to take on Dallas Baptist University in their home opener.

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