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Huge weekend coming for Sooners as Big 12 Baseball Tournament Bracket Revealed

Oklahoma will be the top seed in the Big 12 Championship Tournament, and will play on Tuesday.

The Oklahoma Sooners baseball team won the Big 12 regular season conference title outright last week. Now, they know how the rest of the conference tournament bracket will look.

Oklahoma will be the No. 1 seed in the [autotag]Big 12[/autotag] Conference Championship Tournament, another achievement in a historic season for OU Baseball. It’s the final Big 12 Tournament for the Sooners before they join the [autotag]SEC[/autotag] next season.

[autotag]Skip Johnson[/autotag]’s club beat the Cincinnati Bearcats two games to one in a three-game series on Thursday and Friday. Oklahoma won the first two games in the Queen City, before dropping a 10-6 decision in Game 3. The Sooners finished the regular season with a record of 34-18.

Oklahoma will now head to Arlington, Texas for the [autotag]2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship[/autotag] at Globe Life Field.

The tournament begins on Monday, but the Sooners will be getting a bye and won’t play until Tuesday afternoon.

Oklahoma will play the lower-seeded winner of Games 1 and 2 of the tournament. Their opponent will be the lower-ranked winner of the games between No. 7 Kansas and No. 6 Kansas State (Game 1) and No. 9 TCU vs. No. 4 West Virginia (Game 2). This means OU will play either TCU, Kansas or Kansas State first, as a West Virginia win would have the Mountaineers play on Thursday against the winner of Oklahoma’s first game (Game 6). The Oklahoma State Cowboys are the other team with a bye in the tournament, as the No. 2 seed.

Oklahoma’s first game of the week will begin at 12:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday.

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Skip Johnson, Sooners earn first Big 12 championship

OU baseball has won the regular season Big 12 championship, after the Sooners defeated the Baylor Bears, and Oklahoma State’s game against Texas Tech was cancelled.

The Oklahoma Sooners baseball team has captured the regular season title in the Big 12 Conference for the first time in school history.

OU took down the Baylor Bears in seven innings on Saturday night, winning by a score of 19-7. It was the final game of a three game series between the two teams.

The No. 17 Sooners swept the Bears, with the second and third wins coming on Senior Day at L Dale Mitchell Park.

[autotag]Skip Johnson[/autotag]’s team won the first conference title for the program since the Sooners won the Big Eight in 1995. It’s the school’s 23rd baseball conference championship overall.

“The accomplishment belongs to the players,” said Sooners head coach Skip Johnson. “You play one pitch at a time, that’s our mantra. We play one pitch at a time and one game at a time and that’s what we have to continue to do. That’s what we will continue to talk about, continue to work on and continue to practice.”

 

Oklahoma originally clinched a share of the Big 12 title with the sweep of Baylor. Then, Oklahoma State’s third game against Texas Tech was canceled due to weather on Sunday. This gave Sooners the conference crown outright.

OU will face Xavier on the road on Tuesday afternoon before the final series of the regular season against Cincinnati. That series against the Bearcats is scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Queen City.

The Big 12 Championship Tournament will take place from May 21-25 in Arlington, Texas.

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Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State 9-5 to advance in Big 12 championships

The Oklahoma Sooners advanced in the Big 12 baseball championships with a 9-5 win over Oklahoma State.

The Oklahoma Sooners jumped out to an early lead in their Bedlam matchup with Oklahoma State and cruised to a 9-5 victory to advance in the Big 12 baseball championships.

The Sooners opened the game with a pair of walks to John Spikerman and Kendall Pettis to open the game in the top of the first. A Bryce Madron sacrifice fly to right field put runners on second and third with one out in the inning.

Dakota Harris jumped on the first pitch he saw from Oklahoma State pitcher Carson Benge for the two-run single. Harris then advanced to second on an Anthony Mackenzie fielder’s choice before being driven in by an RBI single from Easton Carmichael to make it 3-0 after the top of the first.

Getting the start for the Sooners, Carson Atwood provided a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the first, holding onto Oklahoma’s momentum.

The Sooners added another run in the top of the second on a Pettis sacrifice fly to make it 4-0 and Atwood retired the Cowboys in order in the bottom of the second.

In the top of the third, the Sooners scored on a sacrifice fly from Jackson Nicklaus to make it 5-0. Then Spikerman singled up the middle to bring Sebastian Orduno in from third to extend the lead to six. Then Oklahoma took advantage of an Oklahoma State wild pitch when Pettis was able to reach first after striking out, allowing Wallace Clark to score to make it 7-0.

The Cowboys finally got on the board in the bottom of the third with three runs, chasing Atwood out of the game. James Hitt came in to help limit the damage and then threw 2.2 innings, allowing two hits and two walks before giving way to Carter Campbell who came in and threw four innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk.

With the score 7-4 in the seventh, the Sooners got back to work offensively. Nicklaus reached on an error, which allowed Kade Fletcher to score on the sacrifice. Later in the inning, Mackenzie walked with the bases loaded to make it 9-4 Oklahoma.

The Sooners allowed a run in the bottom of the ninth, but Campbell was able to keep the Cowboys off balance over the final four innings.

John Spikerman and Easton Carmichael each collected a pair of hits and six different Sooners drove in a run.

A bubble team for the NCAA tournament, this is a huge step to securing a postseason berth. The Sooners now move on to face the winner of the final game of day one between the No. 3 seed West Virginia and the No. 6 seed Texas Tech.

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Big 12 Baseball Championships Scoreboard: Sooners fall to Texas Tech, take on Oklahoma State Friday

Big 12 Baseball championships schedule and how to watch the action this week in Arlington.

The Big 12 baseball championships are set. After an up-and-down regular season, the Oklahoma Sooners head into the tournament as the No. 7 seed and will face the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Oklahoma was 30-24 in 2023 and went 11-13 in Big 12 play. The Sooners are one of several bubble teams fighting for a chance to play in the NCAA tournament. Their series sweep of Texas is the biggest note on the resume. A win or two in the Big 12 championships would be huge for their aspirations.

The Big 12 championships begin play on Wednesday morning at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, at 9 a.m. CT with TCU and Kansas State facing off.

There will be a lot of fantastic baseball this week, and we’ll track the results for you here.

Oklahoma Baseball falls 8-7 to Oklahoma State to even up the weekend series

Oklahoma State took game two in the Bedlam series in Stillwater on a walk-off wild pitch to set up a pivotal Sunday matchup.

Bedlam baseball has provided the drama in the first two games of their three-game weekend series. After the Sooners took game one on Friday after a comeback from three runs down late in the game, on Saturday, it was Oklahoma State completing the late comeback for the win.

The Cowboys scored first in the bottom of the first and then added two more in the second to jump out to a 3-0 lead on starting pitcher David Sandlin. In the third inning the Oklahoma Sooners would provide some run support, plating three runs to tie the game. Tanner Tredaway brought in two runs on a single, which was followed up by an RBI single from Jimmy Crooks.

Sandlin fought through some ups and downs but had a huge moment in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Oklahoma State loaded the bases, Sandlin worked to an 0-2 count before ending the inning with a huge strikeout.

The game would settle in a bit as neither side could get much going offensively until the Sooners’ four-run seventh inning. Oklahoma jumped out to a 7-3 lead taking advantage of some timely mistakes by the Oklahoma defense and some aggressive baserunning.

Oklahoma State brought in a run to make it 7-4 in the bottom of the seventh and tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.

The Sooners were shut down in the top of the ninth and the Oklahoma State Cowboys won it on a wild pitch from Trevin Michael to even the series.

After the Sooners bullpen threw four scoreless innings on Friday night, they couldn’t withstand the Oklahoma State hitters on Saturday. In five innings worked, the Sooners allowed seven hits and four earned runs. Some costly errors by the Sooners’ defense didn’t help but ultimately the Cowboys’ lineup was too much on Saturday night.

“I thought the offense battled all night,” Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson told SoonerSports.com. “There were a few unforced errors. Some catcher’s interference led to some runs. We’ve had some things happen to us and we give up big innings. We have to somehow figure out just getting back to the target. We played a (heck) of a game. It’s a game of imperfection. The bullpen was really good. I mean, coming in with runners on first and second and not giving up runs. Those guys battled their butts off.”

The Cowboys left 12 runners on base, which is a testament to what Coach Johnson spoke about. The bullpen battled. They’ve been an important factor in each of the first two games of the series.

With nine innings pitched heading into the deciding Sunday matchup, the Sooners will need a strong effort from left-hander Chazz Martinez (2-2). Oklahoma State will counter with Bryce Osmond (1-1). Both pitchers sport an ERA over four, so the Sunday showdown in Stillwater could provide some more fireworks.

First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+. Or you can listen to Toby Rowland on the call on SportsTalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF or on SportsTalk1400.com and the Varsity App.

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