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Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners 13-8 win over Texas A&M

It was a thrilling start for Oklahoma Baseball as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead over the Texas A&M Aggies through their first two turns at the plate. They used timely two-out hitting, great patience at the plate, and took the Aggies’ pitching staff …

It was a thrilling start for Oklahoma Baseball as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead over the Texas A&M Aggies through their first two turns at the plate. They used timely two-out hitting, great patience at the plate, and took the Aggies’ pitching staff deep to start their time in Omaha off with a bang.

Oklahoma got a three-run home run from Jimmy Crooks and a grand slam from Jackson Nicklaus, but a lot of the damage they did was by getting the ball in play and running the bases.

Trevin Michael came in during the seventh inning in which Texas A&M was mounting a comeback and slowed the bleeding. He pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings to preserve the win.

Now the Sooners get set to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the winner’s bracket of the Men’s College World Series as they look to capture their third baseball national championship. Meanwhile, the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns will face off in an elimination game setting up what could be an explosive Saturday at the College World Series.

Before we start getting ready for Sunday, here’s a look at the best social media reactions to Saturday’s win.

Sooners open College World Series with 13-8 win over Texas A&M

A seven-run second inning and grand slam from Jackson Nicklaus in the fourth propelled the Oklahoma Sooners to a 13-8 win in their College World Series opener over Texas A&M.

Making their first appearance since 2010, the Oklahoma Sooners wasted little time making their presence felt against future SEC foe Texas A&M. The Sooners jumped out quick with a run in the first and seven in the second to go on to a 13-8 victory over the Aggies in game one of the Men’s College World Series.

The Sooners got off to a great start, putting pressure on Texas A&M from the opening frame.

John Spikerman led off the College World Series with a walk. Peyton Graham fought off an 0-2 count to slap a single to right field, moving Spikerman to third.

Blake Roberson followed that up with a fielder‘s choice to short to get the scoring going.

Pitcher Jake Bennett started hot as well, retiring the Aggies in order in the first.

And the the fireworks started. Jackson Nicklaus earned a one-out walk and Kendall Pettis reached on a hit by pitch with two outs in the inning. Spikerman then reached on an infield single before Peyton Graham got the bases loaded walk to make it 2-0.

Robertson singled to score Pettis and Spikerman and Tanner Tredaway drove in Peyton Graham from second.

Still with two outs in the inning and two on, Jimmy Crooks stepped to the plate and crushed a three-run homer to make it 8-0 before the end of the second inning.

Still early in the game the Aggies would get a three-run homer to cut the lead to five.

Heading to the top of the fourth and looking to get some momentum back, the Sooners loaded the bases for Nicklaus who deposited the offering into the right field seats for the grand slam to make it 12-3.

The Aggies again rallied in the seventh off  of David Sandlin for five runs on four hits to make it a 12-8 ball game.

Trevin Michael came in with one out and runners on the corners and allowed both of the inherited runners to score before shutting the door in the seventh. Skip Johnson relied on Michael’s arm the rest of the way as the Sooners’ closer pitched the final 2.2 innings to seal the victory for Oklahoma and put them into the winner’s bracket of the Men’s College World Series.

Michael allowed just one hit and one walk in the 2.2 innings pitch and recorded three strike outs to close the door on Texas A&M.

Starter Jake Bennett pitched six innings, allowing five hits, two of which were home runs, four earned runs, and struck out just three Aggies on the day.

Robertson went 2-for-4 with two walks and an RBI from the lead off spot and Tanner Tredaway was 3-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored. Oklahoma registered seven RBIs with two outs and forced Aggie pitching to surrender 10 walks on the afternoon.

Oklahoma now awaits the winner of Texas vs. Notre Dame, potentially setting up some Red River drama in the winner’s bracket if the Men’s College World Series.

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Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas A&M: How to watch, stream, listen, and key players of College World Series opener

The Oklahoma Sooners open the College World Series Friday against the Texas A&M Aggies, and here’s how you can check out the action.

The Oklahoma Sooners return to the College World Series for the first time since 2010. Riding the wave as one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last few months, the Sooners have erupted for incredible offensive performances and received timely pitching from their staff.

On Friday, they take on the Texas A&M Aggies in their opener in the College World Series. The Aggies hold a 42-18 record and went 19-11 in the SEC, finishing atop the SEC West.

The Sooners’ former Big 12 foe and future SEC opponent advanced to the College World Series after winning the College State regional and beating Louisville in the Super Regional, which was also in College Station.

Oklahoma’s road to the College World Series was a little more tenuous. First they advanced through the Gainesville Regional after beating regional host Florida twice. They then went on the road again to face No. 4 seed Virginia Tech and took two of three.

Skip Johnson’s crew has been battle-tested and has faced every situation over the last few months. Their run of five straight series wins, a Big 12 tournament title, and advancing to the College World Series reveals a team that’s been playing their best baseball and shouldn’t be counted out against anyone.

If the Sooners can get solid pitching from their staff, the offense should be able to take care of the rest.

As we get set for the return trip to Omaha, here’s how you can tune into Oklahoma Baseball’s opener against Texas A&M.

  • Date: Friday, June 17, 2022
  • Time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
  • TV Channel: ESPN2
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
  • Radio Broadcast: The game can be heard on 99.3 and 1400 KREF in Oklahoma and nationwide on The Varsity app.

Oklahoma vs Texas A&M

Players to watch:

Oklahoma Sooners

[autotag]Tanner Tredaway[/autotag]: .373 batting average with 9 home runs, 61 RBIs, 17 walks, and 23 stolen bases.

[autotag]Peyton Graham[/autotag]: .336 batting average with 20 home runs, 70 RBIs, 24 walks. and 32 stolen bases.

[autotag]Blake Robertson[/autotag]: .311 batting average with 5 home runs, 48 RBIs, 65 walks, and 12 stolen bases.

[autotag]Jimmy Crooks[/autotag]: .311 batting average with 7 home runs, 45 RBIs, 43 walks, and 10 stolen bases.

[autotag]Kendall Pettis[/autotag]: .279 batting average with 5 home runs, 26 RBIs, 30 walks, and 22 stolen bases.

[autotag]Jake Bennett[/autotag]: 9-3 with a 3.53 ERA, 120 strikeouts in 104.2 innings pitched.

[autotag]Trevin Michael[/autotag]: 4-1 with a 2.94 ERA, 90 strikeouts in 64.1 innings pitched with 10 saves.

Texas A&M Aggies

Jack Moss: .394 batting average with 6 home runs, 47 RBIs, and 27 walks.

Austin Bost: .359 batting average with 9 home runs, 43 RBIs, and 32 walks.

Dylan Rock: .332 batting average with 18 home runs, 61 RBIs, 50 walks. and 16 stolen bases.

Ryan Targac: .298 batting average with 15 home runs, 57 RBIs, 39 walks. and 11 stolen bases.

Nathan Detmer: 5-2 with a 4.75 ERA, 75 strikeouts in 83.1 innings pitched.

Micah Dallas: 6-3 with a 5.40 ERA, 83 strikeouts in 76.2 innings pitched.

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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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Sooners fall to Hokies in game 2 14-8, will play deciding game 3 tomorrow

Oklahoma pitching gave up five home runs in a 14-8 loss. The Sooners and Hokies will now play a deciding game three for a berth to the College World Series

After shocking the No. 4 team in the nation in game one, the Sooners learned just how good the Virginia Tech Hokies are in Saturday’s 14-8 loss. The Sooners and Hokies will play a game three tomorrow at noon to decide who will move on to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Hokies shelled Oklahoma pitching all game long.

David Sandlin had issues with his command and was tagged with five earned runs and gave up three home runs to Virginia Tech’s lineup. After Sandlin was pulled, Oklahoma used six more pitchers. Only one of them, Javier Ramos, threw more than one inning.

Errors again plagued the Sooners. Tech scored three unearned runs while OU committed three errors in the field. The Hokies are good enough of a team on their own. If the Sooners want to punch their ticket to Omaha, they can’t give these teams any help like they did today.

After his heroics in game one, Kendall Pettis had a nice day, going one for three with a walk and yet another RBI in this Super Regional.

The Sooners threatened in the bottom of the eighth, loading the bases and bringing in three runs, but ultimately, Virginia Tech’s lead was just too wide to overcome.

To finish off this upset, the starting pitching needs to be better than what David Sandlin showed today. Other than Trevin Michael, who has been phenomenal in this tournament, the bullpen has struggled. Presumably Cade Horton will get the start for Oklahoma and the Sooners  will need him to go longer than the 3.2 innings Sandlin did today.

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Sooners one win away from Omaha after 5-4 win against Virginia Tech

Kendall Pettis had a big day to help the Sooners win game one of Super Regionals against no.4 Virginia Tech.

With the move to a stronger conference seemingly moving closer and closer, the Oklahoma Sooners are but one win away from the College World Series after beating Virginia Tech 5-4 in game one of the Super Regionals.

The Sooners jumped out to an early lead in the first inning on a Blake Robertson RBI single to bring in John Spikerman. In the second inning, Kendall Pettis and Spikerman brought in a run each to give the Sooners an early 3-0 lead.

Pettis hit another RBI single in the sixth inning to bring in what would end up being the game winning run.

Jake Bennett started on the mound, and held the No. 4 Hokies scoreless through five innings. While the Hokies did score four runs off of Bennett, three of them were unearned. Bennett struck out eight through seven innings. Trevin Michael worked two scoreless innings for the save.

Michael was untouchable, striking out four through two innings. The Hokies didn’t get a single baserunner against Michael.

OU hasn’t made it to Omaha since 2010. A win tomorrow will secure the program’s first College World Series birth in over a decade and perhaps continue a very magical championship run.

The Sooners and Hokies will play game two tomorrow at 11 a.m. on ESPNU.

Meanwhile, the Texas Longhorns are one game away from elimination after losing game one of their Super Regional against East Carolina.

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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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OU one win away from Big 12 title after win over Texas Tech

OU Baseball is one win away from a share of the Big 12 title after winning 9-6 in game two of their series vs. Texas Tech

The Sooners went into Lubbock needing the best-case scenario for any hope of a regular-season Big 12 title after losing 18-0 to Wichita State. So far, that’s exactly what they’ve gotten, winning the first two games in a very crucial final series against the No. 6 Texas Tech Red Raiders.

After Thursday’s 9-6 victory, should the Sooners complete the sweep, they will be the co-champions of the regular season with TCU. The Sooners have now won five straight series in Big 12 play.

David Sandlin got the start for the Sooners tonight and pitched a serviceable five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks. The Red Raiders put up two runs against Sandlin, one in the second and one in the third. Sandlin’s efforts earned him his sixth win of the season, moving his record to 6-3. Trevin Micheal came in for the bottom of the eighth and finished off Texas Tech to get his eighth save of the season.

Whatever the issue was with the bats in Wichita clearly didn’t follow the Sooners into Lubbock. OU put up another nine runs tonight after scoring 13 in game one of the series. Four different Sooners picked up multiple base hits.

There is now one final game in this regular season and it means everything for this program. Winning even a share of the Big 12 title would be massive for a program trying to assert itself before it moves to the grown up table that is the SEC.

The game is tomorrow at 2 P.M. on ESPN+.

Sooners outlast No. 4 Oklahoma State 8-7 in a thrilling Bedlam victory

After being down in the top of the ninth, the Sooners scored 2 runs and close the door on the Cowboys to secure a win on Friday.

Oklahoma baseball is beginning to find its stride in the 2022 regular season.

After a mid-week get-right game against Oral Roberts, the Sooners ventured into the proverbial lion’s den for the first time this season. They traveled to Stillwater for their first true road game in 2022 and came out on top 8-7 after trailing 7-6 entering the top of the ninth inning. A back and forth affair saw the Sooners come out on top against their in-state rivals and a top-five team to pick up their third big-time win in the last couple of weeks.

Sooners’ ace Jake Bennett hit the bump for the Friday start of a three-game series. While he made it through five innings, he gave up eight hits and 7 runs on 95 pitches. He battled, but the offense kept the Sooners in the game until the bottom half when the Oklahoma State Cowboys broke it open with four runs. Griffin Doersching highlighted the scoring with a two-run double to give the Cowboys a 7-4 lead. the Cowboys the lead 7-4.

 

The Cowboys wouldn’t score again as the Sooners’ bullpen allowed just two hits and two walks over four scoreless innings. With the bullpen slowing down the Oklahoma State offense, the Sooners would begin to chip away at the lead.

Jackson Nicklaus would begin the comeback bid with an RBI single followed by a controversial two-out RBI base hit from starting catcher Jimmy Crooks to cut the lead down to just a run at 7-6. The hit was initially ruled the liner an out before a review overturned the play allowing one run to score. The Sooners ended the inning down a run with just six outs at their disposal.

Two scoreless innings by lefty pitcher Carter Campbell kept the Sooners within one run and gave them a shot with their backs against the wall in the ninth to continue their comeback bid.

Blake Robertson delivered a game-tying double-off sophomore Trevor Martin and Jimmy Crooks was intentionally walked to set up a potential double-play. Sebastian Orduno had other ideas and drove in the game-winning RBI shortly after.

Trevin Michael allowed a single in the ninth came in to close the door but left it open after giving up a single in the ninth. In the end, one of the stars of the game delivered another play to push them over the edge.

Oklahoma State’s Zach Ehrhard attempted to steal second, but Jimmy Crooks called game, throwing out the would-be tying run to cap off an incredible comeback win in Bedlam.

The win pushes the Sooners to 18-10 on the season and 4-3 in conference play. They’ll lace up their cleats again tomorrow in game two at 8 pm.

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