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Sooners Walk Away with Series Win Saturday
Apr 30, 2022 | Baseball
NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma plated 19 runs over the day's first three innings Saturday, as the Sooners ran away with a 22-10 win over K-State to take the first two games of the weekend series at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Oklahoma (27-14, 9-5 Big 12) built a 19-1 lead behind a seven-run second inning and an 11-run third. The Sooners sent 28 to the plate over the two-inning stretch (11 in the second, 17 in the third) and chased starter Griffin Hassall after 2 1/3 innings. K-State issued a dozen walks over the first three frames, while the OU offense tallied 10 hits in that span.
The Sooners tagged Hassall for 13 runs, all earned, in his 2 1/3 innings. Hassall faced 21 batters, surrendering eight hits to go with five walks. Hassall, along with relievers Landry Wideman and Wesley Moore combined for a season-high 13 walks in the contest.
OU's Jimmy Crooks and John Spikerman each doubled twice and finished with four hits apiece. Jackson Nicklaus and Blake Robertson both homered, as the Sooners totaled eight extra-base hits.
Wideman faced six in relief of Hassall, walking five and giving up a double, and did not record an out. He was charged with six earned runs.
Moore logged a career-long 3 2/3 innings, ending with six strikeouts and three walks. Moore allowed two earned runs on six hits.
Ty Ruhl was able to keep the Sooners to one unearned run over the last two innings. Ruhl struck out one and did not issue a walk.
Cole Johnson homered twice, the first multi-homer game of his career, and drove in five to lead the K-State offense.
Raphael Pelletier added a solo homer in the third. It was Pelletier's fourth long ball of the season while Johnson now has five bombs.
After the third inning, the Cats outscored the Sooners by a count of 9-3. K-State put across three in the sixth off Johnson's three-run shot – his second of the afternoon.
The Wildcats (21-21, 3-11 Big 12) added four more in the seventh, as the first four in the inning reached base. Nick Goodwin registered an RBI single, Cash Rugely and Brendan Jones each added sacrifice flies while Orlando Salinas contributed an RBI single.
Oklahoma starter David Sandlin earned the win after going 5 1/3. Sandlin was charged with six earned runs on five hits, walking four and punching out six.
Five Sooners turned in multi-hit efforts while six drove in multiple runs. Nicklaus, Robertson, Spikerman and Brett Squires each tallied three RBI.
K-State hit .538 with runners on base and .500 with men in scoring position.
Oklahoma went 8-for-19 (.421) with runners on base and 6-for-16 (.375) with runners in scoring position.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
A bloop double by Spikerman, followed by a wild pitch and an RBI groundout from Peyton Graham created the game's initial run in the bottom of the first inning.
The Sooners broke the game open in the second inning, as they brought 11 to the plate. Robertson belted a two-run home run and Squires ripped a two-RBI double to highlight the inning.
The lead swelled to 18 runs after OU sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs. K-State handed out nine walks and hit a batter in the inning while the defense committed two errors.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
K-State and Oklahoma finish the three-game series Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed on SoonerSports.TV with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN. Free, live audio is also available at K-StateSports.com/Watch.
Oklahoma (27-14, 9-5 Big 12) built a 19-1 lead behind a seven-run second inning and an 11-run third. The Sooners sent 28 to the plate over the two-inning stretch (11 in the second, 17 in the third) and chased starter Griffin Hassall after 2 1/3 innings. K-State issued a dozen walks over the first three frames, while the OU offense tallied 10 hits in that span.
The Sooners tagged Hassall for 13 runs, all earned, in his 2 1/3 innings. Hassall faced 21 batters, surrendering eight hits to go with five walks. Hassall, along with relievers Landry Wideman and Wesley Moore combined for a season-high 13 walks in the contest.
OU's Jimmy Crooks and John Spikerman each doubled twice and finished with four hits apiece. Jackson Nicklaus and Blake Robertson both homered, as the Sooners totaled eight extra-base hits.
Wideman faced six in relief of Hassall, walking five and giving up a double, and did not record an out. He was charged with six earned runs.
Moore logged a career-long 3 2/3 innings, ending with six strikeouts and three walks. Moore allowed two earned runs on six hits.
Ty Ruhl was able to keep the Sooners to one unearned run over the last two innings. Ruhl struck out one and did not issue a walk.
Cole Johnson homered twice, the first multi-homer game of his career, and drove in five to lead the K-State offense.
Raphael Pelletier added a solo homer in the third. It was Pelletier's fourth long ball of the season while Johnson now has five bombs.
After the third inning, the Cats outscored the Sooners by a count of 9-3. K-State put across three in the sixth off Johnson's three-run shot – his second of the afternoon.
The Wildcats (21-21, 3-11 Big 12) added four more in the seventh, as the first four in the inning reached base. Nick Goodwin registered an RBI single, Cash Rugely and Brendan Jones each added sacrifice flies while Orlando Salinas contributed an RBI single.
Oklahoma starter David Sandlin earned the win after going 5 1/3. Sandlin was charged with six earned runs on five hits, walking four and punching out six.
Five Sooners turned in multi-hit efforts while six drove in multiple runs. Nicklaus, Robertson, Spikerman and Brett Squires each tallied three RBI.
K-State hit .538 with runners on base and .500 with men in scoring position.
Oklahoma went 8-for-19 (.421) with runners on base and 6-for-16 (.375) with runners in scoring position.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
A bloop double by Spikerman, followed by a wild pitch and an RBI groundout from Peyton Graham created the game's initial run in the bottom of the first inning.
The Sooners broke the game open in the second inning, as they brought 11 to the plate. Robertson belted a two-run home run and Squires ripped a two-RBI double to highlight the inning.
The lead swelled to 18 runs after OU sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs. K-State handed out nine walks and hit a batter in the inning while the defense committed two errors.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- K-State scored 10 runs on nine hits with five errors and left three on base.
- Oklahoma scored 22 runs on 17 hits, committed one error and stranded 11 baserunners.
- The 22 runs allowed marked a season high for K-State.
- The Sooners scored 19 runs over the day's first three innings, including 18 over a two-inning span.
- Cole Johnson turned in his first career multi-homer game, going 2-for-3 with five RBI.
- Pelletier hit a solo homer in the third for his fourth of the year.
- Dominic Johnson hit his team-leading 16th double of the season.
- The Cats walked 13 and struck out seven.
- Hassall yielded 13 earned runs on eight hits with five walks over 2 1/3 innings in the start.
- Wideman faced six hitters and walked five in being charged with six earned runs without recording an out.
- Moore logged a career-long outing, going 3 2/3 innings and striking out six.
- Five Sooners produced multi-hit games with six driving in multiple runs.
- Crooks and Spikerman each doubled twice and finished with a game-high four hits.
- Sandlin was tagged with six earned runs on five hits over his 5 1/3 innings.
- The Wildcats hit .538 with runners on base and .500 with runners in scoring position.
- Oklahoma hit .421 with men on base and .375 with runners in scoring position.
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series 204-82-1 (52-22 Big 12), dating back to 1913.
- K-State is 26-102-1 on the road against the Sooners.
- The Wildcats have hit multiple home runs in a game 19 times this season.
- K-State is now 5-13 in true road games and 5-16 in all games away from home.
- The Sooners have won the last seven meetings in Norman.
- The Cats have committed at least one error in nine straight games and in 18 of their last 19 games overall.
K-State and Oklahoma finish the three-game series Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed on SoonerSports.TV with radio coverage on News Radio KMAN. Free, live audio is also available at K-StateSports.com/Watch.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sandlin, David (4-2)
L: Hassall, Griffin (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Dominic 1
HR: Johnson, Cole 2 ; Pelletier, Raphael 1
RBI: Goodwin, Nick 1 ; Rugely, Cash 1 ; Salinas, Jr., Orlando 1 ; Johnson, Cole 5 ; Jones, Brendan 1 ; Pelletier, Raphael 1
SF: Rugely, Cash 1 ; Jones, Brendan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hughes, Dom 1 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 1 ; Goodwin, Nick 2 ; Phillips, Dylan 2 ; Johnson, Cole 2 ; Pelletier, Raphael 2
Batting:
2B: Spikerman, John 2 ; Crooks, Jimmy 2 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Squires, Brett 1
HR: Robertson, Blake 1 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 1
RBI: Spikerman, John 3 ; Graham, Peyton 2 ; Robertson, Blake 3 ; Crooks, Jimmy 2 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 3 ; Squires, Brett 3 ; Pettis, Kendall 1
SH: Pettis, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spikerman, John 3 ; Graham, Peyton 2 ; Robertson, Blake 2 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Crooks, Jimmy 4 ; Clark, Wallace 2 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 3 ; Squires, Brett 3 ; Pettis, Kendall 2
SB: Spikerman, John 1 ; Crooks, Jimmy 1
HBP: Graham, Peyton 2
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