OU 5, WSU 4 – Final. WSU vs. WSU at 1 p.m., Saturday in an elimination game. The Shockers played well. Perhaps that makes it more frustrating. This was one WSU could have won. Kelley fell behind a few too many batters. Brown’s fielding error gave up a run. The offense disappeared after the third inning.
Still 5-4. WSU will have its 6-7-8 hitters in the ninth. As a group, they are 0 for 8 with four strikeouts.
OU 5, WSU 4 (top seventh) - The Sooners wear Kelley down. Garrett Buechele, who struck out twice, drives in two runs with a single. A fielding error on Taylor Brown allows another run to score. Flynn is in to pitch.
WSU 4, OU 2 (top fifth) - OU’s Aaron Baker homers for the third time in five games (his 11th RBI). Tim Kelley is pitching wonderfully, keeping a good hitting team guessing and uncomfortable. You can’t make a mistake, that is for sure.
WSU 4, OU 1 (bottom third) - Shockers chase the OU ace with RBIs by Jones, McKeever and O’Brien. Jones’ double is the inning’s big hit.
WSU 1, OU 1 (bottom 2nd) - Johnson follows his catch with a leadoff homer.
WSU 1, OU up to bat (bottom 1st) – Chris O’Brien drives in Will Baez. OU CF Jamie Johnson made a wonderful running over-the-head catch of a blast by McKeever to keep WSU from a bigger inning.
Lineups: Will Baez will bat leadoff for WSU with Tyler Grimes out. No surprise there. Ryan Jones is back at No. 3 after a long stint lower in the order.
- Arkansas defeated Washington State 10-3 in today’s first game. The Razorbacks scored nine runs in the eighth inning.