Oklahoma Drops Finale, 3-2, to Baylor

May 21, 2011

Baylor 3, Oklahoma 2
Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OU	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0
BU	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	1

Pitching	IP	H	R	E	BB	SO
W -Blank (5-2)	4.0	2	0	0	3	2
L - Duke (2-1)	1.2	2	1	1	1	1

Batting Leaders	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	HR
OU - Buechele	3	0	1	2	0	0
BU - Evatt	2	1	1	2	2	1

Notes
Tyler Ogle extended his hitting streak to four games with a single in the first inning ... He has hit safely in 25 of the last 31 games ... With a two-run single in the sixth inning, Garrett Buechele moved into sole possession of eighth place all-time at OU with 253 career hits, moving past terry bogener (1975-1978) ... Next in line is Chris Ebright at 258 hits ... Dillon Overton threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings of relief and has struck out 36 batters in 40 innings out of the pen this season ... Six of Ryan Duke's last seven appearances have not been save situations ... Five of the Sooners' last seven losses were decided by one run ... All three games this weekend were decided by three runs or less, marking the 35th time in 58 regular season games between OU and BU since 1997 ... OU has held the opposition to five or less runs in 18 of the last 19 games. Sooner Baseball Central

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WACO, Texas -- One day after the No. 7 Sooners claimed a ninth-inning victory on Friday night, Baylor returned the favor after scoring the go-ahead run in its final at-bat on Saturday in a 3-2 win.

Saturday's loss gave Baylor (29-24, 13-14) the series victory, while Oklahoma finished the regular season at 40-15 overall and 14-11 in Big 12 play.

The two entered the ninth inning tied at two runs apiece and Oklahoma had the go-ahead run on second base, but Trent Blank (5-2) and the BU defense held the Sooners' offense at bay. In the bottom half of the frame, Josh Ludy singled in the decisive run off Ryan Duke (2-1).

The game entered a 57-minute weather delay in the top of the seventh, just an inning after Garrett Buechele tied the game at two with a two-run single up the middle.

“I don't think it had an effect on the game,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. “I thought our guys played well after the rain delay and they played well. Both teams kept it clean.”

Baylor struck first with Dan Evatt's two-run homer to left field in the bottom of the second inning off OU's Jordan John, the first round tripper allowed by the freshman in 2011.

John faced three more BU hitters and gave up a double before he was relieved by another freshman, Dillon Overton, who promptly retired two straight batters to get out of a jam that featured runners on first and second with one out.

The Sooner offense looked like it would break through in the fourth inning with a one-out double by Cameron Seitzer, who advanced to third on a wild pitch, before OU loaded the bases in the frame. But Baylor starter Brooks Pinckard held OU at bay.

In the sixth, OU chased Pinckard out of the game with back-to-back doubles by Tyler Ogle and Cameron Seitzer and both came home on Buechele's single up the middle.

Overton was impressive with 4 2/3 scoreless innings of relief before the weather delay. Overton gave up just three hits and struck out six but did not return when play resumed at 6:08 p.m. Anthony Collazo recorded two outs for OU before Duke took over the final 1 2/3 innings. Duke took the loss just a day after recording his sixth save of the season on Friday night.

“As big of a win as it was last night, this is a really painful, disappointing and disheartening loss,” added Golloway. “The regular season is behind us, we won 40 regular season games, which is big, but next week is a new season.”

OU now awaits the release of the bracket for the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Sunday night. The tournament returns to the double-elimination format for the first time since 2005. The action begins on Wednesday, May 25 while the championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will be decided on Sunday, May 29.

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