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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Friday, May 27
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Kansas State
Sooners Eliminated by Wildcats Friday, 4-3
May 27, 2011 | Baseball
May 27, 2011
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- No. 12 Oklahoma could not get past Kansas State on Friday, falling 4-3 in an elimination game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. It marked the second one-run loss in the last three days to the Wildcats and dropped the Sooners' overall mark to 41-17 on the season.
OU now awaits the release of the 64 team field for the 2011 NCAA Championship on ESPN at 11:30 a.m. (CT), Monday, May 30. Regional site selections will be announced at www.NCAA.com/cws at approximately 2:30 p.m. (CT), Sunday, May 29.
“I am really proud of the way our student-athletes fought and represented the university,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. “We go with the double elimination format and we were excited about playing today. It just wasn't our day. Some things didn't go our way and that's baseball.”
The Wildcats took a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning and held on to defeat Oklahoma for the fourth time in five meetings this season. KSU improved to 36-22 overall and faces Texas A&M (2-0) tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. Texas (2-2) and Missouri (2-0) meet in the other side of the bracket.
Freshman Dillon Overton (8-4) took the loss after lasting 4 1/3 innings and giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits and three walks. Senior Tyson Seng was solid out of the bullpen with 3 2/3 shutout innings with two hits, four strikeouts and no walks allowed.
Oklahoma struck first as Cameron Seitzer's single through the right side of the infield in the first plated Garrett Buechele, who drew a two-out walk. OU loaded the bases after the base hit but were unable to score an additional run.
Kansas State wasted little time in tying the game at one in the bottom half of the first with a bases-loaded walk issued by Dillon Overton to Matt Giller.
The Wildcats took their first lead in the bottom of the third as Giller drove in another run, this time on a sacrifice bunt.
In the top of the fourth, the Sooners countered as Evan Mistich drove in his first run in 18 games and staked OU to a 2-1 lead.
Kansas State regained the lead, 4-2, in the bottom of the fifth after another bases loaded walk by Overton. The second run scored with the bases loaded on a controversial play as a bunt by Tanner Witt was credited as a sacrifice and RBI. OU catcher Tyler Ogle appeared to turn the double play with the force at home, but go-ahead run was safe while Witt was thrown out at first.
After loading the bases in the sixth and coming up empty, the Sooners cut the lead down to one in the seventh as Kansas State left fielder Kent Urban committed a throwing error on Erik Ross' single, allowing Cale Ellis to come home on the play.
The Sooners outhit the Wildcats, 9-8, but stranded eight runners courtesy of two double plays by the Wildcats. KSU also struggled offensively with nine runners left on base.
“We've got some kinks we need to work out and our number is five, offensively,” added Golloway. We have to find a way to score (at least) five runs in a ball game and we know if we can do that, with our pitching and defense, we have a chance to advance.”
KSU starter Shane Conlon held OU to two runs off four hits in his five-inning start to improve to 4-1 while James Allen nailed down his Big 12-leading 17th save of 2011.
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