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OU Hosts Florida for Final Regular Season Series in Norman

April 30, 2026 | Baseball

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NORMAN – No. 15 OU (29-14, 11-10 SEC) hosts No. 25 Florida (29-16, 11-10) for the final regular season series at Kimrey Family Stadium in Norman. Friday's opener is slated for a 6:30 p.m. CT start before a 6 p.m. first pitch Saturday and 2 o'clock finale on Sunday.

Friday and Sunday's matchups can be seen via SECN+ with Chad McKee and Blake Brewster calling the action Friday and Toby Rowland and Brewster calling Sunday's game. Saturday will be shown to a national audience on SEC Network with Tom Hart and Lance Cormier on the call.

THE BASICS

• The series marks the first meeting in Norman between the two programs along with the first regular season matchups in the history of the two programs. OU won two of three at UF in the 2022 Gainesville Regional en route to the CWS.

• The Sooners enter the series at 29-14 after dropping the series at No. 11 Auburn last weekend. OU bounced back from a Friday loss to force a rubber match with a win on Saturday, but fell in the Sunday contest. Kyle Branch led OU to the win Saturday, playing exceptional defense with a career-high nine assists at second base to go with an RBI at the plate, one of OU's two runs scored in the 2-1 win.

• Oklahoma is ranked at No. 15 in this week's D1Baseball Top 25 and rank in the top 25 in four of five major polls, holding their highest ranking (No. 12) in the Baseball America poll.

• On the season, OU is outscoring opponents 290-204 and the pitching staff has a team ERA of 4.63 with 432 strikeouts to 182 walks.

• The Sooners started the season with a program-record seven straight games scoring double digits and have scored 10+ runs in 11 games.

• OU ranks in the top 30 nationally in a number of categories including shutouts (3rd, 6), hits allowed per nine innings (8th, 7.37), strikeouts per nine innings (15th, 10.6), WHIP (27th, 1.32), triples (27th, 13) and fielding percentage (28th, .979)

FOR THE FANS

• Weekend promotions at Kimrey Family Stadium this weekend include Friday Happy Hour where fans can purchase 16-oz. beers for $4 from the time gates open until first pitch. Friday will also feature postgame fireworks.

• Saturday is 'NASCAR Night' at the ballpark, with a free OU Hot Wheels car giveaway on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Sunday is Senior Day in Norman, honoring OU's five outgoing seniors: Cayden Brumbaugh, Jackson Cleveland, Trey Gambill, Reid Hensley and Dayton Tockey. Also postgame on Sunday is kids run the bases and autographs.

• Reserved tickets for the series are sold out, limited standing room only tickets are available now on SoonerSports.com/tickets. For more information about Oklahoma baseball tickets, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 405-325-2424, by email at outickets@ou.edu or by visiting SoonerSports.com/tickets.

• Students and fans unable to get a ticket inside the ballpark are allowed to sit on the outfield berms. Students are encouraged to gather on the berm beyond left field.

OPPONENT OUTLOOK

• The Sooners host the Gators for the first time in the history of the two programs this weekend in Norman.

• The only meetings between the two teams came in the 2022 NCAA Gainesville Regional where OU took two of three from the Gators, including the regional final, en route to OU's College World Series appearance.

• The Gators are even with the Sooners in SEC play at 11-10, going 4-3 in weekend series. Last weekend, UF dropped the series to No. 7 Texas A&M in Gainesville.

• Senior Blake Cyr paces the team with a .347 batting average to go with 10 home runs and 43 RBIs. On the mound, Friday night starter Aidan King is 7-2 with a 1.78 ERA. Liam Peterson leads the pitching staff in strikeouts with 76.

IN LEAGUE PLAY

• OU is near the top of the SEC in numerous statistical categories in league play.

• The Sooners have turned 22 double plays in SEC play to lead the conference and the team is fifth in fielding percentage with a .978 clip.

• As a team, OU is fifth in league play in batting average (.267) and the pitching staff ranks seventh in strikeouts (205).

• Individual highlights include Brendan Brock second in the the league in stolen bases in conference play with 11. Camden Johnson and Dasan Harris are tied for first with a pair of triples in SEC play.

• Camden Johnson has 25 RBIs in SEC competition to rank second in the conference and eight from the lead. The junior is also tied for seventh for doubles with seven.

• Trey Gambill ranks sixth in the conference in SEC play for on-base percentage, holding a .484 mark.

ON THE BUMP

• OU has deployed four starters on the weekend throughout the season in RHP LJ Mercurius, LHP Cameron Johnson, LHP Cord Rager and RHP Trent Collier. Making his Friday starting debut vs. Florida will be RHP Kadyn Leon.

• Johnson paces OU with a 6-1 record to go with 62 strikeouts and has registered at least seven strikeouts in six of his 11 starts on the year, including two appearances with zero walks allowed. Four of his last five starts the lefty has gone at least 5.0 innings and surrendering more than three hits in just one of those starts.

• UNLV transfer LJ Mercurius who was a part of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this past summer, holds a 5.33 ERA with a team-high 73 strikeouts.

• In Mercurius' OU debut on opening weekend vs. Oklahoma State, the righty fanned a then-career-high tying 12 batters while allowing just one run on three hits. He set a career best with 13 strikeouts at Vanderbilt on April 9.

• Mercurius is 6-5 on the year and the righty has one complete game, a seven-inning one-hitter vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 28.

• Sunday starter and freshman Cord Rager out of Maypearl, Texas, has 47 K's to 15 walks on the season with a 3-2 record. The lefty left has six-plus strikeouts in four of his nine starts and a pair of appearance with no walks.

• Sophomore transfer Kadyn Leon has made 18 appearances and one start and allowed eight runs in 23.1 IP to go with 25 strikeouts, a 1-0 record and 3.09 ERA. He also has two saves on the year.

• Along with the starting pitching, OU's bullpen has been impactful. Senior transfer Jackson Cleveland has taken on a closer role with six saves. The Miami transfer has 17 appearances and has struck out 22 in his 25.0 innings.

• Junior Jason Bodin, who made 31 relief appearances in 2025 to rank second in the SEC, has made 15 appearances in 2026 and ranks tied for third on the team with three victories (3-1). He has 28 strikeouts in 24.0 innings.

• Seventeen arms have seen the mound for Coach Skip Johnson, with six pitchers outside the weekend rotation making at least one start.

• The staff's 4.63 team ERA ranks 51st in the country. The group's 1.32 WHIP ranks 27th in the nation.

• The OU arms have registered six shutouts in 2026, eclipsing the three total the team had in 2025. The number ranks tied for third in the country.

AT THE PLATE

• Through 43 games OU is outscoring the opposition 290-204 (6.7 runs/game). The offense is batting .280 with 140 extra-base hits to opponents' 108.

• All seventeen Sooners that have made a plate appearance this season has registered a hit.

• Senior Trey Gambill paces the starters with a .320 batting average, while Deiten Lachance is hitting .313 and Camden Johnson follows with a .301 average. Brendan Brock leads OU with nine home runs while Camden Johnson has seven long balls. Twelve Sooners have combined for 46 blasts.

• The Sooners have homered in 26 of 43 games.

• OU ranks first in the SEC and 27th in the country with 13 triples on the season.

• The team started the season with a program-record seven straight games scoring double digits and have scored 10+ runs in 11 games.

RANKINGS CHATTER

• The Sooners come in at No. 15 in this week's D1Baseball top 25 and rank in the top 25 in four of five major polls (D1, Baseball America, NCBWA and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll). OU holds its highest ranking (No. 12) in the Baseball America poll.

• OU is 5-8 in ranked matchups in 2026 with two wins over top-25 Texas A&M, one over No. 16 Alabama and No. 11 Auburn, and a takedown of then-No. 10 TCU on Opening Weekend. A season ago, OU went 11-15 in ranked matchups.

LAST TIME OUT IN SEC PLAY

• OU forced a rubber match at No. 11 Auburn last weekend before ultimately falling in the series decider. The Tigers won game one by a final of 6-4 before OU took game two 2-1 and fell 14-4 in eight innings in Sunday's rubber game.

• In Saturday's win, second baseman Kyle Branch made a career-high nine assists in the field. The sophomore had one putout and zero errors. On the mound, Cameron Johnson earned his sixth win in 11 starts. It was the fourth game of the season the lefty allowed no earned runs.

UP NEXT

• OU heads to Fayetteville, Ark., for the first series meeting vs. the Hogs as conference foes. The Sooners last met Arkansas on a midweek in 2021, beating the then-No. 1 Razorbacks 8-5 at Baum-Walker Stadium.

• The series will be OU's final road series of the regular season. Friday's opener is slated for a 6 p.m. start before a 2 p.m. Saturday matchup and 1 p.m. finale on Sunday. The series can be seen on SECN+.

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