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Sooners Drop Rubber Game to Florida

May 03, 2026 | Baseball

NORMAN — No. 15 Oklahoma fell in the series finale to No. 25 Florida Sunday afternoon by a final of 13-2 in eight innings.

After the Sooners (30-16, 12-12) tied the game in the fourth on Deiten Lachance's second home run in as many games, Florida (31-17, 13-11) would go on to score the game's final 11 runs.

OU pitching surrendered a season-high seven home runs in the game and tied a season-high with five hit by pitches.

Sooner starting left-handed pitcher Cord Rager fanned seven in the game, his fourth appearance in 10 starts with seven-plus strikeouts.

The Gators took the series with the Sunday victory. OU fell to 12-12 in SEC play and 4-4 in conference series.

Pitchers of Record

Win: Russell Sandefer (3-2)
Loss: Cord Rager (3-3)

Statistical Snapshot

Up Next

The Sooners play their final road series of the season in Fayetteville, Ark., at No. 22 Arkansas, May 8-10. The series can be seen on SEC Network+ and heard on The REF 99.3 FM/1400 AM.


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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Russell Sandefer (3-2)

L: Rager, Cord (3-3)

Batting:

2B: Kyle Jones 1 ; Ethan Surowiec 1

HR: Kyle Jones 1 ; Ethan Surowiec 1 ; Karson Bowen 2 ; Landon Stripling 1 ; Hayden Yost 2

RBI: Kyle Jones 1 ; Ethan Surowiec 4 ; Karson Bowen 3 ; Landon Stripling 1 ; Hayden Yost 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Kyle Jones 2 ; Blake Cyr 2 ; Ethan Surowiec 1 ; Caden McDonald 1 ; Karson Bowen 2 ; Landon Stripling 2 ; Cade Kurland 1 ; Hayden Yost 2

HBP: Kyle Jones 2 ; Brendan Lawson 1 ; Blake Cyr 1 ; Hayden Yost 1

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Batting:

2B: Willits, Jaxon 1

HR: Lachance, Deiten 1

RBI: Brock, Brendan 1 ; Lachance, Deiten 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Lachance, Deiten 1 ; Branch, Kyle 1

SB: Branch, Kyle 1

PO: Johnson, Camden 1

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