Oklahoma Wins Two, Forces Winner-Take-All Regional Final Monday

Sunday, May 31

Atlanta, Ga.

12 p.m. CT

University of Oklahoma

34-22

The Citadel

36-26

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oklahoma	1	0	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	14	1
The Citadel	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	5	7	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Georgia Tech	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
Oklahoma	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	4	X	15	18	3

Oklahoma Wins Two, Forces Winner-Take-All Regional Final Monday

May 31, 2026 | Baseball

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ATLANTA — Facing elimination, Oklahoma forced a winner-take-all regional final with a pair of wins on Sunday at the NCAA Atlanta Regional.

The Sooners (35-22) started the day with a 15-5 victory over The Citadel (36-26) in an elimination game before turning around and coming back from a six-run deficit to beat host and No. 2 national seed Georgia Tech (50-10) by a final of 15-8.

OU scored a combined 30 runs on the day on 32 hits with eight extra-base hits, including five home runs. OU's 15 runs on 18 hits in the nightcap vs. Georgia Tech were the most runs and hits the Yellow Jackets have surrendered this season.

GAME ONE | OU 15, CIT 5

In the first game of the day, Oklahoma put up 15 runs on 14 hits, powered by a five-run third and seven-run fourth inning. Jason Walk led off the game with his fourth home run of the season and the Sooners never turned back, scoring in four of the first five innings. Brendan Brock, Trey Gambill and Dasan Harris all registered three-RBI days, while eight Sooners had a hit in the contest.

On the bump vs. Citadel, freshman Nick Wesloski (1-1) went a career-long seven innings, blowing past his previous high of 3.1 innings pitched. The righty surrendered three earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts to two walks. Senior Reid Hensley and sophomore Jaden Barfield finished the job, hurling one scoreless inning each.

GAME TWO | OU 15, GT 8

In the nightcap vs. host Georgia Tech, OU fell behind 8-2 through three-and-a-half innings before scoring 13 unanswered runs to finish the game and force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Tuesday at 2 p.m. CT.

Georgia Tech went up early on a two-run home run in the first inning, answered by OU's Brock with his own two-run shot to left. The Yellow Jackets would pour in five runs in the third and one in the fourth to push the lead to six runs.

The Sooner bats came alive in the bottom of the fourth, scoring eight runs on seven hits including three home runs. Brock led off the inning with his second homer of the game. Consecutive RBI knocks from Kyle Branch and Walk brought OU within three. Two batters later with the bases loaded, Deiten Lachance launched a go-ahead grand slam to deep right field to push OU in front by one. Two batters later, Trey Gambill took his turn going yard, hitting his second of the weekend to right field.

Following two scoreless innings, OU plated one in the seventh on an RBI groundout from Walk before scoring four in the eighth via Brock single, Harris sacrifice fly, Branch single and Walk single.

OU's pitching was highlighted by a combined six scoreless frames from Gavyn Jones and LJ Mercurius. Jones earned his first win of the season on the mound, going two innings of scoreless ball with one hit and one walk to go with three strikeouts.

Mercurius earned his second save of the weekend, going four shutout innings and surrendering just one hit and two walks with three strikeouts. Mercurius' exceptional outing comes a day after throwing three scoreless innings in OU's regional-opening victory over The Citadel.

Up Next

The Sooners and Yellow Jackets meet for a trip to the Supers on Monday at 2 p.m. CT. The game can be seen via ESPN+ and heard on The REF 99.3 FM/1400 AM or nationwide on The Varsity network app.

The winner awaits Big 12 champion Kansas after the Jayhawks (45-16) swept through their Lawrence Regional. With an OU win, the Sooners would head to Kansas for its 11th Super Regional appearance in program history and first since 2022.

Notes

OU moved to 35-22 on the year with Sunday's pair of wins. It marks the third straight season Oklahoma has played in a winner-take-all Game 7 of a regional.
OU's 15 runs and 18 hits were both season highs surrendered by Georgia Tech.
The OU pitching staff held the Yellow Jackets to their least amount of runs scored since May 2.
OU's six-run comeback vs. GT was the largest of the season.
Since May 9 at Arkansas (10 games), Oklahoma has hit 26 home runs.
OU scored in double digits for the 14th and 15th time of the season on Sunday. It marked the first consecutive double-digit scoring performances since Feb. 27-28 vs. Gonzaga.
OU's four home runs vs. GT marked the fifth time this season OU has hit four or more. Four of those five performances have come in OU's last 11 games.
OU has scored 41 runs on 53 hits in its four regional games this weekend.
In the first game of the day vs. The Citadel, Jason Walk hit his fourth home run of the season on a leadoff blast in the first inning. It was the first time a Sooner has led off a game with a HR since Walk did it vs. Texas Tech last season (4/1/25).
Nick Wesloski earned his first collegiate win in game one vs. The Citadel, hurling a career-high seven innings. His previous career-long outing was 3.1 innings.
Dasan Harris' 3 RBI in game one was a season high and matched a career best.
Brendan Brock registered his first career multi-HR game vs. Georgia Tech, running his home run total to 12.
Deiten Lachance hit his 13th home run of the season and second go-ahead grand slam, also accomplishing the feat at Vanderbilt (4/10).
Trey Gambill hit his eighth home run of the year and second on the weekend.
Gavyn Jones earned his first win of the season on the mound in relief vs. Georgia Tech.
Entering the weekend with one career save, LJ Mercurius earned his second save in as many days in OU's win vs. GT.