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March 3, 2009

No. 16 OU 11, UALR 7 | Box Score |  Photos   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E  UALR 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 7 12 3  OU 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 X 11 11 3  Pitching IP H R ER BB SO  W - Rocha (1-1) 7.0 7 4 4 3 3  L - Pryor (0-1)   4.1 8 8 7 4 4  Batting Leaders AB R H RBI BB HR  OU -  C. Johnson 5 2 3 4 0 1  UALR - Hanlon   5 2 3 3 0 1 Sooner Baseball Central Main Page | Ticket Information | Webcasts 2009 OU Baseball Media Guide | 2009 Game Notes Oklahoma Season Statistics | Big 12 Conference | NCAA

NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 16 OU baseball team won the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday, 11-7, over visiting Arkansas Little Rock.  The Sooners plated five runs in the first two frames and hit three home runs in the contest.

Casey Johnson hit one of the long balls in the eighth inning, a two-run shot to give OU an 11-7 lead and improve the Sooners overall mark to 8-3. 

Michael Rocha jumped to 1-1 after tossing seven innings with three earned runs allowed.  Arkansas little Rock’s Anthony Pryor (1-1) took the loss, with eight runs allowed on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, as the Trojans fell to 4-5. 

The Sooners jumped on the board in the first inning on a solo shot by Jamie Johnson.  The leadoff home run was the second of the season for Johnson and the fourth of his career.  Aaron Baker’s RBI double to center field brought home Casey Johnson to give OU a 2-0 lead. 

In the bottom of the second, OU increased its lead to five runs as Matt Harughty’s sacrifice squeeze plated Garrett Buechele and Casey Johnson brought in another run on a fielder’s choice.  The Sooners’ benefitted from the first of three errors on the day by Arkansas Little Rock to score the third run in the frame.

The Trojans got their first run off Rocha in the top of the third inning on Tyson Parks’ RBI single.    UALR continued to chip away at the Sooners’ advantage in the next frame off the Sooners’ first error of the day. 

After the top of the fourth, OU led 5-2 but the Sooners regained its four-run advantage in bottom of the frame on Casey Johnson’s second RBI of the day, a run-scoring single hit through the middle of the infield.

J.T. Wise connected on his third homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 8-2, but UALR rallied back with five runs combined in the seventh and eighth innings.

Tuesday’s doubleheader marked the start of Oklahoma’s longest home stand of 2009 with eight games.  OU will host No. 9 UCLA in a three-game set over the weekend before welcoming California on Monday, March 9 and Houston Baptist on March 10 and 11.