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March 16, 2012

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E  Texas 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 17 1  Oklahoma 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 10 3   Box Score (PDF) | Photo Gallery

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Pitching IP H R ER BB SO  W-Milner (2-3) 2.1 3 1 1 1 2  L-John (3-3) 6.0 8 3 2 2 6  S-French (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1    Leaders AB R H RBI BB HR  OU - Toal 5 1 3 1 0 1  UT - Payton 7 2 4 0 0 0    Related Links  Roster | Coaches | Schedule | Statistics | Main

NORMAN, Okla. -- A 5-5 tie was broken in the top of the 12th inning as visiting Texas escaped L. Dale Mitchell Park with a 7-6 win over No. 17 Oklahoma in Friday’s series opener in front of 1,859 fans.

Jonathan Walsh’s two-out, two-run double down the left-field line off Jordan John was the difference in the top of the 12th inning and ended a three hour and 58-minute game.

It was the Longhorns’ (8-8 overall, 1-0 Big 12) 10th straight win in a series opener with the Sooners and Friday is tied for the longest game in series history (12 innings in 1954, a 5-5 tie in Austin).

The loss was the third straight heartbreaker for the Sooners (11-7, 0-1), who led 4-0 in the first inning after a pair of two-run home runs by Jack Mayfield and Caleb Bushyhead.

"It's a lot of things, we have to keep working at it until we get it right," said Golloway on the mistakes in the last three games.

However, Texas kept chipping away with a run in the third, another in the fifth and then the big three-run seventh that chased OU starter Dillon Overton off in favor of John.

John (3-3) lasted six innings and took his second straight loss this week after Tuesday’s 7-6 loss at Dallas Baptist.

After going down 5-4 in the seventh inning, the Sooners used their final at-bat in the ninth to send the game into extra innings. Cody Reine blasted his second homer of the season deep to right field off UT closer Corey Knebel with one out.

Hoby Milner pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief to improve to 2-3 while Parker French, the Longhorns’ scheduled Sunday starter, recorded the final two outs for his second save of the year.

The Sooners’ Tanner Toal hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the 12th but his team-leading three hits in the game were not enough. OU finished with 10 hits to the Longhorns’ 17 and committed three costly errors, leading to two unearned runs.

"We can take the loss but we have to learn from the mistakes and come back tomorrow with the same intensity," said Reine.

Game two is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday at L. Dale Mitchell Park as the first 500 fans will receive a green t-shirt from the OU IT Store. Fans can also save $4 on tickets tomorrow as general admission tickets are beings sold for $4 and reserved seats at $8.

The game will be broadcast on the Sooner Sports Network KREF 1400 AM with Toby Rowland and Ross Hubbard. Game two will also be televised by the Sooner Sports Network on Cox Ch. 3/703 HD with Chad McKee and Casey Bookout. The telecast can also be seen nationwide on Fox College Sports.