The Sooners opened with seven runs in the first inning, but needed a three-run homer late to ensure another Big 12 series victory in the season finale.
hit a three-run home run in the eighth as the Sooners defeated Cincinnati 12-8 on Thursday in the Queen City.second game of a doubleheaderNewly crowned Big 12 champ OU improved to 34-17 overall and 23-6 in conference play — a program record for wins as a Big 12 team — while UC fell to 30-23 and 16-13.had four hits, two RBIs and two runs scored and raised his season batting average to .414.delivered two hits for the second straight game.
Spikerman got the scoring started in the opening frame when he came home on a fielding error — one of two in the game and four on the day by the Bearcats defense.’ fielder’s choice for a 3-0 lead. The turntable kept spinning as Walk delivered a two-out single to right to score Carmichael and put the Sooners up 4-0. Garza-Gongora sliced a double down the left field line to bring home Pettis andfor a 6-0 lead, and Spikerman finished the outburst with an RBI single to right that scored Garza-Gongora and gave Oklahoma a 7-0 lead., his first of two bombs in the nightcap.smacked an RBI double in the second to cut OU’s lead to 7-2, and Cross homered again in the third to make it 7-3.
As OU’s relief pitching settled in, Willits provided the insurance with his own three-run dinger to give the Sooners a 12-8 lead that held up down the stretch. Kross finished with three RBIs and raised his Big 12-leading home run total to 19 , and Cross went 3-for-5 with three RBIs.John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more.
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