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As captain Ron said, let's kick the tires and light the fires. A very windy night at the Dale here in Norman, OK as the Sooners take on the Longhorns in a massive Big 12 series!
TEXAS LONGHORNS at #18 OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Date: April 26
Where: L. Dale Mitchell Park (Norman, Ok)
Time: Friday at 6:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
RECORDS:
Texas: 25-17 (11-7 Big 12)
Oklahoma: 25-14 (14-4 Big 12)
SERIES MATCHUP:
- Texas and OU first met in 1910
- Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson is in his 7th season at OU with a 214-146 record
- Skip was the pitching coach at Texas (as everyone knows)
- First time the Horns have been to Norman since 2018
- Horns have a 156-68-2 series lead
- Horns are 33-19 in Norman
- In 2023, Oklahoma swept the Horns in Austin
- Under David Pierce (since 2017), Horns have a 4-2 series lead against OU
- During that same time, Horns are 2-2 against OU in the Big 12 Tourney
- Horns have lost the last 4 games against OU going back to the 2022 Big 12 Tourney
- Oklahoma is 9-1 in its past 10 games and are currently on an 8 game win streak
- Oklahoma recently received a massive boost offensively as they got star player John Spikerman and Jack Nicklaus back from injuries and into the lineup
PITCHING MATCHUP
FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-3, 3.61) vs. OU LHP Braden Davis (4-3, 5.37)
LINEUP:
| 1 | cf | 9 Thomas, Jared | L | .366 | |
| 2 | ss | 1 Flores, Jalin | R | .351 | |
| 3 | 3b | 15 Powell, Peyton | L | .326 | |
| 4 | lf | 44 Belyeu, Max | L | .333 | |
| 5 | dh | 10 Schuessler, Kimble | R | .330 | |
| 6 | rf | 8 Gasparino, Will | R | .264 | |
| 7 | 1b | 31 Borba, Casey | R | .275 | |
| 8 | c | 6 Galvan, Rylan | R | .301 | |
| 9 | 2b | 30 Kennedy, Dee | R | .232 |
Sooners Lineup:
| 1 | cf | 8 Spikerman, John | B | .378 | |
| 2 | rf | 12 Madron, Bryce | L | .342 | |
| 3 | dh | 2 Carmichael, Easton | R | .359 | |
| 4 | 1b | 5 Snyder, Michael | R | .340 | |
| 5 | 3b | 3 Mackenzie, Anthony | B | .313 | |
| 6 | 2b | 15 Nicklaus, Jackson | L | .368 | |
| 7 | lf | 7 Pettis, Kendall | R | .254 | |
| 8 | c | 22 Mudler, Scott | L | .281 | |
| 9 | ss | 77 Willits, Jaxon | B | .209 |
