OU (15-2) utilized six pitchers on the day that combined for 14 strikeouts to one walk and allowed the Mavericks (5-11) one run on six hits.
At the plate, junior Brendan Brock continued his tear with a 3-for-4, three RBI day, including a pair of doubles and a stolen base. Sooner centerfielder Jason Walk ignited the offense in the second inning when he stole home. Walk would go on to have a 2-for-3 day with three runs scored.
The Mavericks took the lead in the first inning on a groundout but OU starting RHP Michael Catalano retired the side with a strikeout to strand one and the Mavericks would not score again.
After Walk tied the game with his steal of home in the second, OU put up crooked numbers in the fourth and sixth innings to put the game away. In the fourth, consecutive RBI singles from Brock and Camden Johnson pushed the lead to two. In the sixth, Brock doubled home a pair and Deiten Lachance plated him on a single to right.
Junior transfer Mason Bixby earned his first win as a Sooner in relief, going two innings and striking out five. OU’s staff of Catalano (2.0 IP), Bixby, Isaac Williams (2.0), Nate Smithburg (1.0), Trent Collier (1.0) and Xander Mercurius (1.0) allowed UTA just one extra-base hit on the day to go with a combined 14 strikeouts.
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