The game can be seen via SECN+ and heard on 99.3 FM/1400 AM The REF. Calling the action will be Chad McKee, Blake Brewster and Josh Helmer.
THE BASICS
• The Sooners enter the contest at 27-12 following a series sweep of Missouri in Norman. OU put up 21 runs on 13 extra-base hits, including seven home runs. Sooner starting pitchers LJ Mercurius, Cameron Johnson and Cord Rager combined for just three earned runs on nine hits and one walk to go with 22 strikeouts.
• Tuesday’s meeting with the Eagles is the second and final matchup between the programs of the season. OU shut out ORU in the first meeting in Tulsa, 4-0, on March 31. Starting RHP Michael Catalano went five innings of two-hit ball with no walks and seven strikeouts. It was both a career-long outing and career-high strikeout number.
• Oklahoma is ranked at No. 14 in this week’s D1Baseball Top 25 and rank in the top 25 in four of five major polls, holding their highest ranking (No. 9) in the Baseball America poll.
• On the season, OU is outscoring opponents 273-177 and the pitching staff has a team ERA of 4.36 with 405 strikeouts to 159 walks.
• The Sooners started the season with a program-record seven straight games scoring double digits and have scored 10+ runs in 11 games.
• OU ranks in the top 30 nationally in a number of categories including shutouts (2nd, 6), hits allowed per nine innings (6th, 7.16), strikeouts per nine innings (14th, 11.0), K/BB ratio (27th, 2.55) WHIP (19th, 1.27), triples (23rd, 12) stolen bases (27th, 91) and fielding percentage (25th, .979).
• Probable Pitching Matchups: OU RHP Michael Catalano (3-3, 5.27 ERA) vs. ORU RHP Brendan Asher (0-3, 6.06 ERA)
FOR THE FANS
• Promotions at Kimrey Family Stadium Tuesday include $2 takeover where fans can purchase beer, soda and popcorn for $2 while supplies last.
• Tuesday will also feature a Meals on Wheels food drive where fans can bring an item to get a group rate ticket at the front gate.
• Limited tickets are available for Tuesday’s game now on SoonerSports.com/tickets. For more information about Oklahoma baseball tickets, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 405-325-2424, by email at outickets@ou.edu or by visiting SoonerSports.com/tickets.
• Students and fans unable to get a ticket inside the ballpark are allowed to sit on the outfield berms. Students are encouraged to gather on the berm beyond left field.
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