No. 16 Alabama dispatches No. 11 Oklahoma to take series
No. 16 Alabama beat No. 11 Oklahoma, 3-2, on Saturday to take the three-game set.
No. 16 Alabama took the rubber game of the weekend's three-game set against No. 11 Oklahoma on Saturday, 3-2, to win the series.
Oklahoma fell to 5-7 in the Southeastern Conference and has lost five of its last six SEC games. Saturday's finale came down to the wire as the Sooners nearly rallied from a 3-0 deficit. Alabama jumped out by scoring all three of its runs in the first inning.
A wild pitch, a passed ball and a field error allowed the Crimson Tide to score one, two and three in a row. All with two outs and all with the same batter at the plate. OU coach Skip Johnson went with a committee approach and after starter Trent Collier struggled in the opening frame, the rest of the staff settled down, giving up just six baserunners the rest of the way.
Oklahoma had plenty of chances, leaving 11 runners on base for the game. Brendan Brock plated the first comeback run in the bottom of the first with an RBI single to score Trey Gambill. Kyle Branch pulled the Sooners within one with an RBI single again in the fifth to score Drew Dickerson.