Oklahoma knocks off Missouri in series opener
The No. 14 Oklahoma baseball team popped four home runs to handle Missouri on Friday.
The Oklahoma baseball team is back in the mix and trending upward. After a rough few weeks in Southeastern Conference play, the 14th-ranked Sooners have won three of their last four games to get to . 500 at just beyond the halfway point of the league slate.
Friday's 9-6 win over Missouri allowed Oklahoma to move to 8-8, tied with three other teams for eighth in the standings. Friday's win wasn't truly that close, even. OU took a 9-3 lead into the ninth before Mizzou made it somewhat interesting with three runs in the frame.
Two of them came with two outs, though, and Mason Bixby induced a groundout with the bases empty to hold on. The large edge came via a home run-happy night. The Sooners popped four over the wall at Kimrey Family Stadium, including three in a four-run seventh inning that gave OU a four-run lead.
Jason Walk, who hit one of the four homers, had the best day at the plate. He went 2 for 5 with the shot, three RBIs and a run. Camden Johnson, who also homered, went 2 for 3 with a walk, a double and two runs, and Dasan Harris went 2 for 4 with a home run, two RBIs, and three runs.