Oklahoma Baseball: Sooners Finish Sweep of Kansas With Huge Win

After a massive win on Friday night, OU pulled off a miracle Saturday, then run-ruled the Jayhawks in seven innings on Sunday.

John E. Hoover | Apr 24, 2022

Things couldn’t have gone much better for Oklahoma in their series at Kansas this weekend.

The Sooners swept the Jayhawks, with a 7-6 victory on Saturday and a 24-4 run rule triumph on Sunday. In the opener on Friday, OU throttled KU 15-2 at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

OU improved to 25-13 overall and 7-5 in Big 12 Conference play while KU dropped to 16-23 and 2-10.

On Saturday, Tanner Tredaway provided the margin with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 14th, scoring Peyton Graham from third and pushing the Sooners to a dramatic victory. It was OU’s first lead of the game.

The Sooners needed three runs in the top of the ninth to force extra innings and got four consecutive walks and a two-out, pinch-hit single from Cade Horton to tie the game.

Trevin Michael (3-0) pitched the final six innings in relief for the victory.

Graham and Blake Robertson both collected four hits in the marathon (Robertson had two doubles, Graham had a double and a home run), Wallace Clark had three hits (including a double) and Tredaway led the Sooners with two RBIs.

In the series finale, Oklahoma’s offensive numbers swelled.

Robertson had a double and a home run and finished with six RBIs. Tredaway had four hits and four RBIs, while Graham had three hits and four RBIs. Jimmy Crooks homered and drove in three RBIs.

OU scored nine runs in the second inning, then added six in the third and four more in the fourth for a 19-4 lead before plating five more in the final two innings.

Published Apr 24, 2022

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.