Sunday marked Day 2 in the Big XII road to Omaha with resulted in a game cancellation and a blown lead. Both Oklahoma and Baylor will now have their fate decided on Monday.

Baylor basically had their ticket punched to Omaha on Sunday afternoon, leading Arkansas right up until the 9th inning. But an error and two hit batters pushed the Razorbacks to a 5-4 win over the Bears to force a game three. The error was a huge mistake for the Bears, allowing the Razorbacks to load the bases, with only one out.

The winner-takes-all game was originally scheduled for a 3:05 PM CST first pitch, but has been moved to 6:05 PM to air on ESPN2.

In Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday, the Sooners and the Gamecocks were scoreless in game 2 in the sixth before lightning and rain forced the game to be postponed until Monday.

Sooner pitcher, Jonathan Gray struck out 9 of 23 batters and allowed only three hits as he finished his start after a lightning delay.  South Carolina starter Colby Holmes was holding Sooners at bay as well, giving up just one hit with two strikeouts.

They will resume play in the sixth inning at 3:00 PM. If the Sooners win, they will play their winner-takes-all game at 6:00 PM.

The two teams leaving the Big XII to head to greener pastures, the ES EE CE, were eliminated from the CWS series on Sunday. The Aggies even took it up a notch and were eliminated from their own host regional. The team to eliminate the Aggies? None other than future Big XII member and old Southwest Conference Rival, TCU. The Horned Frogs won 10-2. Missouri was ousted by Louisville at the Tuscon Regional, losing 11-3.

Baylor and Oklahoma both play Monday to determine if they are moving onto the Super Regionals. Sunday, Oklahoma had an up and down day. They went into extra innings with Army to pull out the 2-1 win. They played their regional host, Virginia Sunday night and won by one run, winning 5-4. They will play Appalachian State Monday, and need to beat them TWICE in order to advance. The first pitch is at 3:00 PM CST and if the Sooners win, they will play again at 7:00 PM.

Baylor also had an eventful Sunday. Baylor took on Oral Roberts, the team that beat the Bears in the opening game of the Waco Regional. The Bears pulled out the 5-2 win with the help of Tyler Bremer’s pitching. They took on Dallas Baptist next and continued their run with a 9-2 win. They will play Dallas Baptist on Monday and with a win, will advance to the Supers for the first time since 2005. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 PM CST.

The Big XII’s fate in the men’s College World Series rests on the Sooners and the Bears. Good Luck to both.

The Day 2 results of the College World Series for the Big XII was slit right down the middle, with Baylor and Missouri both staying alive by winning their second match-up. Oklahoma and Texas A&M both dropped their games, but still have one more shot to stay in.

Charlottesville Regional - No. 3 Appalachian State 5, No. 2 Oklahoma 4. Oklahoma’s last minute attempt at heroics came up short on Saturday as Appalachian State edged the Sooners. The Sooners scored 4 runs in the last two innings. They will take on Army in an elimination game on Sunday at 10:00 AM CST. It’s a win and in situation.

Waco Regional - No. 1 Baylor 11, No. 3 UT-Arlington 6. After being down 5-4, the Baylor Bears scored seven runs over 7 innings to make a comeback against UTA and win their elimination game. Baylor advances to play Oral Roberts on Sunday at 2:00 PM CST. If they win, they will play Dallas Baptist Sunday night at 7:00. If both games are won, they will play in a winner-take-all on Monday.

Tuscon Regional - No. 4 Missouri 6, No. 2 New Mexico State 2. The current Big XII Champions kept their dream alive Saturday after beating New Mexico State. Missouri will play either Louisville or Arizona Sunday night after another elimination game between the two earlier on in the day.

College Station Regional - No. 3 Mississippi 6, No. 1 Texas A&M 3. The Aggies lost on their home turf on Saturday to Mississippi to put them in the path of elimination on Sunday. They will face future Big XII winner, TCU on Sunday at 12:35 CST. TCU pounded Dayton yesterday 28-12. Yes, 28-12. The winner of that game will face Mississippi Sunday night.

The Sooner softball team had a very eventful opening WCWS game on Thursday, beating the USF Bulls 5-1 to move on. College Softball player of year, Keilani Ricketts, pitched 11 strikeouts, the most by an OU pitcher is WCWS history. Lauren Chamberlin also hit homer No. 28, pushing the Sooners out from being down 1-0.

The Sooners will take on their most difficult opponent to date, playing No. 1 ranked Cal Friday night at 6:00 PM. The other Sooner bat team is just beginning their college world series run…

Sooner baseball starts off their Road to Omaha run Friday at 1:00 PM CST to take on Appalachian State in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the Sooners bracket is: Virginia, Army and Appalachian State. If they win, they will play at 5:00 PM on Saturday, lose it will be a noon game.

The No. 3 seeded Mountaineers returned 22 letterwinners from the 2011 team that was 33-27 overall and sixth in the SoCon at 15-15. Pitchers projected for todays game are Oklahoma: LHP Jordan John (8-6, 2.30 ERA) vs. Appalachian State: RHP Ryan Arrowood (10-0, 4.03 ERA).

As always, you can catch the Sooners on Sooner Sports Radio KREF 1400 if you are in the area. Live audio and stats can be found on SoonerSports.com

Caleb Bushyhead

The Sooners took on the Tigers Sunday in the Big XII Championship game, where the Tigers took home the Championship title. Missouri also just auto-qualified to the NCAA tournament, which starts next weekend.

The Sooners gave up four runs in the 1st, but put on their rally-hats for a comeback performance. They tied the game up going into the 7th, 7-7. The Sooners had runners on first and second with two outs in the bottom of the 9th when pinch hitter Chase Simpson singled through the right side of the infield. What looked like was going to be win, turned into Caleb Bushyhead being called out for interference after the ball hit his foot.

Coach Galloway postgame:

I thought it was a terrific game. A 7-2 deficit and we come back, pretty much exhaust our resources in the bullpen, and try to throw a little bit of everything at them. I thought when it was 7-7, it was going to take a special effort out of their dugout to win it and they did it. I guess the ball hit Caleb Bushyhead”s heel. No fault to him, he’s just digging hard trying to get to a bag.

Oklahoma had five players to make the all-tournament team with Jack Mayfield, Evan Mistich, Matt Oberste, Steven Okert, and Dillon Overton, tying the school baseball record set back in 1997. Oklahoma will find out if the post-season will continue on Monday during the College World Series selection show.

picture credit: Dallas Morning News

The Sooners took it to extra innings yesterday afternoon in the College World Series Fort Worth Regional against Dallas Baptist.

Continued struggles for the Sooners and not being able to close it out in the ninth ended up pushing Dallas Baptist to a 3-2 win.

Coach Galloway about the loss:

It’s coming to be pretty stressful, One more and you’re done – you go home. So 41 wins and ranked as high as No. 2 in the country at one point… right now, clearly faltering and disappointing our fans and a lot of people.

The Sooners have had issues at bat that have haunted them this season. As of late, they have been in an offensive funk. The Sooner pitching is what could save them this weekend. The relief pitchers from game one had no more than one inning a piece, so their bullpen is ready to go.

Burch Smith is slated to start on the mound for the game this Saturday.

They take on Oral Roberts today at 2:00 PM in Fort Worth, for what will be a hot one. High is supposed to be around 100.

Good Luck boys!

Though the Sooners didn’t receive a third straight host position for the College World Series this time around, they still don’t have to stray far from home.

They are headed to Fort Worth, where the number 1 seeded TCU Horned Frogs are hosting. The Sooners beat the Horned Frogs twice in regular season play this year.

The Sooners Regional bracket includes:

TCU

Dallas Baptist

Oral Roberts

The Sooners will kickoff the series on Friday against Dallas Baptist; an independent team who got in with an at-large bid.

Coach Galloway’s thoughts about the Regional:

“It’s teams we are familiar with. We played Oral Roberts, of course, in our regional last year and we play TCU and DBU every year. So it’s a very familiar field for us.”

“It’s about playing your best baseball at this point.”

The Sooners have the talent and the experience to make a run in the Regionals, but have been showing up very inconsistent. Coach Galloway will have the boys ready.

Series play starts this Friday at 2:00.