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    OU Baseball: Ohio State Rallies Late to Beat Oklahoma

    The Sooners come home 0-2 on their Las Vegas trip after a comeback attempt in the bottom of the ninth comes up short.

    Oklahoma threw snakes eyes in Las Vegas.

    The Sooners took another loss on Sunday and come out of their trip to the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic winless as Ohio State rallied in the ninth inning for a 4-3 win.

    OU returns home 0-2 on the trip after losing 19-9 to Pittsburgh on Friday. Saturday’s game with Cal was canceled due to inclement weather.

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    After giving up two runs in the top of the ninth, the Sooners tried to rally in the bottom of the inning when John Spikerman drew a full-count walk with two outs, then stole second, which was immediately followed by ball four to Rocco Garza-Gongora.

    But Easton Carmichael flied out to right on the first pitch to end the rally and send the Sooners home winless on the weekend.

    OU fell to 5-5 on the season, while Ohio State improved to 6-4.

    Kyson Witherspoon was brilliant in relief — until hitting a snag in the top of the ninth.

    After Witherspoon threw three scoreless innings, the Buckeyes reached him for a run with two out in the ninth that loaded the bases on Henry Kaczmar’s single to left. With OU clinging to a 3-2 lead, Tyler Pettorini single to third to bring home the tying run, and Mitchell Okuley drew a bases-loaded walk that put Ohio State in front 4-3.

    Malachi Witherspoon relieved his twin brother and minimized the damage from there with an inning-ending strikeout.

    The Buckeyes scored first when Pettorini delivered an RBI single off starter Brendan Girton for a 1-0 lead.

    Kendall Pettis got that back in the bottom of the second, however, when he smacked a two-out solo home run to left field to make it 1-1.

    Ohio State took the lead again in the top of the third when Okuley’s infield single brought home Kaczmar for a 2-1 lead.

    OU made it 3-2, however, when Carmichael and Bryce Madron both came home with unearned runs on an error in center field.

    The Sooners are back on the diamond Tuesday night when they host Wichita State at L. Dale Mitchell Park at 6:30 p.m. Big 12 Conference play begins next weekend when OU hosts Central Florida, beginning with Friday’s 6:30 p.m. series opener.

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