OU Baseball: Oklahoma Falls to Texas Tech in Opener
Oklahoma dropped its series opener with Texas Tech on Friday night, a 13-7 loss at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
The Sooners delivered some ninth-inning heroics to complete a rally and send the game into extra innings, before the collapse.
With OU down 6-5, catcher Diego Muniz opened the ninth with a double down the right field line. Kade Fletcher replaced Muniz on the base paths and scored on a single to right by Jackson Nicklaus.
The Red Raiders then scored seven runs in the 10th on a pair of singles, a bases loaded walk and a grand slam.
Sophomore center fielder John Spikerman hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the 10th for the final score.
Texas Tech opened with a run in the first inning and another in the second.
Oklahoma responded with a run off an RBI triple by Nicklaus in the second.
The Sooners took the lead after a three-run third inning.
Sophomore third baseman Wallace Clark tallied a two-out double and DH Caden Powell walked. Muniz ripped a double down the right field line to score Clark and Powell. Muniz stole third and Nicklaus walked to put runners on the corners.
Texas Tech made a pitching change and hit the next two batters to push across another run to make it 4-2.
The Red Raiders closed the gap in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-3.
Texas Tech added three runs in the seventh to take a 6-4 lead, but the Sooners narrowed the gap on a sacrifice fly by Nicklaus in the bottom of the seventh.
Muniz was 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two doubles. Nicklaus led the Sooners with three RBIs.
The Sooners used seven pitchers as starter James Hitt pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed three earned runs with a pair of strikeouts. Reliever Aaron Weber earned the loss (0-2) and Tech's Brandon Beckel improved to 5-0.
The series continues Saturday with a 4 p.m. start at L. Dale Mitchell Park.