Due to inclement weather in the Oklahoma City area Thursday evening, the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship schedule has been adjusted. No. 3 Texas Tech and No. 2 TCU face each other in a 9 a.m. CT contest followed by the loser playing No. 7 K-State at 12:30 p.m. CT. No. 8 West Virgina and No. 4 Oklahoma State open with a 4 p.m. CT first pitch, followed by the loser playing No. 1 Texas at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Game 6: No. 7 K-State 9, No. 6 Baylor 4
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OKLAHOMA CITY – An explosive seven-run inning guided No. 7-seed K-State past No. 6-seed Baylor, 9-4, Thursday morning at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
In this must win elimination game, Baylor (31-20) struck first on the scoreboard with runs in the bottom of the third inning and a leadoff home run to right field from Jared McKenzie. The Bears added to their lead with a two-out single down the middle from McKenzie scoring Jack Pineda and Chase Wehsener.
Down 3-0, Zach Kokoska and Nick Goodwin provided a spark to the Wildcat offense by hitting back-to-back homeruns in the sixth inning, only the fourth time this has been accomplished in Big 12 Championship history.
The Wildcats (32-22) continued their momentum into the seventh inning as they took the lead over the Bears. Dylan Caplinger drilled a one-out double down the left field line and scored on a single up the middle by Cameron Thompson, tying the game, 3-3.
Cole Johnson reached base on a hit by pitch followed by three consecutive singles from Dylan Phillips, Terrence Spurlin, and Zach Kokoska giving Kansas State a 6-3 lead.
A two-out three-run homer from Caleb Littlejim secured the victory for the Wildcats. All nine players in the starting lineup contributed to the victory by having at least one hit and eight of the nine scored at least one run.
Baylor scored a run in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out triple from Andy Thomas to bring in Tre Richardson.
K-State’s Carson Seymour shut down the Bears retiring the final six batters to earn the win improving his record to 4-4 on the season. Seymour pitched six innings with six strikeouts, no walks, and gave up three runs.
Game 7: No. 1 Texas 4, No. 5 Oklahoma 1
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Top-seeded Texas remained alive in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, outlasting No. 5-seed Oklahoma, 4-1, Thursday afternoon at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
Following tough losses in the first round of the Championship, Texas (41-14) and Oklahoma (27-28) pitchers were locked-in for an elimination contest.
Both the Longhorns and the Sooners left runners on base in the early innings until Texas put the first run on the board. Douglas Hodo III walked on four pitches and scored on a sacrifice fly by Silas Ardoin in the bottom of the second to take the early lead, 1-0.
Texas scored runs in the third, fourth and eighth innings. Braden Carmichael, OU’s starter, was replaced in the third inning by Wyatt Olds who recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts in five innings.
Longhorn starter Tristan Stevens allowed just one run on four hits, registering four strikes in 7.0 innings to improve to 9-3. Aaron Nixon allowed just a hit and a walk while fanning five in the final two innings to earn his eighth save of the year.
Carmichael, Olds and reliever Luke Taggart combined for 17 strikeouts, tying a Big 12 Championship record most recently accomplished by TCU on May 25, 2019.
The Sooners’ lone run came in the top of the third inning when Peyton Graham scored on a two-out single by Conor McKenna.
Zach Zubia led all Texas hitters going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI extending his on-base streak to 31 games.
Hodo III was equally effective hitting 1-2 including a double, an RBI, and scoring two of Texas’ four runs.
Texas advances to the next round and Oklahoma has been eliminated from the Championship.