The Sooners’ final road series of the 2026 season didn’t start like they hoped it would. No. 24 Oklahoma lost 12-2 to No. 17 Arkansas in seven innings on Friday. The loss is OU’s third in a row in SEC play. The Sooners struck first, as Dasan Harris got a run on the board on an RBI single in the second inning. But it didn’t take long for the Razorbacks to snatch the lead and keep it for the rest of the game. Arkansas scored five runs on five hits and a walk in the bottom of the second. OU starting pitcher LJ Mercurius allowed all of that damage, and coach Skip Johnson pulled him with only one out in the inning. After that big inning, OU found itself in a large hole. And the Sooners didn’t do anything to get out of that pit until the fifth inning, when Deiten Lachance logged an RBI single. And after that, Arkansas put the game out of reach.…