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Oklahoma Evens It Up On the Plains, Forces Rubber Match After Saturday Night Win
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Oklahoma Evens It Up On the Plains, Forces Rubber Match After Saturday Night Win

Oklahoma Sooners On SI·Brady Trantham·about 1 month ago
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The Oklahoma Sooners forced a rubber match on the plains. No. 9 Oklahoma defeated No. 6 Auburn 2-1 thanks to efficient play, timely plays made on defense and superb pitching. OU (29-13, 11-9) needed seven hits on the evening to down the Tigers. The Sooners earned every play and gutted out a close victory on the road. Cameron Johnson was dealing, tossing over 100 pitches. Oklahoma pitcher Cameron Johnson | Carson Field, Sooners On SI The Saturday night starter was in his bag with 97 mile-an-hour fast balls, striking out four Auburn batters, surrendering only three hits in just over five innings pitched. Even when things got dicey — the Tigers had bases loaded with two outs in the fourth — Johnson navigated around it to surrender no runs. Oklahoma had bases loaded and no outs in the second. A Kyle Branch fly out scored Camden Johnson for the Sooners' first run. Jason Walk then grounded into a double play to limit the damage OU could have further put on the Tigers.…

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