No. 13 Oklahoma knocks off Dallas Baptist

Things were a bit sleepy at Kimrey Family Stadium on Tuesday night. When you're staring at five games in six days, that's a good thing.

The No. 12 Oklahoma baseball team, which knocked off Dallas Baptist, 2-0, in a one-off, midweek game finds themselves in such a scenario this week. One down, one to go now as Oklahoma (11-2) next prepares for a four-game set with Santa Clara from Thursday to Sunday.

Both the Sooners' runs came off the bat of first baseman Deiten LaChance. He hit an RBI single in the third inning to center field that scored Kyle Branch. Then in the eighth inning, his flyball to center plated Dasan Harris. Oklahoma had managed just one base-runner over the fourth, fifth and sixth innings before threatening in the seventh after the first two batters reached. A wild pitch with two outs sent them second and third base, but Jason Walk struck out to end the inning.

Harris then started the eighth with a single, too, ultimately putting himself into position to give OU's pitchers some breathing room. Not that they needed it.

Coach Skip Johnson used eight different pitchers against the Patriots. Combined, they gave up just two hits, two walks and hit two batters. They also struck out 11 while allowing just one DBU runner to reach third base. Jackson Cleveland pitched the ninth and allowed Dallas Baptist to bring the potential winning run to the plate, but he got Adam Berghul swinging to end the game.

No Sooners player had more than one hit, though Camden Johnson reached twice with a single and a walk. Jaxon Willits and Drew Dickerson each knocked a double.

OU's series against the Broncos begins Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: No. 13 Oklahoma baseball beats Dallas Baptist