The Oklahoma Sooners aren’t done just yet, avoiding elimination on Sunday with a 4-3 win over Duke that sets them up with a rematch against UConn later in the day with Super Regional stakes on the line.
After a dominant win over Oral Roberts to start the Norman Regional and a loss to the Huskies on Saturday, the Sooners will look to force a winner-take-all Regional Final game on Monday with a victory in their double-header against UConn on Sunday night. Which Oklahoma left fielder Kendall Pettis discussed following the Sooners’ win over the Blue Devils.
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“It was a big win for us, we’ve got one more,” Pettis said. “So the excitement is up right now, but we gotta calm back down and we’ve got one more game to play out here against UConn. So we’re looking forward to that and just gotta keep it rolling now.”
Pettis didn’t record any hits for Oklahoma against Duke, but made a pair of big-time, highlight play catches on defense that played a major role in the Sooners’ victory. Making an impressive diving catch in the second inning followed by another snag in the third inning where he crashed against the wall in the outfield. Detailing the latter following the game.
“The outfield crew, we work on that all the time where we go one and then we gotta turn around and turn our head around the other way, and so we worked on that all the time in practice. Off the bat it was going to my left, and then you know it’s a lefty, and it start curving and the wind is going that way too. So I’m like, ‘Okay, well now I gotta go the other way.’ I really just let instincts take over,” Pettis explained. “It was a high, high emotion game and I know that guy just robbed our centerfielder John Spikerman literally the inning before I was like I gotta get him back.”
The first few innings of the game were filled with dazzling defensive plays from both team’s, which included freshman AJ Garcia‘s home run robbery that prevented Oklahoma’s three-run third inning from being a five-run outing.
A Rocco Garza-Gongora RBI single and a two-RBI triple from Jason Walk powered Oklahoma’s third-inning scoring outburst. Which was followed later in the game by a Michael Snyder RBI single in the seventh inning to give the Sooners the runs they needed to secure the win.
Oklahoma will look to continue avoiding elimination as they face UConn yet again, starting the second game of their double-header at 8:00 p.m. CT in Norman.
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