Oklahoma infielder Brett Squires suffers broken hand, out for College World Series

Oklahoma took a big hit on Friday against Texas A&M. Brett Squires is out for the rest of the College World Series.

Squires suffered a broken hand against the Aggies and aggravated it when he dove back to first base on a pickoff attempt later in the game. ESPN’s Dani Wexelman confirmed it’s a broken hand and said Squires is out for the rest of the CWS.

Squires has a .312 batting average for Oklahoma this year and started 38 games for the Sooners this year. He also hit seven home runs and drove in 33 RBI to help Oklahoma to the College World Series for the first time since 2010.

Oklahoma rode a strong offensive performance to take a 12-4 lead over Texas A&M into the sixth inning on Friday in the first game of the CWS.

Fourth-inning grand slam keeps Oklahoma offense rolling vs. Texas A&M

Oklahoma is literally putting the boom in “Boomer Sooner” on Friday. The Sooners’ offensive explosion continued in the fourth inning vs. Texas A&M in the College World Series.

After Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle went out to talk to pitcher Joseph Menefee, Jackson Nicklaus hit a grand slam over the right field fence to extend the Sooners lead to 12-3 in the top of the fourth. It came just two innings after Oklahoma scored seven runs to chase Texas A&M starter Nathan Dettmer out of the game after 1.2 innings.

It’s just another part of an offensive outburst for Oklahoma, led by six combined RBI from Jimmy Crooks and Tanner Tredaway. Skip Johnson’s group is in good position early on in the game — the first of the College World Series in Omaha.

The Sooners knocked Dettmer out of the game in the second inning thanks to a seven-run outburst, capped by a three-run home run from Crooks to take a commanding 8-0 lead over the Aggies. It’s the first game of the CWS after both teams advanced out of their respective Super Regionals.