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OU baseball opens season with three-game sweep of Lehigh

Eddie On3by:Eddie Radosevich•02/15/25
Syndication: The Oklahoman
Easton Carmichael bats as the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) play the Oklahoma State Cowboys (OSU) in Bedlam baseball on May 19, 2023 at L Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla. [Steve Sisney/For The Oklahoman]

OU baseball exits opening weekend with a pair of run-rule victories and a sweep of Lehigh, finishing off the Mountain Hawks with a 12-1 route on Saturday. 

The Sooners scored early and often in the weekend finale, pounding 13 hits, seven of which went for extra bases. 

Junior starting pitcher Malachi Witherspoon made his season debut on the bump, throwing five innings and allowing three hits, one run, walking two with six strikeouts. His fastball consistently sat in the upper 90s, hitting 98-99 m.p.h. multiple times.

Sophomore centerfielder Jason Walk backed up a three hit day in the opener on Friday with three more knocks and a walk. Junior catcher Easton Carmichael tagged his second home run of the season in the opening frame and finished the day 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and two RBIs. 

Lehigh led 1-0 after the top of the first before Oklahoma rallied for three runs, then two runs in the second and three more in the third.

Junior two-way player Gavyn Jones made his Oklahoma debut in the sixth taking over for Malachi Witherspoon. He faced the minimum, then hit for himself in the bottom half and laced a two-run single into left, extending the lead to 11-1. 

Freshman infielder Kyle Branch followed with an RBI single of his own to make it 12-1. 

Sophomore Texas A&M transfer Jason Bodin made his first appearance of the season working the seventh and final frame to close out the sweep. 

NEXT UP

Oklahoma (3-0) heads on the road for its first road trip of the season next week when they head down I-35 for a midweek match-up vs. UT-Arlington on Tuesday and a weekend trip to Round Rock for the Round Rock Classic, featuring match-ups vs. Top 25 opponents Oregon State and Virginia as well as Minnesota on Friday. 

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