OU Baseball Cruises Past UCA

Juniors Kolbey Carpenter and Chris Shaw provided the power bats and redshirt-junior lefty Adam Choplick the power arm in a 7-0 shutout for the University of Oklahoma baseball team.

Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 11:21 pm

By: News 9


Juniors Kolbey Carpenter and Chris Shaw provided the power bats and redshirt-junior lefty Adam Choplick the power arm in a 7-0 shutout for the University of Oklahoma baseball team over Central Arkansas at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Tuesday evening. The Sooners improved to 19-12 on the season, while the Bears dropped to 14-9.

After not hitting a home run in 10 days as a team, Carpenter, the OU second baseman, got the scoring started with a one-out jack to left in the bottom of the third for his team-leading sixth of the season. The scoring continued as redshirt-senior right fielder Taylor Alspaugh doubled and scored on an error. Junior first baseman Anthony Hermelyn then delivered junior center fielder Craig Aikin to the plate, from second, with a single to center field.

Oklahoma's offense carried over into the fourth; starting with back-to-back one-out singles by junior left fielder Hunter Haley and the catcher Shaw. Carpenter then drilled a low-liner into right that got down past the diving right fielder and to the wall for a two-run triple. He crossed for the third Sooner run of the inning on a RBI-groundout off the bat of Alspaugh.

Choplick (2-1) cruise from the second through the sixth innings; tossing two perfect frames and didn't see more than one baserunner reach against him in an inning during that stretch. It was the top of the first where Choplick needed to work out of trouble. The first two batters of the game reached on walks and a one-out hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for UCA. Choplick then fielded a tapper back to the mound and flipped the ball to the plate from his glove for the force out. He then ended the Bears' threat with his first strikeout of the night.

For the game, Choplick matched a career-high in strikeouts with 10 across six innings of shutout-work. He allowed just three hits and the two walks in the first.

Shaw added to the Oklahoma lead with a solo home run in the eighth; a blast to left for his third of the year. He finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Carpenter went 2-for-5 with three runs driven in and two scored. Alspaugh, Hermelyn and sophomore shortstop Sheldon Neuse all added two-hit nights.

Right-hander Corey Herndon (0-1) lasted 2.1 innings in his first career start for the Bears. He allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits. Fellow right-hander Bo Stitch was solid through 4.2 innings of relief with three strikeouts. Designated hitter Brad Dillenberger, a late addition to the UCA lineup, went 2-for-4, as the Bears totaled just five hits.

The Sooners return to action for a three-game, Big 12 series against Kansas beginning at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 2. Tomorrow, the team will host its second annual “Shave for the Brave” event at the ballpark. The event is open to the public and begins at 5:00 pm following practice. The Sooners will shave their head in support of the Vs. Cancer Foundation to fight childhood cancer. OU baseball has already totaled $20,000 in donations after raising $29,000 in 2014.

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