GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Crooks hit two of Oklahoma’s 4 residence runs and the No. 2 seed Sooners beat top-seeded Florida 9-4 on Friday night time to advance to the championship of the Gainesville Regional.
Oklahoma (39-20) performs Sunday towards the winner of a loser-out recreation between the host Gators and No. 4 seed Central Michigan. Florida, the No. 13 nationwide seed, beat the Broncos 7-3 Friday to ship them to the loser’s bracket.
Ty Evans and Jac Caglianone every hit a house run in the underside of the second to offer Florida (40-23) a 2-0 lead. Mac Guscette added a solo shot in the seventh.
Peyton Graham hit a two-run residence run and Blake Robertson adopted with a solo shot in the highest of the third to make it 3-2 and the Sooners led the remainder of the way in which.
Crooks completed 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs and David Sandlin (8-3) gave up three runs on 5 hits and a stroll with six strikeouts over 6 innings for Oklahoma.
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