The Oklahoma baseball team had already won once in the Big 12 Tournament and had a second win in its hip pocket late in the game on Thursday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Then disaster struck.
Texas Tech scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to steal a 10-9 victory over the 7th-seeded Sooners and send OU to an elimination game against — who else? — Oklahoma State on Friday night. Oklahoma surprised their in-state rivals, the No. 2 seed in the postseason conference tournament, with a 9-5 win in the opening round on Wednesday.